# Connecting ChatGPT

![Connecting ChatGPT](https://docs.sitetrax.io/uploads/images/gallery/2026-09/st-intel-connect-chatgpt-feature.png)

SiteTrax.io publishes an app for ChatGPT. Connecting it lets you ask operational questions in ChatGPT and get answers drawn from the SiteTrax.io projects your account is permitted to see.

## Before you start

- A SiteTrax.io account with at least one shared project.
- A ChatGPT account. On workspace plans, an administrator controls whether apps may be added and how they are rolled out.
- A desktop or laptop browser. Apps built on the Model Context Protocol are supported on the web, not in the ChatGPT mobile apps.

## Connect from SiteTrax.io

This is the shortest path and it is the one to use unless your organization requires its own configuration.

1. Sign in at [app.sitetrax.io](https://app.sitetrax.io) and open **Intelligence**.
2. Scroll to **Use SiteTrax.io with your assistant**.
3. On the ChatGPT card, select **Open in ChatGPT**. It opens in a new tab.
4. When prompted, sign in to SiteTrax.io and review the permissions being requested.
5. Authorize the connection, then return to ChatGPT and confirm SiteTrax.io is available.

![The assistant connection cards on the Intelligence hub](https://docs.sitetrax.io/uploads/images/gallery/2026-09/st-intel-ui-assistant-connections.png)

Authentication is completed through the SiteTrax.io authorization screen. Never type a SiteTrax.io password into an app configuration field, and never paste access tokens into a prompt.

## Configuring your own connection

Organizations that manage their own apps can point ChatGPT at the SiteTrax.io remote MCP endpoint instead.

Endpoint: `https://mcp.sitetrax.io/mcp`

OpenAI documents this as developer mode. In outline: an authorized user enables developer mode under app settings, creates the app with the endpoint and its metadata, selects the authentication method, scans the available tools, completes the authorization prompt, and creates the app. Availability differs by plan, with administrators controlling access on Business, Enterprise and Edu, and Pro accounts limited to read and fetch behaviour. Follow OpenAI current instructions rather than a fixed set of screens, because this interface changes.

## Check the connection

Ask something you can verify by hand, and name SiteTrax.io in the prompt.

> Using SiteTrax.io, list the projects I have access to.

If projects come back that match what you see in the application, the connection is working and scoped correctly.

## What ChatGPT can reach

Only what your SiteTrax.io account can reach. Connecting an app does not widen SiteTrax.io permissions. See [Using MCP with SiteTrax.io](/books/ai-integrations/page/using-mcp-with-sitetraxio) for the capability groups, and the [SiteTrax.io MCP Server](/books/mcp-server/page/sitetraxio-mcp-server) reference for the full technical contract.

<p class="callout warning">If answers come back generic rather than tailored to your operation, check that you authorized with the same SiteTrax.io account that published your Intelligence profile. See [Troubleshooting Connections](/books/ai-integrations/page/troubleshooting-connections).</p>

## Sources

- [Developer mode and MCP apps in ChatGPT, OpenAI Help Center](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/12584461-developer-mode-and-mcp-apps-in-chatgpt)
- [Apps in ChatGPT, OpenAI Help Center](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11487775-connectors-in-chatgpt)