# Connecting an AI assistant (MCP)

Connect Claude or another AI assistant so you can ask it to read, sort, and send your mail.

Source: https://jade.email/help/mcp/

Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or another compatible AI assistant to your Jade account to read, organize, and send mail through conversation. You can ask it to summarize new mail, find a receipt, update rules, or draft and send a reply.

## Connect ChatGPT

Jade has an official plugin in ChatGPT's plugin directory.

1. Open [Jade in the ChatGPT plugin directory](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a85fc2856348191a597b910e7b057c9).
2. Sign in to ChatGPT if prompted, then follow the listing's instructions to connect Jade.
3. Sign in to your Jade account and review the requested access before authorizing the connection.
4. Ask ChatGPT to use Jade to list your inboxes.

Once connected, try the [example requests](#what-to-ask-it).

## Connect another assistant

### Claude Code

In your terminal, run:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http jade https://jade.email/mcp
```

The first time you use it, a browser window opens. Sign in to Jade and click **Allow**. You're done.

To check it worked, ask Claude in any session to list your inboxes. To disconnect later, run `claude mcp remove jade`.

### Claude.ai or Claude Desktop

Open the app's settings and find **Connectors** (sometimes called **Integrations**). Add a custom connector with:

| Field     | Value                    |
| --------- | ------------------------ |
| Name      | `Jade` (or anything)     |
| URL       | `https://jade.email/mcp` |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP          |

A browser window opens. Sign in to Jade and click **Allow**. You're done.

To disconnect later, remove the connector from the same screen.

## What to ask it

The assistant can use Jade's email, category, and rule workflows for you.

**Reading**

- "What's new this morning?"
- "Summarize everything in my work inbox from this week."
- "Find the email from my dentist about my appointment."
- "Show me the PDF on that order confirmation."

**Tidying up**

- "Mark everything in marketing as read."
- "Delete every newsletter older than a month."
- "Unsubscribe me from this newsletter."
- "Re-sort my mail using my current rules."

**Sending**

- "Reply to my landlord saying I'll wire the deposit tomorrow."
- "Forward this receipt to my accountant."

**Rules and categories**

- "Pin any GitHub notification mentioning my username."
- "Add a new category called Receipts."
- "What rules do I have on my newsletter inbox?"
- "Forward every invoice in this inbox to my bookkeeper."

A forwarding rule can only use an address you have verified under **Settings > Forwarding**.

## During a trial

You can connect on a trial, and the assistant can read your mail, sort it, run your rules, and edit your categories and rules. It can't send, reply, or forward until you subscribe.

## If something doesn't work

**Nothing happened when I tried to connect.** Your browser may have blocked the pop-up. Allow pop-ups from `jade.email` and try again.

**The assistant says it can't see my mail anymore.** Disconnect and reconnect. In Claude Code that's `claude mcp remove jade` followed by `claude mcp add --transport http jade https://jade.email/mcp`. In the desktop and web apps, remove and re-add the connector.

**I see "A Jade account with MCP access is required."** Your subscription has lapsed. Open Settings → **Billing** to resume, then try connecting again.

## Related guides

- [Rules and rule sets](https://jade.email/help/rules.md)
- [Sending email](https://jade.email/help/sending-email.md)
- [Glossary](https://jade.email/help/glossary.md)