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Connect Clam to ChatGPT

Clam is listed as a public ChatGPT plugin. Find it under Plugins, click +, click Allow, and ChatGPT can use your Gmail within your Shell's rules.

Before you start

You need a Clam account with a Shell. Haven't made one yet? The Quickstart takes about 10 minutes. Everything below starts on your Shell's Install tab in the console, under ChatGPT.

Connect ChatGPT

Two ways in. Start with the first; the other is for when it doesn't fit.

Recommended

The quickest way. Clam is listed as a public ChatGPT plugin.

Find Clam in Plugins

Open ChatGPT and go to Plugins in the left sidebar. Search for Clam, then click + next to it.
Open ChatGPT
Sign in to Clam and Allow

Clam opens in a new window, titled "Let ChatGPT use a Shell". Sign in if you need to, pick a Shell if you have more than one, and click Allow.

Back on the Install tab, click Check connection after ChatGPT's first request.

For a second Shell (the plugin covers one at a time), or when Clam isn't in Plugins.

Open Plugins

It's in ChatGPT's left sidebar.
Open ChatGPT
Add a custom MCP server

Click Add at the top right, then choose Add custom MCP server.
Paste the name and the link

Fill in both fields with the values on your Shell's Install tab, under ChatGPT. If ChatGPT asks how to sign in, choose OAuth. Each Shell has its own name and link.
Sign in to Clam and Allow

Click Save, and Clam opens in a new window asking to connect your Shell to ChatGPT. Click Allow.

Try it

With the starter policy from the Quickstart, ask ChatGPT:

On a managed workspace? An administrator may need to enable Clam, or approve third-party plugins, before members can connect it.

Remove access

In ChatGPT, open Plugins, select Clam, and disconnect it.

In Clam, click Remove access next to ChatGPT on the Shell's Install tab. ChatGPT stops at its next request and has to sign in again to come back. Clam's removal is the one that counts: Remove access.

If it doesn't work

Something else? See Common issues & solutions.

Clam isn't in ChatGPT's Plugins

Add it by address instead, with Custom MCP server above. On a managed workspace, ask your administrator whether third-party plugins are allowed.

Clam's sign-in won't let me in

We're in early access, so only invited accounts can sign in. Use the Google account your invite went to, or request an invite.

ChatGPT says the Shell is paused

A paused Shell blocks every request. Open it in the Clam console and click Resume.

The Install tab says ChatGPT is set to another Shell

A plugin covers one Shell at a time. Remove its access there and connect again here, or add this Shell as a custom MCP server.