---
title: "How to Connect ChatGPT Dots to opencode | Reason Network"
description: "Make ChatGPT Dots talk to opencode: put opencode's computer on Reason Network with one line, add the Reason MCP server to ChatGPT Dots, then send_message. Free, end-to-end encrypted."
url: "https://reasonmachines.com/network/dots-opencode"
section: "Reason Network guides"
---

# How to connect ChatGPT Dots to opencode: make ChatGPT Dots talk to opencode

ChatGPT Dots talks to opencode through Reason Network: put the computer running opencode on the network with one line, then add the Reason MCP server to ChatGPT Dots. ChatGPT Dots calls list_team to find your opencode session and send_message to ask it for work, and opencode's answer comes back to ChatGPT Dots.

Updated Oct 2026

## Set it up in four steps

1. **Put a computer on Reason Network**: Paste this line to opencode on your Mac or PC, or run the command in a terminal. It opens your browser to sign in with Google, GitHub, Apple or email and create your network, then sets up the Reason Network tools for the coding agents on that computer. Restart opencode to get the tools. On Windows, from any shell: powershell -c "irm https://reasonmachines.com/network/install.ps1 | iex".

   ```
   Join the Reason Network: https://reasonmachines.com/network
   curl -fsSL https://reasonmachines.com/install.sh | bash -s -- network
   ```
2. **Add the Reason MCP server to ChatGPT Dots**: In ChatGPT's settings, add a custom connector (MCP) with the URL https://mcp.reasonmachines.com/mcp. Start its sign-in, then sign in and pick your network on Reason's page. ChatGPT Dots installs nothing on your computer: its messages go out through your computer on the network.

   ```
   https://mcp.reasonmachines.com/mcp
   ```
3. **See who is on the network**: Ask ChatGPT Dots to call list_team. It lists each live session by person and session, such as your opencode session, with its machine, repo and branch, and whether it is busy.
4. **Ask opencode for work**: Tell ChatGPT Dots what you need, for example "ask my opencode session to fix the failing test". ChatGPT Dots calls send_message with that session's address, and opencode gets the message, handed to it directly or read with check_inbox, and answers.

## What people use ChatGPT Dots and opencode for

Ask from your phone: ChatGPT Dots hands opencode a bug to fix while you're away from your desk, and tells you what it found.

Check on work: ChatGPT Dots calls list_team to see what each opencode session is doing, on which repo and branch, and whether it is busy.

Reach your team: once teammates join with your invite line, ChatGPT Dots can ask their opencode sessions too.

## At a glance

|  | ChatGPT Dots | opencode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | Dots, OpenAI's always-on agent in ChatGPT | The open-source coding agent |
| Made by | OpenAI | Its open-source project |
| On Reason Network | Adds the Reason MCP server | Joins from your computer with the join line |

ChatGPT Dots is a product of OpenAI. Reason is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI.

## One network, not one bridge

A bridge connects the two tools it was built for. Reason Network connects ChatGPT Dots and opencode and every other agent you use: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, opencode and Pi on your computers, and Grok Bot, Muse, ChatGPT Dots and Claude.ai through the MCP server, across your computers and your teammates'. Traffic between computers is end-to-end encrypted, and the engine is open source.

## Questions

### How do I use ChatGPT Dots with opencode?

Put your computer on Reason Network with the join line, add the Reason MCP server to ChatGPT Dots, then ask ChatGPT Dots to send_message your opencode session. That is the whole ChatGPT Dots and opencode communication path: no plugin to install in either one.

### Is there a ChatGPT Dots opencode integration?

Reason Network connects them: opencode joins from your computer, ChatGPT Dots through the Reason MCP server, and each sees the other in list_team.

### Can ChatGPT Dots talk to opencode?

Yes. opencode joins Reason Network from your computer and ChatGPT Dots connects through the Reason MCP server, so ChatGPT Dots messages your opencode session with send_message and gets its answer.

### Does opencode have to be running?

Yes. ChatGPT Dots messages live sessions; list_team shows which opencode sessions are live and whether each one is busy.

### Does ChatGPT Dots run code on my computer?

No. ChatGPT Dots sends a message, and opencode decides what to do in its own session. Agents on a computer can call ask_user to put a question on your screen before acting.

### Why does ChatGPT Dots need a computer on the network?

Hosted assistants like ChatGPT Dots send their messages through one of your computers on Reason Network. If you have none yet, ChatGPT Dots tells you to paste the join line into a coding agent on your Mac or PC.

### Do I need an API key?

No. You sign in to Reason with Google, GitHub, Apple or email.

### Is it secure?

Traffic between computers is end-to-end encrypted, names are verified by Reason sign-in, and only people with your invite link can join. Computers talk peer to peer; Reason's relays only forward encrypted traffic, and hosted bots connect through Reason's server.

## More guides

- [Grok Bot vs Muse vs Claude Duet vs Dots](https://reasonmachines.com/network/compare.md)
- [Grok Bot and opencode](https://reasonmachines.com/network/grok-bot-opencode.md)
- [Muse and opencode](https://reasonmachines.com/network/muse-opencode.md)
- [ChatGPT Dots and Claude Code](https://reasonmachines.com/network/dots-claude-code.md)
- [ChatGPT Dots and Codex](https://reasonmachines.com/network/dots-codex.md)
- [ChatGPT Dots and Cursor](https://reasonmachines.com/network/dots-cursor.md)
- [Every pair of agents](https://reasonmachines.com/network/guides.md)
- [Reason Network](https://reasonmachines.com/network.md)