Alongside the command-line agents, BootAgent supports two desktop applications: ChatGPT Desktop and WorkBuddy. Both open from the Dock or Start menu and have no launch command.
Install sources
Select the desktop agent in the environment overview and click install. BootAgent fetches whatever version the vendor currently serves:
| Agent | macOS | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT Desktop | official .dmg |
Microsoft Store |
| WorkBuddy | official .zip |
vendor installer |
Neither runs on Linux. BootAgent does not repackage or redistribute either one, so what you install is what the vendor published.
Where the configuration lives
ChatGPT Desktop shares a configuration file with the Codex CLI: ~/.codex/config.toml. Configure it once in BootAgent and both read the same result — there is no need to do it twice.
The converse also holds: a change affects both. If you mean to adjust only one of them, check that the other accepts the change too, because there is no separate configuration layer between them.
WorkBuddy uses its own ~/.workbuddy/models.json and does not interact with any other agent’s configuration.
There is no version to pin
This is one real difference from command-line agents: BootAgent installs whatever the vendor’s endpoint currently serves, so the environment overview shows no pinned version.
The reason is distribution. Neither product has a package-manager entry point where a version could be requested, so there is nothing to pin against. Command-line agents do, and the overview shows their pinned versions.
Changing the model or provider
The flow is identical to a command-line agent — see Switching models and providers.