MCP setup

Connect CarlyChat to your AI.

Give this to your AI

Read https://carlychat.com/llms.txt and follow it to connect to CarlyChat at https://carlychat.com/mcp, signing up yourself if you need to. Then create, train, and install a support chatbot for <your website URL>. Only ask me for what you can't do yourself.

MCP server URL

https://carlychat.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Profile picture → Settings → Security and login → turn on Developer mode.
Plugins in the sidebar → the plus button.
Name it CarlyChat, paste https://carlychat.com/mcp, choose OAuth, accept the trust notice.
Sign in to CarlyChat and click Allow.
In a new chat, enable CarlyChat in the tools menu.

Developer mode and adding the server, in one minute.

Claude

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
Name it CarlyChat, paste https://carlychat.com/mcp, click Add.
Click Connect, sign in to CarlyChat, click Allow.
In a new chat, enable CarlyChat in the tools menu.

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor

Each opens a browser tab the first time so you can sign in and click Allow.

Claude Code

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http carlychat https://carlychat.com/mcp

Then /mcp → carlychat → Authenticate.

Codex

Terminal

codex mcp add carlychat --url https://carlychat.com/mcp
codex mcp login carlychat

Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carlychat": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://carlychat.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code uses a top-level servers key instead.

Prefer a key?

Use the account key from your Account page as a header. Keep it out of repositories. An agent with its own inbox can sign up and get a key itself; llms.txt says how.

Claude Code with a key

claude mcp add --transport http carlychat https://carlychat.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <account key>"

After connecting

The agent creates the chatbot, trains it on your site, and returns the install script. Review it in the dashboard; disconnect apps from your Account page.

If something doesn’t work

No plus button in ChatGPT. Developer mode is off, or your workspace blocks it.
Tools don’t show in the chat. Enable CarlyChat in the chat’s tools menu.
The agent asks for a key. Point it at this page. None is needed once connected.