---
title: "Add packages to ChatGPT code interpreter environment"
slug: add-packages-to-chatgpt-code-interpreter-environment
canonical_url: https://mimansajaiswal.github.io/posts/add-packages-to-chatgpt-code-interpreter-environment/
collection: Blurbs
published_at: 2024-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
updated_at: 2024-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
tags: 
  - Code
  - LLMs
author: "Mimansa Jaiswal"
---

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[TIL](https://x.com/nicoritschel/status/1814716092801294786) you can add unavailable packages into ChatGPT environment (for example, if you want your output to use `seaborn`). You can use the custom GPT [**pip install**](https://chatgpt.com/g/g-470NtUZER-pip-install) to download these libraries that [calls remote actions](https://platform.openai.com/docs/actions/sending-files) in the background.

From Simon Willson’s [blog post](https://til.simonwillison.net/llms/code-interpreter-expansions):

> If there's a package that you want to use you can grab the `.whl` files for it from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/), upload them to ChatGPT and it will install them into its own environment for the duration of that chat session.
> 
> If a library has dependencies you have to upload those, too.

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## Cite This Page

```
@article{jaiswal2024addpackagestoch,
  title   = {Add packages to ChatGPT code interpreter environment},
  author  = {Jaiswal, Mimansa},
  journal = {mimansajaiswal.github.io},
  year    = {2024},
  month   = {Jul},
  url     = {https://mimansajaiswal.github.io/posts/add-packages-to-chatgpt-code-interpreter-environment/}
}
```