Connect to ChatGPT & Claude (MCP)

Siftly runs a hosted MCP server. It lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude read your GEO data and run Siftly actions in plain language — “What’s my share of voice this week?” or “Draft a reply for today’s top Reddit opportunity.” You connect once with a URL, sign in with your Siftly account, and your assistant does the rest. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard these assistants use to reach outside tools. Siftly’s server works with any MCP-compatible client.

Siftly MCP server URL

https://mcp.siftly.ai/mcp

This is the only value you paste. No API key, client ID, or client secret — sign-in uses your existing Siftly login.

Prerequisites

A Siftly account with an active subscription. The server declines workspaces with no active plan.
An AI client that supports remote MCP connectors (see the tabs below).

Connection Details

Setting	Value
Server URL	`https://mcp.siftly.ai/mcp`
Transport	Streamable HTTP (remote)
Authentication	OAuth — sign in with your Siftly account
Setup credentials	None — the connection registers itself automatically

When your client first reaches the server, Siftly returns the sign-in details and your client opens a Siftly login page. Approve access once, and the client refreshes its own access from then on.

Connect Your Client

ChatGPT
Claude
Claude Code
Other clients

Custom MCP connectors need developer mode. It’s available on ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education, in the web app. On Business, Enterprise, and Education, a workspace admin enables connectors first.

Enable developer mode

Open ChatGPT on the web. Go to Settings → Apps → Advanced settings and turn on Developer mode.

Add the connector

In a chat, open the + menu, choose Developer mode, then Add. Paste https://mcp.siftly.ai/mcp as the server URL and continue.

Approve access on the Siftly sign-in page. ChatGPT returns to your chat once connected.

Turn Siftly on for the chat

Open the + menu and enable Siftly for the conversation.

ChatGPT reaches only public HTTPS servers. Use the https://mcp.siftly.ai/mcp URL — not a local address.

Pro or Max

Open Connectors

In Claude on the web, go to Settings → Connectors (also shown under Customize → Connectors).

Add a custom connector

Choose Add custom connector and paste https://mcp.siftly.ai/mcp as the remote MCP server URL.

Connect and sign in

Choose Connect and sign in with your Siftly account.

Leave the OAuth client ID and secret blank under Advanced settings — the server registers your client for you.

Team or EnterpriseAn Owner or Primary Owner adds the connector once, under organization Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, using the same URL. Each member then connects and signs in with their own Siftly account.

Add Siftly as a remote MCP server from the CLI:

claude mcp add --transport http siftly https://mcp.siftly.ai/mcp

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code and choose Authenticate to sign in with your Siftly account.

Any client that supports remote MCP over Streamable HTTP works. For clients that support only local (stdio) servers, bridge to the remote server with mcp-remote:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "siftly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.siftly.ai/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

The bridge opens a browser window for the same Siftly sign-in on first use.

Choose Your Workspace

The connection defaults to your active Siftly workspace. If you belong to more than one:

Ask your assistant to “list my Siftly organizations” to see every workspace, your role, and which one is active.
Then name the workspace in your request — for example, “get brand metrics for Acme Corp.” Every response echoes the workspace it used, so you can confirm the scope.

Verify the Connection

Ask your assistant: “Who am I connected to Siftly as?” It returns your account, workspace, and access level. A clean response confirms sign-in, workspace, and data access are all working.

What You Can Ask

Reads are available to everyone in the workspace. Writes depend on your role, and any paid or outward action asks you to confirm first.

Area	Ask for…
Visibility	Coverage, share of voice, and average rank, with the change vs. the previous period
Leaderboard	How you rank against competitors by topic, engine, or location
Citations	Which domains and pages cite your brand in AI answers
Prompts & topics	The AI queries you track and how your brand performs on each
Content	Recommendations, drafts, and full articles — and publishing them
Search & traffic	Google Search Console performance and AI crawler activity on your site
Reddit	Today’s engagement queue, suggested replies, and streaks
Account roll-up	A one-call summary for a meeting: visibility, blogs, Reddit, and outreach

Example prompts

“What’s my coverage and share of voice over the last 7 days versus the week before?”
“Show my top cited domains and the pages they link to.”
“Summarize my Siftly account for a call.”
“Draft a Reddit reply for today’s top opportunity.” (drafts only — see below)

Permissions, Spend & Safety

Reads are open to any member of the workspace.
Writes follow your role. Members get reversible changes; admins and owners get the full set.
Paid and outward actions confirm first. Generating an article, running analysis, publishing, and deletes show a preview and wait for your approval before anything runs or is charged.
Nothing posts on your behalf. The Reddit and LinkedIn tools draft and mark items as published — they never post to Reddit or LinkedIn for you.

Limits apply per workspace: up to 120 requests per minute, and up to 50 paid AI runs per day. You’ll see a clear message if you reach either.

Troubleshooting

It says my subscription is required

The workspace has no active Siftly plan. Activate a plan, or switch to a workspace that has one. Ask your assistant to “list my Siftly organizations” to see which workspaces are entitled.

It can't reach a workspace I named

You can only reach workspaces you belong to. Use a name or ID from “list my Siftly organizations,” then keep naming that workspace until you switch.

I hit a rate limit or spend cap

You’ve passed 120 requests in a minute, or 50 paid AI runs in a day, for the workspace. Wait about a minute for the rate limit, or until the next day for the spend cap.

The connector won't add

Confirm the URL is exactly https://mcp.siftly.ai/mcp, and that your plan supports custom connectors. ChatGPT needs developer mode; Claude needs Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise.

A large workspace responds slowly

Some metric queries scale with workspace size. Narrow the request — a shorter period, or a single brand — and try again.

Quickstart

Set up your brand and run your first GEO analysis.

Brand Visibility

Understand coverage, share of voice, and rank.

Citation Analysis

See exactly where AI answers cite your brand.

AI Bot Traffic Tracking

Track which AI crawlers read your site.

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Connect to ChatGPT & Claude (MCP)

Prerequisites

Connection Details

Connect Your Client

Choose Your Workspace

Verify the Connection

What You Can Ask

Permissions, Spend & Safety

Troubleshooting

Quickstart

Brand Visibility

Citation Analysis

AI Bot Traffic Tracking

​Prerequisites

​Connection Details

​Connect Your Client

​Choose Your Workspace

​Verify the Connection

​What You Can Ask

​Permissions, Spend & Safety

​Troubleshooting

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Quickstart

Brand Visibility

Citation Analysis

AI Bot Traffic Tracking

Prerequisites

Connection Details

Connect Your Client

Choose Your Workspace

Verify the Connection

What You Can Ask

Permissions, Spend & Safety

Troubleshooting

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