How to Use TinyFish in ChatGPT: 10 Student Use Cases
ChatGPT can plan your trip, outline your essay and suggest where to apply, but it can't check today's fares, read an official page or tell you when something changes. Add the TinyFish plugin and it can: ChatGPT gets live web powers to search, read any page, complete tasks on real websites and watch pages for changes.
Columbia student Elad Hirsh used it to build an internship tracker that finds and verifies real Summer 2027 roles. Below, we break down how he did it, show what people use TinyFish in ChatGPT for most, and share 10 more use cases built by university students, each turned into a prompt you can paste into ChatGPT today.
TL;DR
- Add TinyFish to ChatGPT with the TinyFish plugin in one tap. No code and no API keys.
- Then just ask. ChatGPT uses TinyFish to search the web, read pages, act on websites and set up monitors.
- Students get $35 in their TinyFish wallet to use it. Here's how to claim it.
- Real example: a Columbia student built Internship Signal, a verified Summer 2027 internship shortlist, with TinyFish in ChatGPT.
- The use cases below are real student builds: cheaper travel, research with sources, scholarships and more.
How to add TinyFish to ChatGPT
- Open the TinyFish plugin on chatgpt.com.
- Tap Install plugin, then sign in with your TinyFish account when asked.
- Start a new chat, select TinyFish, and ask it to do something on the web.
If you don't have a TinyFish account yet, students can sign up with a school email and get $35 in their wallet. Full setup details are in the TinyFish plugin docs.
What can ChatGPT do with TinyFish?
- Search: find current results from the live web, not ChatGPT's memory.
- Fetch: read any page you point it at and pull out what matters.
- Agent: complete multi-step tasks on websites, like comparing fares or filling forms.
- Monitor: watch a page and tell you when something changes.
Want to see a full walkthrough first? Read How to Create a Google Form With ChatGPT Using TinyFish.
Real example: an internship tracker built in ChatGPT
At the TinyFish × CUB Columbia AI Club workshop (part of the TinyFish Students Program), Elad Hirsh built Internship Signal and won. His goal was simple: turn internship hunting from a search problem into a repeatable sourcing and qualification pipeline.
How he built it with TinyFish in ChatGPT:
- Search across the job boards students actually use: Greenhouse, Ashby, Workday, Y Combinator's Work at a Startup and company careers pages.
- Verify every role with a browser agent to confirm it's real, open and for Summer 2027 in the US.
- Compare the shortlist side by side: Salesforce, Notion, Roblox, CTGT and Two Sigma, with locations, eligibility, technical focus, application links and the agent's evidence.
- Keep it fresh automatically with a TinyFish Monitor that checks Salesforce's careers page every day at 9am Eastern.
His biggest lesson: discovery is not the same as validation. A role showing up in search doesn't always mean it's open. Some job boards, like Ashby, needed an extra browser-agent step before the listing could be confirmed.
See the live result: Internship Signal.
Try it yourself:
Use TinyFish to find Summer 2027 software engineering and AI internships in the US on Greenhouse, Ashby, Workday and YC's Work at a Startup. Open each listing to confirm it's real and still open, then give me a table with company, role, location, eligibility and the application link.
Then use TinyFish to set up a daily monitor on [company]'s careers page and tell me when a new internship is posted.
What people use TinyFish in ChatGPT for most
ChatGPT reaches for TinyFish when a task means doing something inside a website, especially one that has no ChatGPT plugin of its own. These are the most common requests we see:
1. Create and edit Google Forms. By far the most popular. Describe the form and TinyFish builds it in your Google account. See the full Google Forms walkthrough.
Use TinyFish to create a Google Form called "Study group sign-up" with name, email, course and preferred day, and don't publish it yet.
2. Get things done in Google Docs and Drive, like editing a doc or changing who can see a file.
Use TinyFish to change the sharing on this Google Doc to "anyone with the link can view" and change nothing else: [link]
3. Work in sites you're signed in to. Sign in once with a saved browser profile, and TinyFish can work inside your accounts, like your student portal or LinkedIn. You type your password yourself; TinyFish never sees it.
Use TinyFish with my saved profile to open [site] and tell me [what you need], without changing anything.
4. Pull information out of web pages, like reviews, tables or lists, into a clean format.
Use TinyFish to open [page] and give me every review on it as a table with author, date, rating and text.
5. Check prices, sizes and stock on a product page before you buy.
Use TinyFish to check this product page and tell me the current price, whether size [size] is available and if it's in stock. Don't buy anything: [link]
6. Get YouTube transcripts and handle social media tasks.
Use TinyFish to get the full transcript of this YouTube lecture with timestamps: [link]
7. Job applications and LinkedIn, like reading every question on an application before you start.
Use TinyFish to open this job application and list every question, which ones are required, and what files it asks for. Don't submit anything: [link]
8. Read public records and official portals, like company registers.
Use TinyFish to look up [company] on Companies House and tell me its directors and filing history.
