---
id: "nr-chatgpt-desktop-imports-agent-setups-and-reaches-linux"
slug: "chatgpt-desktop-imports-agent-setups-and-reaches-linux"
title: "ChatGPT desktop imports other agents' setups and reaches Linux"
observed_at: "2026-08-14T00:00:00+00:00"
record_date: "2026-08-14"
date_kind: "observed_at"
novelty: "new"
source_platform: "learn.chatgpt.com"
topics: ["coding-agents","developer-tools","desktop-apps"]
entities: ["ChatGPT","Codex","Claude Code","Cursor"]
related_patterns: []
source_url: "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/import"
source_urls: ["https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/import","https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/linux/linux-app","https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes"]
type: "raw_signal"
description: "The ChatGPT desktop app can import instructions, skills, and projects from Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or Cursor, and now runs on Linux in public preview."
why_it_matters: "Import lowers the cost of switching from a competing coding agent, and the Linux preview reaches the platform where many of those developers work. Both are still documented as previews with missing features."
verification_level: "source-inspected"
signal_type: "newsroom_basket_signal"
schema_version: "newruntime-agent-readable-v0.2"
stable_id: "signal:chatgpt-desktop-imports-agent-setups-and-reaches-linux"
retrieval_nugget: "The ChatGPT desktop app can import instructions, skills, and projects from Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or Cursor, and now runs on Linux in public preview. An import flow brings instructions, settings, skills, plugins, projects, and recent work from another agent into the ChatGPT desktop app or Codex CLI. The desktop app imports from Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or Cursor; Codex"
status: "published"
visuals: []
routes: {"html":"https://newruntime.com/signals/chatgpt-desktop-imports-agent-setups-and-reaches-linux/","markdown":"https://newruntime.com/signals/chatgpt-desktop-imports-agent-setups-and-reaches-linux.md","json":"https://newruntime.com/signals/chatgpt-desktop-imports-agent-setups-and-reaches-linux.json"}
editor: {"role":"editor","name":"Andrey Reshetnikov","profile":"https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md","profile_json":"https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json","same_as":["https://www.linkedin.com/in/reshetnikov1/","https://t.me/lapetuse"]}
---

# ChatGPT desktop imports other agents' setups and reaches Linux

## Retrieval answer

The ChatGPT desktop app can import instructions, skills, and projects from Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or Cursor, and now runs on Linux in public preview. An import flow brings instructions, settings, skills, plugins, projects, and recent work from another agent into the ChatGPT desktop app or Codex CLI. The desktop app imports from Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or Cursor; Codex

An import flow brings instructions, settings, skills, plugins, projects, and recent work from another agent into the ChatGPT desktop app or Codex CLI. The desktop app imports from Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or Cursor; Codex CLI imports from Claude Code or Cursor.

The desktop app for ChatGPT and Codex is also available globally in public preview on Linux: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, Fedora 43 and 44, and current Arch Linux, with x64 and ARM64 packages. Browser actions work in the built-in browser or Chrome, but controlling other desktop apps is not yet supported, Computer Use is limited to macOS and Windows, and native Wayland support is experimental.

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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