Run Manifestly from ChatGPT.
Manifestly's MCP server plugs into ChatGPT's custom connectors. Your team can ask ChatGPT to start runs, complete steps, reassign work, and even draft new workflows — without ever leaving the chat. Works with ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise.
mcp.manifest.lyThe assistant everyone already uses, now running ops.
Your team is already in ChatGPT all day. The question is whether the work they do after chatting with it has to be re-entered somewhere else. With Manifestly's MCP connector, it doesn't — ChatGPT can start runs, complete steps, assign work, and capture data directly in Manifestly.
Permissions, audit attribution, and your existing workflow templates stay in Manifestly. ChatGPT is just the front door.
- Works with ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise
- Available in ChatGPT web, desktop, and mobile
- OAuth 2.1, scoped to a single Manifestly user
- Full read, write, and author surface — not a read-only connector
- Every action attributed to the human in the audit log
Have ChatGPT set itself up. Seriously.
Copy this prompt, paste it into ChatGPT, and ChatGPT will read this page, ask you which plan you're on, and give you exact click-by-click instructions. Best way to start if you don't want to read docs.
I want to connect Manifestly Checklists to ChatGPT using the Model Context Protocol so I can run my workflows by chatting with you. Please: 1. Read https://www.manifest.ly/integrations/mcp-server and https://www.manifest.ly/ai-integrations/chatgpt so you understand exactly what Manifestly's MCP server does and how to add a custom MCP connector to ChatGPT. 2. Ask me which ChatGPT plan I have (Pro, Business, or Enterprise) so you can give me the right click-by-click steps — connectors are configured slightly differently on each. 3. Walk me through adding Manifestly as a custom MCP connector with endpoint https://mcp.manifest.ly. I'll sign in with my Manifestly account in the OAuth popup. 4. Once I confirm I'm connected, suggest three useful first prompts I can try based on what Manifestly can do (e.g. "what's overdue this week?", "start the new client onboarding workflow for Acme", "draft me an incident response workflow and import it"). 5. Remind me that everything you do via Manifestly is attributed to me in the audit log and only sees what my account has permission to see.
Works because ChatGPT can browse the web and read these pages itself. If web browsing is disabled on your account, follow the manual steps in How to connect.
Three patterns ChatGPT users keep using.
The same three patterns show up across teams: the morning read, the in-the-flow action, and the brand-new-workflow generation. ChatGPT handles all three.
Get the read without opening Manifestly.
Ask ChatGPT what's overdue, who's blocked, what's running. Pulls live data, scoped to your permissions.
5 overdue assignments across 4 runs: • Sam — Q2 SOC2 evidence · "Collect access reviews" · 5d late ← worst • Sam — Q2 SOC2 evidence · "Sign vendor questionnaire" · 3d late • Priya — Acme onboarding · "Provision SSO" · 2d late • Jordan — Acme onboarding · "Send welcome packet" · 1d late • Priya — Northwind kickoff · "Schedule kickoff call" · 1d late
Run the workflow without leaving the chat.
Start runs, complete steps, set due dates, fill in fields, leave comments — everything your team does in the Manifestly UI is now a sentence in ChatGPT.
✓ Run #14228 — "Northwind onboarding" started ✓ Step 1 "Create CRM record" — completed ✓ Step 4 "Contract review" — assigned to Priya Mehta, due Fri
Design new workflows by describing them.
Describe a new SOP — phases, owners, cadence, conditional logic — and ChatGPT drafts the template against your account's schema, validates it, and imports it.
✓ Workflow created: "Incident response" Steps: 13 across 4 phases (Detect · Triage · Comms · Postmortem) Owners: on-call manager for Comms, eng leadership for Postmortem Schedule: Manual start (incident-driven) Imported into department: Engineering
Pick your ChatGPT plan. Paste the URL.
Custom MCP connectors are available on ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise. The path is slightly different on each.
Individual users
- Open ChatGPT and go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the endpoint URL, name it Manifestly, and sign in with your Manifestly account.
- Toggle the connector on in any conversation that needs it.
https://mcp.manifest.lyTeams & SMBs
- Your workspace admin enables custom connectors in the admin console.
- Members add Manifestly under Settings → Connectors → Add custom.
- Each member signs in with their own Manifestly account — permissions are per-user.
https://mcp.manifest.lyEnterprise rollout
- Workspace admin adds Manifestly as an approved MCP connector.
- Distribute to departments via group policy, or let users self-add.
- Each user authenticates with their Manifestly account; permissions, audit, and SSO carry over.
https://mcp.manifest.lyNeed more detail? The full MCP server reference has transport notes, capability surface, and an admin setup guide.
ChatGPT can only do what you can do.
AI integrations should not be a security afterthought. We built this to enterprise standards from day one.
OAuth 2.1, no API keys to share.
You sign in with your Manifestly account. OpenAI never sees a long-lived secret, and you never paste one.
Scoped to your account.
ChatGPT can only see workflows you can see, and only complete steps you'd be allowed to complete in the UI.
Every action attributed to you.
When ChatGPT completes a step, the audit log records your name — not "AI did it".
One click, fully revoked.
Revoke from ChatGPT's connector settings, or from your connected apps page in Manifestly.
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