The Glee MCP lets you run your Glee workspace from the AI app you already use, such as Claude or ChatGPT. You connect it once, then ask in plain words for things like a short link, a QR code, an email draft or a change to your page, and the assistant does the work inside Glee. Drafts stay drafts, and it asks you before publishing, deleting or sending anything.
This guide explains what MCP is in plain terms, how to set the connection up, what you can ask for, and where the limits are. The examples follow Two Mics Club, a small podcast, and Theo, a potter who sells classes from his page.
Key takeaways
MCP is an open standard that lets AI apps use tools from other products. Glee's MCP connection works with Claude, ChatGPT and other AI apps that support remote MCP connections. Each connection is tied to one workspace, you choose its permissions when you connect, and you can revoke it from Connected apps at any time. It can work on bio pages, short links and QR codes, bookings and contacts, email drafts and analytics, but not account or workspace settings. Only workspace owners can set up a connection.
What MCP is, without the jargon
MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It's an open standard, introduced by Anthropic in November 2024, that gives AI apps one common way to use other products. Before it, every AI app needed its own custom plug-in for every tool. Now a product like Glee offers one MCP connection, and any AI app that speaks MCP can use it. The protocol is documented at modelcontextprotocol.io.
In practice, it means your AI app stops being a place where you only get advice. Without a connection, you can ask an assistant how to set up a short link with different destinations for iPhone and Android, and it will explain the steps for you to follow. With a connection, it can make the link in your Glee workspace while you watch, and tell you what it did.
The difference matters most for the small, repetitive jobs that eat a creator's week: a link for every episode, a QR code for every market, a reminder email for every class. Those are exactly the jobs an assistant can now do for you.
What you need before you start
You need three things.
A Glee account where you're the workspace owner. MCP connections are available to workspace owners. Team members can't create them, so if someone else owns the workspace, ask them to connect it.
An AI app that supports remote MCP connections. Glee's own changelog names Claude and ChatGPT and says the connection works with "other AI apps that support remote MCP connections." Whether you can add a custom connection depends on the app and on your plan with that provider, so check its help pages if you can't find the option.
A clear idea of which workspace to connect. Every connection is tied to a single workspace. If you run several brands, each with its own workspace, you choose which one this connection can reach. More on that below.
How to connect Glee to Claude or ChatGPT
The setup takes a few minutes and you only do it once per workspace.
- Open the workspace you want to use in Glee. If you have more than one, switch to the right brand from the workspace menu in the sidebar first.
- Open MCP connections in that workspace. This is where Glee shows what you need to connect and links to the connection guide for your AI app.
- Add Glee in your AI app. In Claude and ChatGPT this lives in the settings, in the area for connectors or connected apps. Follow the guide for your app.
- Complete the authorisation. Your AI app takes you through Glee's authorisation flow to approve the connection.
- Review the permissions. During setup you choose what access to give the connected app. Only give it what you'll use; you can always add more later.
- Check it worked. Ask the assistant something harmless, such as "Which bio pages are in my Glee workspace?" If it answers with your pages, you're connected.
Your connection then appears under Connected apps in Glee, where you can revoke it at any time. Glee recommends a separate connection for each AI app you use, so you can remove one without affecting the others.
What you can ask it to do
The connection covers most of the day-to-day work in a workspace. Here's what each area allows, with requests you can copy and adapt.
Short links and QR codes
The assistant can create and manage short links and QR codes. This is where it saves the most time, because a good link has several parts: the address, where it goes, and often rules for different visitors.
Two Mics Club publishes an episode every week. Their request looks like this:
"Make a short link for episode 42. iPhones open Apple Podcasts, Android opens YouTube, everyone else goes to twomics.club/42. Then make a QR code for it in our colours."
The assistant creates the link and the code in Glee and reports back what it made. Glee's short links can route visitors by country, device, browser and operating system, open links straight in apps, and split traffic for A/B tests, so it's worth describing exactly where each kind of visitor should land. If you print codes, read our guide to QR codes for creators first.
Your bio page
The assistant can find the right page, read what's on it and prepare supported content or design updates. That's useful for the small edits you put off.
"On my main page, move the spring course button to the top and change its text to 'Book the spring wheel course'."
Because changes are prepared rather than pushed live, you can look at the draft in Glee before publishing. For ideas on what to put on the page in the first place, see 25 link in bio ideas.
Email drafts
The assistant can prepare email content for review. It writes the draft in Glee; it doesn't send it without asking.
"Draft an email to our list announcing episode 42. Three short paragraphs, friendly, with the episode link near the top."
Sending needs a verified sender connected in Glee, and Glee keeps unsubscribe handling for you. If your list is still small, how to grow an email list from Instagram and TikTok covers the basics.
