Organize Secret Santa in ChatGPT

You can now organize your Secret Santa by chatting with ChatGPT. Install the free drawnames plugin, answer a few questions, and get your exchange set up in just a minute.

Install drawnames plugin
A ChatGPT conversation with the drawnames plugin, showing the suggested prompt “@drawnames create a Secret Santa for my family”
A filled-in web form beside a single ChatGPT conversation, side by side

One chat to set up Secret Santa

Five decisions stand between an idea and a finished Secret Santa: a group name, a budget, a date, the exclusions, and the invitations.

The challenge is that every decision affects the gift exchange. A missed participant, changed budget or forgotten exclusion can mean going back and adjusting the setup.

drawnames brings those decisions into one guided conversation in ChatGPT. Answer the questions, confirm the details, and your exchange is set up on drawnames, ready for participants to join.

Designed to set up a gift exchange in one chat

Get drawnames on ChatGPT

Safely install drawnames from ChatGPT’s plugin directory. Log in, click Install plugin, then Try in chat to get started.
The drawnames plugin page in chatGPT showing a "Try in chat" button.

Just mention @drawnames

Start a chat, mention @drawnames, and set up your Secret Santa in one short conversation.
A ChatGPT message setting an exclusion so couples cannot draw each other

Confirm the celebration

Review and confirm your celebration in the same chat. Use your email to access the gift exchange on drawnames and share the invitations.
The finished invitation returned by the drawnames plugin in ChatGPT

Ready to organize your Secret Santa in ChatGPT?

Mention @drawnames, answer a few questions, and your Secret Santa can begin.
Install drawnames plugin

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Stephania

US • December 27, 2025
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US • April 7, 2026
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US • December 27, 2025
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US • December 27, 2025
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Other helpful Secret Santa features

Set exclusions

Add exclusions for couples, siblings, household members, or anyone else who should not be matched. Read more

Secret Santa for large groups

Organize Secret Santa for a small team, a whole company, or any large group. Read more

Never draw your own name

drawnames excludes everyone’s own name from the draw, so the group never has to start over. Read more

Common questions and answers

To add drawnames in ChatGPT, open the drawnames plugin page and select Install plugin. ChatGPT will ask you to add drawnames to ChatGPT; select Connect.

Once drawnames is connected, mention @drawnames in any conversation and describe the gift exchange you want to organize. For example: “Create a Secret Santa for my family.”

The drawnames plugin is free to install and use, with no separate payment required.

No. The organizer uses ChatGPT to set up the exchange, and once it's confirmed, drawnames creates it. From there, the exchange itself takes place on drawnames, where the organizer invites everyone else to join.

Yes. After you've entered every participant's name in the chat, drawnames will ask if you want to set exclusions. There, you can choose who shouldn't pick whom.

Good to know: even with exclusion rules, drawnames always makes sure the draw is fair and final, and everyone ends up with a drawn name other than their own.

ChatGPT may share relevant conversation context and memories with drawnames to help provide context for your requests. How drawnames uses this data is covered by our Privacy Policy. You can manage ChatGPT Memory, training preferences, and connected apps in your ChatGPT settings.

If you have Memory enabled, data from the plugin may be used to proactively provide helpful information or suggestions.

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Every year, millions of people around the world use drawnames to draw names fairly, avoid do-overs, and keep gift exchanges fun for everyone.

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Ready to organize your Secret Santa in ChatGPT?

Mention @drawnames, answer a few questions, and your Secret Santa can begin.
Install drawnames plugin