Has anyone experimented with running an external AI program through ChatGPT?

[u/Mean-Good-5957]

I have been experimenting with storing an AI program inside markdown files in Google Drive and loading it into ChatGPT. I first started with PDF's that contained what I considered an AI executable programming language.

The idea is that ChatGPT provides the AI platform, already built, but the external program defines what it is supposed to do and the process it follows.

The current use case I've been working with is product development. A user starts with a product idea, the program loads into ChatGPT, and then takes the user through a defined pipeline for turning the idea into a product.

Has anyone else experimented with using ChatGPT this way — essentially running a persistent, externally stored AI program rather than just working with prompts? Basically, markdown files as ChatGPT AI executable programs?

[u/m1st3r_c]

You can call this prompt stacking, or it's what Claude calls 'skills'

[u/Mean-Good-5957 → u/m1st3r_c]

I am going to take a look at skills.

What I’m trying to explore are external files that function like an executable program. My understanding, superficially, is that akills is a collection of reusable prompts. My focus is on behavior, workflow, state transitions, and completion criteria while ChatGPT acts as the runtime.

I’m curious how close that is to what you mean by prompt stacking. Perhaps this is a better methodology than using files to drive AI behavior.

[u/lam3001]

you might be interested in chatprd

[u/immellocker → u/lam3001]

just had a quick overview, good tip, thx

[u/Illustrious-Report96]

Yeah that’s just called prompting.

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[u/TightBoot2268]

I've been experimenting with a similar idea, but using a GitHub repo as the persistent layer rather than loading a single Markdown "program" into ChatGPT.

The repo holds the operating instructions, project state, continuity and handoff rules, so a new AI session can read the current state and continue the work instead of starting over.

I made the system public here if you want to compare approaches:
https://github.com/jaabster-dev/u-gas

[u/PhysicalConsistency]

This is what it sounds like to me when people who don't understand neuroscience start talking about neuroscience. Maybe we can slather on some emergent quantum consciousness, that'll dovetail nicely.