# Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Muse AI to this record (/docs/connect-claude-and-chatgpt) --- type: Document title: Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Muse AI to this record description: Step-by-step setup for adding AskSEO as a custom MCP connector in Claude, ChatGPT and Muse AI, so each one answers grounded in this record instead of guessing. status: stable order: 1.5 added: 2026-09-17T11:56:10Z generated: { by: human:ahmedraza, at: 2026-10-12T10:50:00Z } ksor: audience: [public] owner: human:ahmedraza approval: { by: human:ahmedraza, at: 2026-10-12T10:50:00Z } verified: [{ by: human:ahmedraza, at: 2026-10-12T10:50:00Z }] trust_tier: human-reviewed build_id: sha256:401a1d4b5eead93b53bbfcc53b1ee4048e592b4be6f6059d848ed6ffaa614755 dirty: true ksor_version: 0.0.60 --- This record is served live over MCP. Connecting Claude, ChatGPT or Muse AI to it means each one answers SEO questions strictly from what this record actually covers (niche research, keyword research, on-page and technical SEO, off-page, local SEO, APK sites, WordPress), citing the source document, or saying plainly when something isn't covered yet, instead of guessing from general training data. Connecting needs a free **AskSEO account**. The first time you connect, your assistant opens AskSEO's sign-in page: sign in with **Google**, **GitHub**, or your **email and password** (a new email account is confirmed with a 6-digit code), then click **Allow**. That is all; no API key is needed. Every setup below uses the same two values: - **Name:** AskSEO - **MCP Server URL:** `https://askseo.cybrumsolutions.dev/mcp` ## Connect Claude 1. Open **Settings**, then **Connectors** (it sits under the **Customize** group in the sidebar). 2. Click **Add custom connector**, then paste the **Name** (`AskSEO`) and the **MCP Server URL** above. Click **Continue**. 3. Claude detects that this server asks for sign-in. Do **not** choose **No sign-in**. Leave **Request headers** empty, and leave the OAuth **Client ID** and **Client Secret** under **Advanced** empty: Claude registers itself. Click **Add**, then **Connect**. 4. AskSEO's sign-in page opens in your browser. Sign in with Google, GitHub or your email (or create an account), then click **Allow** on the "Connect Claude to AskSEO" screen. You are sent back to Claude, and AskSEO emails you to confirm the connection. 5. AskSEO now appears in your connectors list with its three read-only tools: **Outline the record**, **Read a document** and **Search the record**. Set them to **Always allow** (or leave **Needs approval** if you'd rather confirm each use). 6. Ask it something and watch it answer from the record: *"Use AskSEO and explain what a nano niche is."* ## Connect ChatGPT ChatGPT calls this **Plugins**, and it sits behind **Developer mode**, off by default, since it lets ChatGPT add connectors OpenAI hasn't reviewed. 1. Open **Settings** and find **Developer mode** in the list. ![ChatGPT's settings list, with Plugins highlighted and Developer mode listed below it](connect-chatgpt-1.png) 2. Turn the **Developer mode** toggle on. ChatGPT marks it **elevated risk**: that's a general warning about unverified connectors, not specific to this one. ![ChatGPT's Developer mode toggle, switched on, with an elevated-risk label](connect-chatgpt-2.png) 3. **Plugins** now appears in the main sidebar. Open it, then click the **+** in the top-right corner to add a new one. ![ChatGPT's Plugins page, listing installed plugins with a + button to add one](connect-chatgpt-3.png) 4. In the **New Plugin** dialog: Name `AskSEO`, Connection set to **Server URL** (not Tunnel), paste the MCP Server URL, and set **Authentication** to **OAuth**. Check *"I understand and want to continue"* (the same generic custom-MCP-server warning Claude shows), then click **Create**. 5. ChatGPT opens AskSEO's sign-in page. Sign in (or create an account), then click **Allow**. You are sent back to ChatGPT. 6. Click **Try in chat** on AskSEO's plugin page, or enable it from the Plugins list inside any chat, then ask it a question the same way. ![AskSEO's created plugin page in ChatGPT, with a "Try in chat" button](connect-chatgpt-5.png) > [!NOTE] > Developer mode and custom plugins are currently on ChatGPT's paid plans (Plus > and above). Free and the lower-cost Go plan may not show this option at all. > This changes over time as OpenAI rolls it out further, so check your own > Settings rather than assuming. ## Connect Muse AI Muse AI connects to the record by itself: give it the MCP Server URL and ask it to add a custom MCP connector. Open a chat in Muse AI and send this prompt as it is: ```text Connect a custom MCP server for me. Name: AskSEO MCP Server URL: https://askseo.cybrumsolutions.dev/mcp It uses OAuth sign-in. Register yourself as an OAuth client with this redirect URI: https://askseo.cybrumsolutions.dev/oauth/callback Then give me the sign-in link. After I sign in and allow the connection, I will paste the link I land on back into this chat: take the code from it and finish connecting. Once it is connected, list its tools. From then on, answer my SEO questions with AskSEO's search tool, name the document each answer comes from, and tell me plainly when the record does not cover a question instead of guessing. ``` 1. Open the sign-in link Muse AI gives you, sign in, and click **Allow**. 2. You land on an AskSEO page that says **"Almost connected"**. Click **Copy link** and paste that link into the same Muse AI chat. 3. When Muse AI confirms the connector and lists its three tools (outline, read and search), ask it something the same way: *"Use AskSEO and explain what a nano niche is."* The link works only for a few minutes, so paste it soon after you click **Allow**. If it has expired, ask Muse AI for a new sign-in link. ## Connected before sign-in was required? AskSEO used to work without an account, so a connector added before then was saved as needing **no sign-in**. That saved setting does not change by itself: reconnecting fails, and Claude shows an error like *"AskSEO is set up as not requiring sign-in, but the server asked for sign-in when checked (status 401)."* The fix is to add the connector again: 1. In **Settings**, then **Connectors**, open **AskSEO** and **remove** it. 2. Add it again with the same URL, following [Connect Claude](#connect-claude) above, and this time leave sign-in on. 3. Sign in and click **Allow**. ChatGPT and Muse AI work the same way: remove the old AskSEO connector, then add it again with sign-in (**OAuth** in ChatGPT). ## What "grounded" means here Every connector points at the same read-only record. An agent connected this way never receives write access, and it answers only from documents this record actually admits to its machine surface: a draft or a withdrawn document is never handed over as an answer.