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Connect Woodander to Claude or ChatGPT with sign-in

Add Woodander as a connector in Claude or ChatGPT by its address, sign in with your Woodander account and allow access. No token to copy.

Claude and ChatGPT can add Woodander as a connector by its address alone. You sign in with your Woodander account, see what the app asks for and allow it. There is no token to create or paste. If you use Claude Code, Claude Desktop through mcp-remote or Cursor, the token guides still work.

The address of the server is:

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https://woodander.com/mcp

Claude #

  1. In claude.ai open Settings → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
  2. Name it Woodander and paste https://woodander.com/mcp.
  3. Under Authentication keep Sign in now. Under OAuth client keep Use Claude's published identity.
  4. Choose Connect. A Woodander page opens: sign in if you are not signed in, then read the screen Allow Claude to use your Woodander account? and choose Allow.

You are back in Claude and the connector shows as connected. Ask, for example:

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Check the SEO of the home page of example.com with Woodander.

ChatGPT #

Until Woodander is listed in the ChatGPT app directory, ChatGPT adds it as a custom connector, which needs Developer mode and a plan that allows custom connectors (not the Free plan; in a Business or Enterprise workspace an admin may have to allow it first). OpenAI moves these settings from time to time, so the names below may differ slightly.

  1. In ChatGPT settings turn on Developer mode (under the advanced or security settings).
  2. Open Apps & Connectors and create a connector with the address https://woodander.com/mcp and OAuth as the authentication.
  3. Sign in on the Woodander page that opens and choose Allow.
  4. In a chat, pick the connector from the + menu and ask your question.

What it can do without a plan #

Two checks work for everyone, even before you sign in: seo_check (an SEO check of any public page, every finding with why it matters and how to fix it) and speed_check (Google PageSpeed of any page, explained). Without an account you get 3 a day, with a free Woodander account 10.

With a free account the assistant can also list your projects and submit a new project to Woodander Discover for you, after you confirm the three statements of the submit form. Everything else (full site audits, Search Console, keywords, monitoring, Tag Manager) needs a plan: the assistant is told so and gets the link to the plans, it cannot buy anything.

What you allowed, and how to stop it #

The consent screen lists every permission the app asks for; open What each permission allows for the details. An app never gets more than your plan opens, and your modes in Settings → AI activity still decide what a change does.

To disconnect an app, open Settings → Connected Accounts in your Workspace and choose Disconnect next to it under Apps with access to your Woodander. It stops at once; connecting it again asks you again.

If something goes wrong #

  • "This connection request does not work": the app sent a request Woodander cannot accept. Remove the connector in the app and add it again.
  • "This screen was open too long": start again from the app; the consent screen is valid for 30 minutes.
  • The assistant says a tool needs a plan: that tool is part of a paid plan. See Limits and errors.