Connect Pindown to your AI assistant
Add Pindown as a connector in ChatGPT, Claude, or any assistant that supports remote MCP servers. Once connected, you can just ask it to grab a Pinterest pin or an entire board for you.
Your Pindown server URL
Copy this — you'll paste it into your assistant.
Loading…You'll be asked to sign in to Pindown and approve the connection the first time.
Connect
ChatGPT
- Open ChatGPT Apps settings and turn on Developer mode (read the risk notice shown there). If it's unavailable, ask a ChatGPT admin to enable it.
- Click the “Create app” button next to the back button.
- Give it the name “Pindown” and paste the server URL above.
- Click “Create”.
- Enable Pindown from the chat composer, then ask ChatGPT to use it.
Claude
- Open Claude's connector settings.
- Review the details and click “Add”.
- If the pre-filled form doesn't open, go to Claude's Connectors page, choose “Add custom connector”, name it “Pindown”, and paste the server URL above.
- Enable the connector from the chat composer, then ask Claude to use Pindown.
Claude Code
- Run this in a terminal:
claude mcp add --scope user --transport http pindown ''
- Start Claude Code and run “/mcp” to confirm Pindown is connected and sign in when prompted.
- Ask Claude Code to use Pindown.
Other MCP clients
- Open the client's MCP server or custom connector settings.
- Create a new remote MCP server connection.
- Name it “Pindown” and paste the server URL above.
- Finish the sign-in / authorization prompt.
- Enable the connection, then ask the assistant to use Pindown.
Refresh after Pindown updates
Assistants cache what Pindown can do. If something new is missing, refresh the connection.
ChatGPT
- Open ChatGPT's app preferences and pick Pindown under “Enabled apps”.
- Next to “Information”, click “Refresh”.
- If the URL changed, paste the latest URL from above.
- Start a new chat and ask ChatGPT to use Pindown.
Claude
- Open the Connectors page and select Pindown.
- Refresh or update the connector's tools.
- If the URL changed, paste the latest URL from above.
- Ask Claude to use Pindown.
Claude Code
- Start a new Claude Code session — it picks up the latest version on connect.
- If the URL changed, run
claude mcp remove pindown, then run the install command again with the latest URL. - Ask Claude Code to use Pindown.
Other MCP clients
- Open the client's MCP server or connector settings.
- Select the Pindown connection.
- Refresh the tool list, reload the server, or reconnect it.
- If the URL changed, paste the latest URL from above.
- Start a new chat or session and ask the assistant to use Pindown.
