An 18-year-old student from the University of Port Harcourt has created an AI tool called ChatATP that gives websites the ability to take real actions — www.naijnaira.com reports.
ChatATP was designed by Obinna Chimdi, a Mathematics and Computer Science student who believes AI should do more than just chat with users.
According to Techpoint Africa, he developed the system to close the gap he noticed with ChatGPT, which can advise you but won’t complete tasks such as booking a flight.
His solution works by inserting a layer between websites and large language models like GPT-4, Gemini, or Claude, enabling them to perform tasks such as sending emails, scheduling, or checking flights.
Chimdi calls the system’s backbone “Agents2,” describing it as “HTTP for AI agents,” a universal protocol that standardizes how models interact with toolkits.
The toolkits act like translators, allowing AI to communicate with specific services — whether Gmail, HubSpot, or even a university portal.
ChatATP took him six months to complete, and he had to teach himself frontend design after failing to find collaborators.
“I wanted to build something that makes AI go beyond conversation,” he said, noting that existing tools often stop halfway when solving problems.
Chimdi began coding at 16 with his father’s phone and was inspired by Mark Zuckerberg, eventually building a small social platform before moving on to ChatATP.
At the moment, only three people actively use his system — his neighbor and two classmates — though he admits scaling will require funding.
The challenge is competition: open-source AI agents like AutoGPT and LangGraph already dominate developer spaces with bigger communities and backing.
Still, Chimdi believes ChatATP proves a point — AI can be built to act, not just talk.
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