You’ve probably found ThAD because a colleague or friend shared it with you, or maybe you found it in the ChatGPT Explore GPTs page. Welcome. Here’s what you need to know to become a user.
What ThAD Is
ThAD (The Author’s Doppelganger) is a private AI assistant trained on your own document archive — your sermons, articles, pastoral letters, classes, and anything else you’ve written. Once it knows your work, it can:
- Search your entire archive by theme, scripture, character, season, or plain-language question
- Prepare weekly sermon briefings tied to the Revised Common Lectionary, with matched past sermons
- Write and edit new documents in your own voice — not generic AI prose
It works inside ChatGPT as a Custom GPT. No new app to learn.
What You’ll Need
- A ChatGPT account. Free or Plus both work. Plus is recommended for full Custom GPT access.
- Your document archive. Sermons, articles, classes — whatever you’d want to search or draw from. Word documents, PDFs, Apple Pages, plain text, and Google Docs are all supported. We handle the rest.
- About 30 minutes of your time. That’s roughly the total you’ll spend on onboarding. We do the heavy lifting.
How to Sign Up
Visit our Getting Started page to apply for the beta. We’ll review your application, reach out to collect your archive, and set everything up for you.
What Happens Next
Once you’ve applied, we process your archive — extracting metadata, building your voice profile, and indexing every document. You’ll receive a private link to your personal Custom GPT and can start working with it right away. Most new users are up and running within a few days of submitting their archive.
Questions? Email info@thadapp.com.