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Send a fax from ChatGPT

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ChatGPT can send and read faxes for you through the Fax for Agents plugin. You describe the fax in plain words. ChatGPT prepares the page, gets a quote and sends it. By default it sends inside the limits your organization set, with no approval per fax. This guide was recorded in Sandbox mode, so nothing reached a real fax line.

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Before you start

  • A Fax for Agents account. The dashboard is at app.faxforagents.com.
  • The Fax for Agents plugin connected to your ChatGPT account. Open Plugins in ChatGPT, find Fax for Agents and connect it. Allow the connection in the browser and keep the box "Let this app send faxes within your limits without asking" ticked.
  • The Connected apps switch in Settings is on by default. The default limits are $5.00 per fax and 20 faxes a day.

1.Open the plugin

Start a new chat. Type @ and the name of the plugin.

A new ChatGPT chat with the Fax for Agents plugin attached in the message box.
In a new chat, type @Fax and select Fax for Agents under Plugins.

2.Describe and send

Type what the fax should say and where it goes, and say send. The first time, ChatGPT asks before it runs a plugin tool. Choose Always allow and it stops asking for this plugin.

ChatGPT's answer: the one page fax prepared, sent and delivered in Sandbox, to +1 555 000 0001, 1 of 1 pages, $0.00.
Describe the fax and say send. ChatGPT quotes it and sends it at once, with no approval, and reports Delivered.

3.Check the evidence

Ask for the delivery evidence when you want the full record.

Fax delivery evidence: Delivered, 1 of 1 pages, the provider reference, the remote station SBX-OK, the fax job id and the document SHA-256.
Ask for the delivery evidence to see every attempt and the document fingerprint.

4.Read the inbox

Received faxes work the same way. Ask for your inbox.

Your Fax Inbox: one received fax from +1 555 000 0042, 2 pages, with the full extracted text.
Ask for your inbox. ChatGPT lists the received faxes and reads the newest one.

What the limits mean

Open Settings in the dashboard. The Connected apps card holds the switch "Let connected apps send without asking". Under it are two fields, "Amount per fax, at most" ($5.00) and "Faxes per day" (20). Apps like ChatGPT send inside these limits with no approval per fax. Turn the switch off and every send waits for a person. Finer limits, such as destinations or one app only, live under Policies. See the guide Your assistant sends within limits by default.

Approve every fax instead

  1. In Settings, turn off "Let connected apps send without asking" and choose Save.
  2. Ask ChatGPT to quote the fax. The quote says approval is required.
  3. Say "Ask a person to approve this fax before it goes out." A person approves in the dashboard, then you tell ChatGPT to send.

The full routine is in Approve every fax from ChatGPT.

Troubleshooting

  • The quote says "Approval required" and ChatGPT asks for human approval although you expect a plain send. An owner turned the Connected apps switch off, or the fax is above a limit. Check Settings, Connected apps for your environment.
  • ChatGPT shows a card with Allow once, Always allow and Deny before a tool runs. That is ChatGPT's own permission prompt, and it appears once per tool. Choose Always allow to stop it for this plugin.
  • After a quote that needs a person, ChatGPT offers to request human approval. Say yes. The request lands in Approvals in the dashboard.
  • The plugin is missing from the @ list. Open Plugins in ChatGPT and check that Fax for Agents is connected. Reconnect it if it shows as disconnected.

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