Connect Onda to Claude and ChatGPT
Onda is a content research service for creators and social media teams. It watches the accounts you follow and finds hits: publications that perform well above the author's usual numbers. Once Onda is connected, your assistant can read the hits, tracked accounts and remaining allowance of your Onda account right in the chat. For example:
- “Show my Onda projects.”
- “What hits did this tracked account have in the last 30 days?”
- “How many units and minutes do I have left in Onda?”
You add the connection yourself in your assistant's settings.
What you need
- An Onda account. When you connect, you sign in with a code sent to your email.
- A Claude or ChatGPT account that allows adding your own connections. If the option is missing, your plan or workspace administrator may have turned it off: that is a platform setting, not an Onda one.
Server address
https://api.getonda.ru/mcp
Paste it into the server address field. Opened in a browser, this address answers with an authorization error: that is expected, it is meant for the assistant, not the browser. You do not need to copy an API key.
Claude
- Open Customize → Connectors.
- Click “+ Add”, then “Add custom connector”.
- Enter the name “Onda” and the server address above, then click “Continue”.
- Keep the sign-in settings Claude detected. If unsure, leave “Use Claude's published identity” unchanged.
- Click “Add”, then “Connect”. An Onda page opens: sign in with the code from your email and check which application asks for access and which permissions it requests.
- In a new conversation, click “+” at the bottom left, then “Connectors”, and turn Onda on.
On Team and Enterprise plans, the organization owner first adds the connection in “Organization settings → Connectors”, then each member clicks “Connect”. The free Claude plan allows one custom connection. More in the Claude help center.
ChatGPT
- Open chatgpt.com/plugins.
- Click “+”, then “Add custom MCP server”.
- Enter the name “Onda” and a description.
- In the “Connection” section, paste the full server address, including
/mcp. - Set up sign-in: if ChatGPT offers a choice, pick OAuth. Read the warning and click “I understand and want to continue”, then “Create as a plugin”.
- Sign in to Onda with the code from your email and check the requested permissions.
- In a new conversation, type
@and pick the connection you created.
Whether you can add your own servers in ChatGPT depends on your plan and workspace rules. More in the OpenAI documentation.
Check that it works
Send your assistant:
Show my Onda projects.
It works if the assistant lists your projects or says there are none yet. This is a read: it spends no Onda units or minutes. If the assistant answers without calling Onda, check that the connection is turned on in this conversation.
What the assistant can do
- Read your projects, tracked accounts, hits, summaries and remaining allowance. This spends no Onda units or minutes.
- Run collections and transcriptions, only when you ask for it explicitly and only with the separate spending permission. They use your allowance the same way as in the app.
The assistant sees only your account and only what you allowed on the consent screen. Claude or ChatGPT may have their own usage limits.
Do not send the assistant sign-in codes, API keys or tokens. Onda's answers stay in the chat history of the assistant you chose. What data is shared is described in the privacy policy.
Revoke access
Open Onda → «Настройки» (Settings) → «Подключённые приложения» (Connected applications) and click «Отозвать доступ» (Revoke access). The assistant loses access on its next request. Answers already in the chat history are not deleted: remove them with the assistant's own tools. You can also remove the connection in Claude or ChatGPT settings.
Troubleshooting
- No option to add your own connection. Your plan or administrator has turned it off. This is solved in the platform's settings.
- The address “does not open”. It is not for the browser: paste it into your assistant's settings.
- Cannot sign in. Check your inbox and spam folder; the code is valid for a limited time. If there is no email, request the code again.
- Connected, but no data. Turn the connection on in the current conversation and repeat the check above.
If that does not help, write to help@getonda.ru: what you did, in which assistant and when. Do not send codes or tokens.