Short answerOpenAI's migration guide says retired GPTs stop working and leave the GPT directory. Another platform's guide notes old OpenAI links do not redirect. Update every place your link appears and give users the new address.
What is documented
The migration guide says that at retirement GPTs stop working and leave the GPT directory. Pickaxe's guide, written for people leaving OpenAI, states old OpenAI links do not redirect to your new assistant.
Where your link may live
- Your website and blog posts.
- Email signatures and newsletters.
- Social profiles and posts.
- Course materials, onboarding documents, QR codes.
- Partners' pages.
What to do
- Search your own site and documents for the old link.
- Replace it with the new link or install instructions.
- Use a short link you control so you can change the destination later.
- Announce the change: template.
Dates: retirement dates. If you host a replacement, its page address is yours to keep: hosting.
Check your GPT before you move it
Paste your instructions, file names and Actions schema into the free checker. It runs in your browser and builds a portable bundle. Nothing is uploaded.
Open the free checkerRelated guides
Sources
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