> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gooseworks.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Connect Goose to your AI app > Two ways in — one command for coding agents, sign-in for chat apps. Pick yours in 30 seconds. Goose runs as an **MCP server**, so any AI app that speaks MCP can use your GooseWorks account directly — your brand, your creative, your data, billed to your credits. No new tab, no new habit. There are **two ways to connect**, and which one you use depends only on your app. > **[Paste a prompt](#path-a-paste-a-prompt-coding-agents)** > > **Claude Code, Cursor, Codex.** > Paste one prompt into your agent. It runs the install, signs you in, and sets up your brand in the same chat. No restart needed. > **[Sign in](#path-b-sign-in-hosted-connector)** > > **Claude (claude.ai + Cowork), ChatGPT.** > Paste `https://mcp.gooseworks.ai/mcp` into the app's connector settings and sign in. Nothing to install. ## Which path is mine? | Your app | Path | What you do | Guide | | - | - | - | - | | **Claude Code** (terminal) | Paste a prompt | Paste the [install prompt](#path-a-paste-a-prompt-coding-agents) into Claude Code | [CLI](/concepts/cli.md) | | **Cursor** | Paste a prompt *(or one-click)* | Paste the [install prompt](#path-a-paste-a-prompt-coding-agents) into Cursor | [Cursor](/connections/cursor.md) | | **Codex** | Paste a prompt | Paste the [install prompt](#path-a-paste-a-prompt-coding-agents) into Codex | [CLI](/concepts/cli.md) | | **Claude** — claude.ai & Cowork | Sign in | Add a custom connector, click **Connect** | [Claude](/connections/claude.md) | | **ChatGPT** on the web | Sign in | Add a connector in Developer mode | [ChatGPT (web)](/connections/chatgpt-web.md) | | **ChatGPT work app** | Paste a token | Add an MCP with a `Bearer` token | [ChatGPT work](/connections/chatgpt-work.md) | > [!NOTE] > > **Claude appears twice on purpose.** *Claude Code* is the terminal tool and takes the > paste-a-prompt path. *Claude* the chat app (claude.ai, the desktop app, and Cowork) takes > the sign-in path. They are different products with different setup — if you're in a > terminal, you want the prompt; if you're in a browser or the Claude app, you want > the connector. ## Path A — paste a prompt (coding agents) For **Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex**. Your agent runs the install, which signs you in with Google, registers the `gooseworks` MCP server in your app's config, and installs the GooseWorks skills. It then checks the connection and sets up your brand in the same chat. Paste this into your agent — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or a chat app like Claude or ChatGPT: ```text theme={null} Install gooseworks: https://gooseworks.ai/install.md ``` Your agent reads that page and follows it. It **asks you before it installs anything**, then runs the GooseWorks CLI with `--all` (it sets up every coding agent on your machine at once), opens a browser for Google sign-in, checks the install, and carries on in the same chat: it sets up your brand there (it asks for your website and a couple of quick questions), then gets back to what you asked for. You don't need to reopen your agent; the GooseWorks tools also show up in its next session. If your agent is a chat app like claude.ai, the Claude desktop app's chat or ChatGPT, it gives you the MCP connector address instead. The page only ever runs `npx gooseworks@latest …`. It writes your agent's skills folder, your agent's MCP config (for Cursor that is the global Cursor MCP config, plus the project's `.cursor/mcp.json` if the folder has one), and `~/.gooseworks/credentials.json`. The MCP config entries contain your sign-in token. It writes no other files. Installing is free; some skills spend credits when they run. The check at the end also reports whether ffmpeg and a browser are present; those only matter for rendering video ads on your machine and do not block the install. Prefer to type the command yourself? It's in the [CLI reference](/concepts/cli.md#run-it-yourself). You don't need to restart your app. In the session that ran the install, the agent calls GooseWorks through the CLI; from the next session the GooseWorks MCP tools are listed directly. To check the connection yourself, ask: “Use the GooseWorks `account_whoami` tool to tell me which account is connected.” A successful tool response verifies access. > [!TIP] > > If the tool is unavailable, check that `gooseworks` is enabled in your client's MCP settings. Rerun the install with your client flag and `--mcp` if needed, then restart the client. The CLI's `doctor` command checks local video prerequisites and saved credentials; use `account_whoami` to verify the connection. ### Requirements * **Node 18+** (`node --version`). `npx` comes with it. * A browser on the same machine, for the Google sign-in. If none opens, the CLI prints the URL — paste it into any browser and finish there. ## Path B — sign in (hosted connector) For **Claude** (claude.ai, the desktop app, and Cowork) and **ChatGPT on the web**. Nothing to install and no token to copy: you add one URL and click Connect. **The server address:** ``` https://mcp.gooseworks.ai/mcp ``` Add it as a custom connector in your app's settings, click **Connect**, sign in with the same Google account you use for GooseWorks, and click **Allow**. Step-by-step with screenshots: **[Claude](/connections/claude.md)** · **[ChatGPT (web)](/connections/chatgpt-web.md)** · **[ChatGPT work](/connections/chatgpt-work.md)**. ## What you get, either way It is the **same server and the same account** on both paths. Once connected, your AI app can, on your behalf: * **Make, edit, and analyze ads** — research a brand, turn templates into branded creative, re-roll and edit, and check how campaigns are doing. * **Work with your files, chat history, and automations.** * **Query public web and social data** — creator profiles, posts, competitor ads — with no provider keys of your own. * **Find and run any GooseWorks skill** on demand. Full list: **[Goose Growth tools](/concepts/goose-growth-tools.md)**. ## Next: actually make something Connecting is step one. The five-minute walkthrough takes you from a fresh machine to three finished ads: > **[Quickstart — connect Goose to Claude and make three ads](/connections/quickstart.md)** > > The literal prompts to type and what comes back. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.