How can you use Koala with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI tools?

Koala lets an AI assistant work with your real plan: see what's on today, add work and log what you've finished. It is listed as a community connector in Claude's Connectors directory. You can also add Koala's MCP connection to eligible ChatGPT and Gemini accounts, though their setup and availability differ.

What is MCP, in plain terms?

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that lets an AI assistant talk to an outside tool in a way the tool understands. Think of it as a socket. Koala publishes a set of actions on that socket, and any assistant that speaks MCP can plug in and use them.

You do not need to know how it works to use it. The practical version: connect Koala in an assistant that supports its MCP server, then ask that assistant to work with your Koala plan.

What can an AI assistant do with Koala?

It works with your real plan, not a copy of it. Once connected, your assistant can:

• See your plan. Ask what is on today, what the week looks like, or where a piece of work stands, and it reads straight from Koala.
• Add work. Describe something in your own words and Koala breaks it into steps sized to real time and schedules them across your days, the same as it does in the app.
• Log what you finished. Tell it what you have done and it marks those tasks complete, or records work you finished away from Koala, so your plan stays honest.
• Start and schedule. Pull a task into today, start the one you are working on, or note your energy so the day flexes to match it.

The point is you can stay in the tool you are already thinking in. If you plan out loud with an assistant connected to Koala, the plan lands in Koala without a second round of typing.

What does a workflow actually look like?

If your assistant can reach both your other tools and Koala, you can use them together without copying everything across by hand. One example:

Sample workflow

In Claude Cowork, set up a routine:

1. 1

   After each meeting, Claude reads the transcript for your action items.

2. 2

   With Koala connected over MCP, it creates those actions for you automatically, broken into scheduled tasks and prioritised across your days.

3. 3

   You just attend your meetings as normal and each morning check Koala to see the deep work tasks on your plate each day.

The same idea works for other sources your assistant can read: turn a brief into scheduled tasks, or file the action items straight off a call. Whether a workflow can run automatically depends on the assistant and how you set it up.

How do you connect Koala to Claude?

Koala is listed in Claude's Connectors directory. You do not need to paste a server URL:

1. Open Koala in Claude's Connectors directory, or search for Koala under Customize → Connectors in Claude.
2. Choose Connect. The listing is marked Community; it is not an Anthropic-verified connector.
3. Sign in with your Koala account and approve the connection. Claude can access your Koala plan only after you connect it.

If you use Claude through a Team or Enterprise organisation, an owner may need to enable the connector first. To disconnect, remove Koala in Claude's connector settings.

How do you use Koala with ChatGPT?

ChatGPT can connect to remote MCP servers through custom connections where your account or workspace allows them. Koala's public ChatGPT plugin has been submitted for review, so it is not yet a public listing you can simply select. For now, OpenAI's custom MCP instructions describe how an eligible workspace admin adds a server in Plugins → Add custom MCP server. Use https://mcp.koalaforwork.com/mcp, then sign in to Koala when asked. In a chat, select the resulting Koala plugin with @ when you want it to use your plan.

Full read and write access through custom MCP is currently for ChatGPT Business and Enterprise/Edu on the web, subject to workspace permissions. OpenAI says Pro accounts can connect custom servers with read and fetch permissions, so adding or completing Koala work may not be available there.

How do you use Koala with Gemini?

Google's custom-app instructions say to open Gemini on the web, go to Settings → Connected Apps → Custom apps, and add https://mcp.koalaforwork.com/mcp. Complete the Koala sign-in, then use @Koala in a prompt when you want Gemini to use your plan. Once connected on the web, the custom app can also be used in Gemini's mobile app.

Google currently limits Gemini custom apps to people aged 18 or over in the US with a personal Google Account, Keep Activity on, and English. Work or school Google Accounts are not eligible. That means this route is not currently available to most Koala users in the UK; we will update this guide as Google expands access.

What about other AI tools?

For another assistant that supports remote MCP servers, add https://mcp.koalaforwork.com/mcp as a custom connection and sign in to Koala. You can copy that URL from Koala's Settings. The assistant's own plan, region and admin settings determine whether custom connections and write actions are available.

Alongside MCP, Koala also connects to Google or Outlook Calendar so it can plan around your meetings, and to Granola so your meeting notes become actions. MCP is the one that opens Koala up to AI assistants specifically.

What can it see, and can I turn it off?

The connection uses your own Koala login. When you add the connector you are asked to sign in and approve it, and until you do, it has no access to anything. Once approved, it can see and update the same plan you see: your actions, your tasks and what you have marked done.

You stay in control. Remove the connector in your assistant's settings whenever you want, and the access ends.

If you already use Koala, you can connect it in about a minute from Settings. If you are new, start free and set up your plan first, then connect your assistant to it.

Sources: Koala's community listing is live in Claude's Connectors directory at claude.ai/directory/koala. Claude describes community connectors as reviewed automatically but not verified by Anthropic. Koala's ChatGPT plugin was submitted for review on 18 October 2026 and was not published at the last recorded check. Current custom MCP availability and setup were checked against OpenAI's Connecting custom MCP servers in ChatGPT and Google's Connect & manage custom apps for Gemini Apps on 22 October 2026. Koala's hosted MCP endpoint is mcp.koalaforwork.com/mcp.