#agent-mode

#agent-mode

Driven by OpenAI's GPT-5 large language model, Agent Mode is built into Word and Excel, and it allows the creation of complex documents and spreadsheets from user prompts. It's called "agent" mode because it doesn't just work from the prompt in a single step; rather, it plans multi-step work and runs a validation loop in the hopes of ensuring quality. It's only available in the web versions of Word and Excel at present, but the plan is to bring it to native desktop applications later.

Another example is a loan calculator that figures out monthly payments based on user inputs (e.g., load amount, interest rate, loan term) and then generates a payment schedule in a formatted table. Or a monthly financial analysis for a small business with a breakdown of product lines.

OpenAI said the new tool is a ChatGPT agent that can tackle complex tasks 'using its own computer.' That includes requests like 'look at my calendar and brief me on upcoming client meetings based on recent news' and 'plan and buy ingredients to make Japanese breakfast for four.'