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Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, or another AI assistant about your studies and interviews, next to the rest of your work: it can search transcripts, quote participants, and read your study’s analyses. Pillow MCP gives the assistant read-only access to one organization, through your Pillow sign-in.

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Endpoint

Use this hosted endpoint in your MCP client:
The endpoint is remote and OAuth-protected. The first connection opens Pillow in your browser, where you sign in, choose the organization the client may access, and click Authorize.

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Connect ChatGPT

ChatGPT supports remote MCP servers through custom connectors and MCP apps when your plan and workspace settings allow it.
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Open connector settings

In ChatGPT, open the settings area for apps, connectors, or developer mode. If you are on a Team, Business, Enterprise, or Edu workspace, an admin may need to enable custom MCP connectors first.
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Add a custom MCP connector

Create a custom connector named Pillow and use https://mcp.trypillow.ai/mcp as the MCP server endpoint.
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Authorize Pillow

Start the connector flow. ChatGPT opens Pillow in your browser. Sign in with your Pillow dashboard account and approve access for the right organization.
Ask ChatGPT to use Pillow when you want it to read your studies or interviews.

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Connect Claude

1

Open connector settings

In Claude, open the integrations, connectors, or MCP settings for your account or workspace.
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Add Pillow

Add a custom MCP connector named Pillow and use https://mcp.trypillow.ai/mcp as the remote MCP server URL.
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Authorize Pillow

Claude opens Pillow in your browser. Sign in with your Pillow dashboard account and approve the organization you want Claude to read from.
After you approve, Pillow’s tools are available in Claude for that organization.

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Connect Claude Code

If you use Claude Code locally, add Pillow as an HTTP MCP server:
Then start Claude Code and complete the browser authorization flow when prompted.

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Generic MCP config

For clients that accept JSON MCP configuration, use this shape:
mcp-config.json
Some clients call the HTTP transport streamable-http or expose it through a UI instead of a JSON file. Use the same endpoint either way.

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Supported tools

MCP clients that support resources can also read pillow://context/Pillow.md. Tool results include dashboard links, so an assistant can link each study and interview ID it cites (such as INT-42) to the page where you can open it.

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Security model

  • MCP access is read-only.
  • Each connection is authorized through Pillow and only ever accesses the one organization you approve.
  • Pillow records which tools a connection calls, for security, and never logs your access tokens or transcript text.

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Switch organizations

To switch, disconnect Pillow from your MCP client and reconnect, then choose the organization you want on the Pillow consent screen.

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Disconnect a client

Remove Pillow from your MCP client, or revoke its session from the client if the client supports it.

Set up Pillow.md

The product context MCP clients read with get_pillow_context.

Ask Pillow about your interviews

Ask questions about one study inside the dashboard.