Use Cookmarks with Claude and ChatGPT

Connect Cookmarks to your AI assistant and it can work with your recipe library, meal plan and grocery list. Ask it to plan the week from recipes you’ve saved, add a recipe’s ingredients to your list, or save a recipe you found while chatting. Connecting is free on every plan.

Connect your assistant

Every assistant uses the same link:

https://www.cookmarks.app/api/mcp

After you add it, the assistant opens a Cookmarks page. Sign in, review what it’s asking for, and choose Allow.

Claude

Open Cookmarks in Claude’s connector directory and choose Connect, then sign in and allow access. This works on claude.ai and in the Claude desktop and mobile apps.

If your organization doesn’t allow directory connectors, add it with the link instead:

Open Settings › Connectors.
Choose Add custom connector, name it Cookmarks and paste the link.
Choose Connect, then sign in and allow access.

In Claude Code, run claude mcp add --transport http cookmarks https://www.cookmarks.app/api/mcp, then run /mcp to sign in.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT’s menus differ by app version and plan, so use whichever of these you see. Custom connections aren’t available on every plan, and in a Business or Enterprise workspace an admin may need to allow them.

Customize › Plugins: open Customize in the left sidebar, then Plugins. Choose Add, create a plugin named Cookmarks and paste the link.
Settings › Apps: turn on Developer mode under Settings › Apps › Advanced settings, then choose Create, name it Cookmarks and paste the link.

Then sign in and allow access when ChatGPT asks.

Other assistants

Any assistant that supports remote MCP connectors with OAuth sign-in can connect with the same link. Look for an option like “custom connector” or “add MCP server”. For Meta Muse, see Use Cookmarks in Muse.

What your assistant can do

Reading tools never change anything:

Search my recipes — Finds recipes saved in your library.
Get recipe — Reads one recipe in full: your own recipes with your edits, notes and tags, or any public recipe.
Get meal plan — Reads your planned meals and cooking history for a date range.
Get grocery list — Reads your grocery list, including checked items.
Check import status — Checks on a recipe import that was still running.

These tools add to your account. Most assistants ask before using them, and nothing they do overwrites or deletes anything:

Plan a meal — Adds a recipe from your library to your meal plan on a date. A past date is logged as cooked, so it shows in your cooking history and, with a public profile, your activity feed.
Add to grocery list — Adds items, a recipe’s ingredients, or everything planned for some dates.
Import recipe — Saves a recipe from a web page or a supported social post to your library.

Imports count toward your plan’s import allowance, just like imports on the website. If a recipe needs a quick check before it’s saved, it waits in the Imports inbox of the Cookmarks iPhone app. On the web, your assistant can give you a link to import it there and check it before saving.

Things to try

“Plan dinners for this week from my Cookmarks recipes, nothing over 45 minutes.”
“Add the ingredients for everything on my meal plan this week to my grocery list.”
“Save this recipe to Cookmarks: (paste a link)”
“What can I make with the chicken thighs and leeks I have?”

Privacy and control

Your assistant sees your own library, meal plan and grocery list, plus recipes that are already public on Cookmarks. It can’t read other people’s private recipes, and it can’t change your password, email or billing.
What you share in a conversation is handled by your assistant’s provider under their terms. See our Privacy Policy for how Cookmarks handles your data.
To disconnect, open Settings › Connected apps and choose Disconnect. Access stops right away. You can also remove the connector in your assistant.

Troubleshooting

The assistant says it can’t reach Cookmarks. Remove the connector and add it again, then sign in when asked.
An import says the allowance is full. Free accounts have a limit on saved imports. See plans for details.
Still stuck? Email support@cookmarks.app and tell us which assistant you’re using.