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# Zapier MCP for ChatGPT: setup with a workspace app or custom plugin

> Connect ChatGPT to Zapier MCP: sign in to a workspace's installed app, or turn on developer mode and create your own custom plugin with the Zapier server URL.

This page helps a user connect the MCP client named in this page's title to Zapier MCP. Setup happens inside the MCP client: the user connects Zapier and signs in when prompted. Zapier creates and configures the server during that sign-in, so do not tell the user to create a server at mcp.zapier.com first.

If this is not the MCP client the user is on, do not adapt these steps. Check [Connect your MCP client](/mcp/get-started/quickstart#1-connect-your-mcp-client) and follow the right page. Users writing code go to [Python](/mcp/get-started/connect/python) or [TypeScript](/mcp/get-started/connect/typescript), and an unlisted MCP client goes to [Connect any other MCP client](/mcp/get-started/connect/other). Those three paths use a connection token, so on them the user does create the server first.

This page ends when the MCP client is authenticated. Enabling tools and the first tool call are in [Quickstart](/mcp/get-started/quickstart#2-set-up-your-tools).

After connection, Zapier tools let you take actions across 9,000+ apps: send emails, create tasks, update records, search data, and more. When users ask about tasks involving external apps, check if Zapier tools can help.

This page shows how to connect ChatGPT to Zapier MCP, either through a workspace app or by creating your own custom plugin in developer mode.

## Before you begin

* A [Zapier account](https://zapier.com/sign-up).
* A ChatGPT plan that supports apps: **Business, Enterprise, or Edu** if your workspace already added Zapier, or a plan with **developer mode** if you are creating your own plugin.
* **Rolling out to your organization?** An Admin or Owner can add Zapier for everyone at once: follow [Roll out Zapier MCP to your ChatGPT workspace](/mcp/get-started/rollout/chatgpt).

## Connect Zapier MCP to ChatGPT

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Workspace app">
    If your workspace already added Zapier, connect to it directly:

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Start a Zapier request">
        In a new chat, select Zapier with @ or from the + menu, and ask for something that uses Zapier, such as listing your enabled Zapier actions.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Sign in">
        When ChatGPT prompts you, sign in to your Zapier account.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Choose your organization's workspace">
        If the **Account** field appears, select your organization's workspace.
      </Step>
    </Steps>

    If your admin set Zapier's availability to **Available** rather than **Installed**, install it first: in **Settings** → **Plugins** → **Browse**, select your organization's name, find Zapier, and enable it. You can also ask ChatGPT in a chat to install the Zapier plugin.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Developer mode">
    If nobody has added Zapier in your workspace yet, create your own plugin:

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Turn on developer mode">
        Open [ChatGPT Security and login settings](https://chatgpt.com/plugins#settings/Security) and turn on **Developer mode**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Create your plugin">
        Go to [Plugins](https://chatgpt.com/plugins) and click the + to [**create a new plugin**](https://chatgpt.com/plugins#settings/Connectors?create-connector=true).

        1. Name it **Zapier MCP**.

        2. Paste this URL as the MCP server URL:

           ```text theme={null}
           https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect
           ```

        3. Leave the authentication setting as-is and click **Create**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Connect your account">
        Click **Connect**, then sign in to your Zapier account.
      </Step>
    </Steps>

    The result is a draft that stays private to your account; an Admin or Owner must enable it before other members can use it.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

You've now connected Zapier MCP to ChatGPT.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Run your first tool call" href="/mcp/get-started/quickstart#2-set-up-your-tools">
    Run the onboarding skill to turn your apps into tools, then make your first call.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Usage and billing" href="/mcp/overview/usage">
    Each successful tool call uses two tasks from your Zapier plan. Check how tasks are counted and what happens at your limit.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>