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Connect ChatGPT & Codex

Use Foveate from ChatGPT and from Codex — decks, projects, clients, files, sharing, comments and your Studio — through the same connector Claude uses.

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https://app.foveate.com/api/mcp

Connect ChatGPT & Codex

Foveate's connector is a standard remote MCP server, so it works in ChatGPT and in OpenAI's Codex as well as in Claude. Ask ChatGPT to find a deck, draft a new one, move a pursuit to proposal or read the feedback on a share link. Point Codex at it and your coding agent can file decks, look up clients and pull your firm profile while it works.

Both act as you. They see what you can see, create things in your workspace, and anything that uses AI spends your own credits. They only act while you're asking. Nothing runs in the background.

The connector's address is the same everywhere:

https://app.foveate.com/api/mcp

Connecting ChatGPT

Custom connectors in ChatGPT need Developer mode, which is available on the Pro, Team, Enterprise and Edu plans.

  1. In ChatGPT, open Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings and turn on Developer mode. OpenAI has moved this toggle before. If it isn't there, look under Settings → Security.
  2. Back in Apps & Connectors, choose Create.
  3. Name it "Foveate", paste the address above into the MCP server URL field, and set Authentication to OAuth. Tick I trust this application and choose Create.
  4. ChatGPT sends you to Foveate. Sign in if you need to, review the permissions grouped by area, and choose Allow.

To use it in a chat, open the + menu in the composer, pick Foveate under connectors, and ask in plain words.

Connecting Codex

Codex reads MCP servers from one config file, so a server added in the CLI is also available in the Codex IDE extension and the Codex desktop app.

The quickest way is the Use in Codex button at the top of this page. It copies the command below. Paste it into a terminal, then sign in:

codex mcp add foveate --url https://app.foveate.com/api/mcp
codex mcp login foveate

The second command opens Foveate in your browser to approve the connection, then returns to the terminal.

If you'd rather edit the config yourself, add this to ~/.codex/config.toml and run codex mcp login foveate:

[mcp_servers.foveate]
url = "https://app.foveate.com/api/mcp"

In the IDE extension or desktop app you can also open Settings → MCP servers, choose Add server, pick Streamable HTTP, and paste the address.

Permissions

You approve permissions once, when you first connect. They are the same ones Claude asks for, grouped by area: Decks, Projects, Library, Sharing, Comments, Clients, Studio and AI actions. The full table, with what each permission allows, is on Connect Claude.

A tool that needs a permission you didn't approve replies that the connection needs it, and nothing happens. To add permissions later, or to disconnect, open Settings → Developer → Connected apps in Foveate. Revoking there disconnects the app on its next request, and you can connect again to approve a new set.

What you can do

ChatGPT and Codex get the same tools as Claude. You don't call them yourself: ask in plain words and the assistant chooses.

  • Decks. List and open your decks, build one from an outline (free), generate one from a brief (spends credits), rename or file it, and delete it when you clearly ask.
  • Projects and pursuits. List projects by stage or client, open one with its fee, decision date and deliverables, create and update them, and move a pursuit through the pipeline.
  • Clients. Search the client book, add and update people, and research or enrich a client from the web (spends credits).
  • Files. Find images, video, PDFs, 3D models and documents in your library, filtered by type or project.
  • Sharing and comments. Get or email a share link, see who opened it, read the feedback on a deck and reply as you.
  • Studio. Read your firm profile, team bios and past proposals so the assistant writes in your firm's voice.
  • The assistant. Hand a request to the assistant inside the Foveate app and continue the conversation by thread (spends credits).

The complete tool list, with an example request for each, is on Connect Claude.

Credits

Most tools are free. These spend your AI credits, exactly as the same action does in the app:

  • ask_foveate
  • generate_deck
  • enrich_client
  • research_company

Every result that spends credits reports what it cost. If your balance is too low, the tool says so and nothing is charged. See Credits & billing.

Tips

  • Links come back with everything. Decks, projects and share links include a link you can open in Foveate, so you can check the work.
  • Asking twice won't duplicate anything. A repeated request, for example after a dropped connection, returns the deck, project, comment or client from the first time rather than a second copy.
  • Start with whoami if something fails. It shows which Foveate account the connection uses and which permissions it has. In Codex, codex mcp list shows whether the server is configured and signed in.
  • Building your own integration? The same features are available to your own tools through the API.