Bookings and contacts
The assistant can use the scheduling and contact tools in the connected workspace. Theo uses it to keep track of who's booked and who needs a nudge.
"Who booked a trial class this week? Tag them 'Spring course' and add a note that they came from the market."
If you're new to taking bookings from your page, how to take bookings from Instagram explains the set-up.
Analytics
The assistant can retrieve performance information to answer questions about your pages and links. This is the area people underestimate. Instead of opening reports, you ask:
"Which of our short links got the most visits in the last 30 days, and where were people visiting from?"
"Did the market QR code get more scans this month than last month?"
Asking in plain words makes it far more likely you'll actually look at the numbers, and the answers make good starting points for the next week's plans.
Five jobs worth handing over
Once the connection is set up, these are the jobs where creators get the most back.
The weekly launch. For every new episode, product or class: a short link with the right routing, a QR code if you print anything, an email draft to your list, and the page button updated. One request instead of four screens.
The monthly check-in. Ask for your top links, your busiest days and where visitors came from, then ask the assistant what it would change. You decide what to act on.
The event. Before a market, workshop or talk, ask for a tracked QR code pointing at a page you can edit, so you can see how many people scanned it on the day.
The follow-up. After an event or a busy week of bookings, ask who signed up or booked, have them tagged, and get a short follow-up email drafted for your review.
The tidy-up. Old links pointing at last season's offer, a page with a sold-out course at the top. Ask the assistant to list what looks out of date and prepare the fixes.
Running several brands
Every connection is tied to a single workspace, and that's deliberate. Connecting your podcast's workspace doesn't give the assistant any access to your shop or a client's brand. If you want the assistant to work on two brands, connect each workspace separately.
This keeps mistakes contained. When you ask for "a link for the new episode", there's only one workspace it can mean. It also means you choose the permissions for each brand separately, so a client's workspace can have less access than your own.
Staying in control
Glee's connection is built so an assistant can do the work without anything going out by accident. Four things make that true.
Drafts don't publish themselves. Creating or saving a draft in Glee doesn't make it public. You can review it in Glee first.
It asks first. The assistant is instructed to ask for your explicit approval before publishing content, deleting data or sending an email. Those actions also need the matching permission on the connection, so if you didn't grant it, the assistant can't do it at all.
Settings are off limits. Account and workspace settings are excluded from the connection.
You can switch it off. Revoke any connection from Connected apps in Glee whenever you like.
One honest caveat: the "asks first" step relies on the assistant following its instructions. That's why the permissions you choose at setup matter. If you only want help with drafts and questions, don't grant publishing or sending access.
Tips for better results
Say which page, link or list you mean. "The spring course page" works better than "my page" if you have more than one.
Describe every destination. For routed links, say where iPhone, Android and everyone else should go, and in what order rules should apply.
Ask it to show you before it acts. "Tell me what you're going to change first" is a perfectly good request, and a good habit for anything public.
Keep one conversation per job. A fresh conversation for each launch keeps the assistant focused on the right details.
Check the result in Glee. For anything public, open Glee and look at the draft before saying yes. It takes seconds.
Glee's MCP compared with Glow
Glee also has its own built-in assistant, Glow, which works inside the Glee app. The two do similar jobs and follow the same rule: drafts first, and nothing goes out without your yes.
Use Glow when you're already in Glee and want help right there, with the page or email you're looking at. Use the MCP connection when you'd rather stay in Claude or ChatGPT, or when the job mixes Glee with other work you do there, such as writing the episode notes and then turning them into a link and an email. Many people use both. You can see everything else Glee does on the features page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Glee MCP?
It's a connection that lets AI apps such as Claude and ChatGPT work in your Glee workspace. Through it, the assistant can prepare page changes, make short links and QR codes, draft emails, work with bookings and contacts, and answer questions with your analytics.
Which AI apps work with Glee?
Claude, ChatGPT and other AI apps that support remote MCP connections. Whether you can add a custom connection depends on the app and your plan with that provider.
Can the assistant publish or send things without asking me?
Drafts don't publish on their own, and the assistant is instructed to ask before publishing content, deleting data or sending email. Those actions also need the matching permission, so you can leave them out when you connect.
Can it change my account or workspace settings?
No. Account and workspace settings are excluded from the connection.
I run several brands. Can one connection reach all of them?
No. Each connection is tied to one workspace. Connect each brand's workspace separately if you want the assistant to work on more than one.
Can my team members connect Glee to their AI apps?
No. MCP connections are available to workspace owners, and team members can't create them.
How do I disconnect an AI app?
Open Connected apps in your Glee workspace and revoke the connection.
