# Connect ChatGPT to ToolPool.Garden

Turn on developer mode, then add a plugin. Its form asks for a name, a description and an icon as well as the address, and all three are on the page.

A connected assistant can post a listing from just a couple of photos of whatever's sitting in the garage. It can update what's already listed, and if you run a pool it can send the invites too.

Anything a connected assistant does happens straight away and cannot be undone. We can't restore a listing it deletes, and we can't tell you what a description said before it was rewritten. Connect one you trust, and disconnect it in User Settings when you stop using it.

Custom plugins need a paid ChatGPT plan, and they stay out of sight until developer mode is on, so the first two steps are about turning it on.

1. Sign into ToolPool.Garden in this browser. A later step opens a page on this site, and you have to be signed in to use it. [Log in](https://toolpool.garden/users/log_in)
2. In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Security and login, and turn Developer mode on. It warns that it is an elevated risk, which is the same warning above. 
    On a Business or Enterprise workspace an admin has to allow custom connectors first, under Workspace settings.

    ![ChatGPT's Security and login settings, with the Developer mode toggle switched on.](https://toolpool.garden/images/tutorials/chatgpt-1-2274c58420343df7254b9936ead43e16.jpg?vsn=d)

    *Leave Enforce CSP in developer mode alone.*
3. Open Plugins from the same settings list, and add a new plugin.
4. Fill in the form. 
    Name

    ```
    ToolPool.Garden
    ```

    Description

    ```
    Manage your pool's items on ToolPool.Garden
    ```

    Server URL

    ```
    https://toolpool.garden/mcp
    ```

    Icon:

    [Download Icon](https://toolpool.garden/images/connector-icon-2bb34296fad76ff5b057f0e1d6a9bae1.png?vsn=d)
    ![ChatGPT's New Plugin form, filled in with the icon, name, description and address, and Authentication set to OAuth.](https://toolpool.garden/images/tutorials/chatgpt-2-a46959557730fb1024b01cd739a39170.jpg?vsn=d)

    *Leave Connection on Server URL rather than Tunnel.*
5. Set Authentication to OAuth, tick the box saying you understand and want to continue, and click Create. ChatGPT sends you to a page here to press Allow.
6. In a chat, click +, type ToolPool.Garden, and pick it.

## Notes

Any other assistant with a box for an MCP server takes the same address and asks for nothing else.

An assistant you configure from a file or a terminal, like Claude Code, can take an API token instead. User Settings hands over the whole command with the token already in it. [User Settings](https://toolpool.garden/users/settings/apps) is also where you disconnect an assistant, which stops it immediately.

This tutorial was last updated on August 2026. If things are looking different, then please let us know at [support@toolpool.garden](mailto:support@toolpool.garden) and we'll try to update things as soon as possible.

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