FacileThings’ MCP server is a bridge that connects your GTD system directly to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other LLM compatible with the Model Context Protocol, so you can capture, organize, and review your life and work using natural language.

The MCP server, in addition to connecting to your data, comes with a set of instructions on how an assistant should behave inside a GTD system managed with FacileThings ¹: what capturing means, what clarifying means, how the tickler file works, what sets an action apart from a project, how areas of focus and goals relate to whatever you’re working on, and so on. This way, before doing any operation, the assistant can consult these guidelines instead of improvising.

We’ve also built in safety instructions, such as never permanently deleting anything without your explicit confirmation, always choosing to move something to trash rather than delete it, and asking rather than guessing when you’re not sure about something.

The goal is an assistant that knows FacileThings and respects the GTD methodology, rather than one that simply executes literal commands against a database.

How to connect FacileThings MCP to Claude

Connecting your FacileThings account to Claude takes less than a minute and requires no technical knowledge. Use the Claude Web app (claude.ai), Desktop app or Mobile app to establish the connection, following these instructions:

1. Open Settings → Connectors from Claude’s customization menu.
2. Click the Add button and choose Add custom connector ².
3. Fill in the details:
   - Name: FacileThings
   - MCP Server URL: https://mcp.facilethings.com/mcp
4. Then click on Connect, sign in to FacileThings and click Authorize.

Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http facilethings https://mcp.facilethings.com/mcp
claude
/mcp → Authenticate.

How to connect FacileThings MCP to ChatGPT

ChatGPT only allows adding custom MCP servers on certain plans. On the free plan, you’ll need to enable “developer mode” to do this in the web app:

1. Open Settings → Plugins, from the menu under your name in the bottom left.
2. Turn on Developer mode (if needed).
3. Open Browse plugins and click the (+) button (if that button isn’t there, you’ll need to enable “developer mode” first). Select the “Create custom MCP server” option.
4. Click the “Create MCP application” button.
5. Fill in the details:
   - Name: FacileThings
   - Connection: https://mcp.facilethings.com/mcp
   - (Check “I understand and want to continue”)
6. Click Create, then Connect to authorize access to your account. You’ll be taken to a consent web page where you’ll need to enter your FacileThings login credentials.

How to connect FacileThings MCP to other MCP clients

Just use the https://mcp.facilethings.com/mcp URL. Clients that support automatic registration need nothing else.

If you encounter any issues connecting your AI tool to our MCP server, please send us an email and we will try to resolve them.

NOTE for existing users: If you connected with a client ID, nothing changes and you don’t need to reconnect.

¹ The fact that these guidelines exist doesn’t mean the assistant always consults them on its own initiative. Depending on the LLM you’re using, it may not turn to them automatically and may only do so when you explicitly ask it to. So at first, you’ll likely need to be the one telling it how you want it to do things (for example, asking it to check FacileThings’ guidelines before deciding which list something belongs in, or telling it what you exactly expect from specific requests). Usually, once you tell it, the assistant will remember that way of working for future conversations, so you won’t need to repeat it.

² We’ll ask Anthropic to include our MCP server in their official connector directory, which will in the future allow it to be enabled with a single click from there. Until that request is resolved, the way to connect it is through custom connectors, following the steps above.