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Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT, create a Nodaro connector with the MCP URL, sign in with OAuth, and switch Nodaro on in a chat to generate media.

You connect ChatGPT to Nodaro by creating a custom connector in ChatGPT's Developer mode, with the URL https://mcp.nodaro.ai/mcp. After you sign in with your Nodaro account and switch the connector on in a chat, ChatGPT can call the Nodaro tools you allowed.

Before you start

  • Your plan. Developer mode, and with it custom MCP connectors, is available on the ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Business plans.
  • Developer mode. This switch lets ChatGPT talk to MCP servers outside its own catalog. It is off by default and changes nothing else about ChatGPT.
  • Business and Enterprise workspaces. An admin turns Developer mode on for the workspace before members can use it.

Connect ChatGPT

Turn on Developer mode

In ChatGPT, open Settings › Connectors › Advanced settings and turn on Developer mode. The Create button appears in the connector settings.

Create the connector

Click Create. You can also open the form directly with this link:

https://chatgpt.com/#settings/Connectors?create-connector=true

The link does not fill in the form. Name the connector Nodaro and paste https://mcp.nodaro.ai/mcp as the server URL.

Confirm and sign in

Tick the box that says you trust the connector, and keep the authentication on OAuth. ChatGPT opens the Nodaro sign-in page. Sign in, review the permissions on the consent screen, and click Allow.

Switch Nodaro on in a chat

In a chat, open the + menu and switch Nodaro on under Developer mode. Then ask, for example: "Generate an image of a knight with Nodaro."

OpenAI documents the switch and its limits in Developer mode and MCP apps in ChatGPT.

Follow a generation to the end

Generation tools start a job and answer at once with its id. When the result does not appear in the chat, ask ChatGPT to check the job with get_job, or to wait for it with wait_for_job. An image usually takes under a minute and a video 2 to 10 minutes. Every result is also saved to your Nodaro library. See Job tools.

Upload your own files

To give ChatGPT a photo, a voice recording or a clip to work with, ask it to request a Nodaro upload. request_image_upload, request_audio_upload and request_video_upload return a link. You open the link in your browser, drop the file, and ChatGPT receives its URL. See Upload tools.

If the connection fails

  • The Create button is missing. Turn on Developer mode, or ask your workspace admin to enable it.
  • The sign-in fails or never finishes. Check that the server URL is exactly https://mcp.nodaro.ai/mcp.
  • Nodaro is connected but ChatGPT does not use it. Switch Nodaro on for the chat under Developer mode in the + menu.

More fixes are in Troubleshooting.

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