10 more use cases built by university students
Every example below was built by a university student in the TinyFish Students Program, at campus workshops, build nights or on their own.
Travel and money
1. Find out where flights are cheapest to book from
Geo Fare Gap checks the same flight on Google Flights as seen from different countries and finds the cheapest market. In one test, booking from the US was 24% cheaper than from the UK.
Use TinyFish to compare the price of a return flight from London to Barcelona on [dates] on Google Flights as seen from the UK, US and Spain, and tell me which is cheapest in pounds.
2. Pay less for train tickets
Student Rail Arbitrage searches for cheaper ways to buy the same train journey.
Use TinyFish to find the cheapest way to get from [city] to [city] by train on [date], including split tickets and railcard discounts, with links to book.
3. Buy concert tickets from official sellers only
TicketRadar finds real concerts and tickets from official sellers, not resale sites.
Use TinyFish to find [artist]'s upcoming UK concerts and link me to the official ticket sellers only, with prices and on-sale dates.
Study and research
4. Find scholarships and funding
MSc Funding Finder was built with the TinyFish plugin in ChatGPT. It searches for funding that matches a student's course.
Use TinyFish to find scholarships and funding for a master's in [subject] starting in 2027, with eligibility, amounts and deadlines, and links to the official pages.
5. Fact-check a claim with real sources
Pledge vs Practice checks whether a public promise has been kept, using official statistics and documents, and shows every source.
Use TinyFish to check whether [claim or pledge] has actually happened. Find official sources and data, and give me a verdict with links to each source.
6. See exactly what changed on an official page
Policy Diff Monitor compares two versions of an official statement and highlights every change, word by word.
Use TinyFish to compare the current version of [official page] with its version from [date] on the Wayback Machine, and list exactly what changed.
7. Make any web page accessible
Clearpath imports web pages so they can be turned into accessible formats, like Braille.
Use TinyFish to read [page link] and rewrite it as clear, plain-language notes with headings, so it's easy to read with a screen reader.
Careers and campus
8. Find projects to join
BuildScout discovers live projects and hackathons that are looking for people.
Use TinyFish to find student hackathons and open-source projects in AI that are accepting participants this month, with dates and links.
9. Watch official alerts in your field
MHRA Safety Alert Monitor watches the UK medicines regulator for new safety alerts, which is handy for pharmacy and medical students.
Use TinyFish to set up a monitor on [official alerts or news page] and tell me whenever a new alert is posted, with a one-line summary.
Just for fun
10. Never miss a zoo baby
Zoo Baby Announcements watches zoo websites around the world for new arrivals and their names.
Use TinyFish to find the newest baby animals born at zoos in the UK this year, with their names and links to the announcements.
Bonus: Fishies, a field guide to every sea creature 🐟
Fishies is a pixel-art guide to sea life. Name a fish or just describe it, like "orange with white stripes" or "eight arms", and it uses TinyFish to find where to see it, where to eat it and how to cook it. It's our favourite build, and yes, partly because of the name.
Use TinyFish to tell me where I can see [sea creature] in an aquarium near [city], which restaurants nearby serve it, and one well-rated recipe, with links.
Tips for better results in ChatGPT
- Select TinyFish and say "use TinyFish" so ChatGPT goes to the live web instead of answering from memory.
- Give the exact site when you know it. It's faster and more accurate.
- Ask for sources and links so you can check every answer.
- Use monitors for anything that changes: fares, tickets, alerts and deadlines.
Learn more about TinyFish in ChatGPT
- Add TinyFish to ChatGPT: the TinyFish plugin
- Set-up guide: TinyFish plugin docs for ChatGPT
- Full walkthrough: How to Create a Google Form With ChatGPT Using TinyFish
- Other plugins worth trying: 8 Best ChatGPT Plugins in 2026
- Using Claude instead? See 10 student use cases for TinyFish in Claude.
- Using Codex or Cursor? Connect the TinyFish MCP server.
- Ready-made examples: the TinyFish Cookbook on GitHub.
Turn your prompt into a bounty
Every use case above started as a quick student idea. If yours works, build it properly and submit it on TinyBounties. Approved builds earn a gift card and are published under your name.
Learn about the TinyFish Students Program
Every student with a school email gets $35 in their TinyFish wallet, access to paid bounties, and a path to becoming a Campus Lead.
- Join: tinyfish.ai/students
- Claim your $35, step by step: How to Get $35 in Free AI Agent Credits as a Student
- How the program works: TinyFish Student Program: Tiers, Rewards and How to Join
- More free student offers: Free AI Credits for Students in 2026
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