ChatGPT calculator form: two ways to build one in ChatGPT

Step by step

1. Check what ChatGPT Sites needs

   OpenAI's help article says ChatGPT Sites is available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro accounts and to Business and Enterprise workspaces, and that building or editing a Site counts toward your Codex usage, with running and hosting counted separately. You describe the website, review a private preview, then deploy it to get a URL and choose who can open it.

2. Add CalcForms to ChatGPT

   Open the CalcForms app page in ChatGPT and click Install plugin. Sign in with your email when asked; we send a 6-digit code. A free ChatGPT account works.

3. Give it your prices

   Start a new chat. Attach your .xlsx or paste the Google Sheets link, and say what it is in one line. If you have no spreadsheet, say your prices the way you would to a new employee: "I clean windows. $8 per standard window, $14 per large, plus $40 call-out."

4. Say what the customer should see, then test it

   Tell ChatGPT which cells are questions for the customer and which are yours: "The customer enters roof size, material and pitch. Show them the total only." Type in a quote you already know the answer to and compare, then say "publish it" and share the link.

The words to say

Copy this into ChatGPT (with CalcForms added) and fill in the brackets.

What you will see

A form with one question per input and a live total that updates as the customer types. Every reply reaches you with the calculations done: in ChatGPT, or in the web portal on Pro.

Common mistakes

• Asking the customer for things the form can work out. Ask for what only they know.
• Sending a draft. Make sure you said "publish" first; drafts are not public.
• Not testing with a real past quote. Always try one you know before you send the link.

Questions about building a calculator form in ChatGPT