Connect AI assistant

Flow works from your AI assistant too. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or VS Code, and you can search leads, manage lists and message your network just by asking — everything still runs through your own LinkedIn account.

What you can do

Connect your assistant once and you can run Flow by asking — in plain language, from the chat you already use:

“Find heads of sales at Series B fintechs in London and save them to a list.”
“Start outreach on my Fintech CEOs list.”
“Show me unread replies and draft a response to each.”

Everything still runs through your own LinkedIn account, at the same human pace and limits as the app.

Create an API key

Open Settings → Connect AI Assistant and press Create key. The key is how your assistant proves it’s you — the full key is shown once, so copy it somewhere safe. You can create a separate key per assistant and revoke any of them later.

Flow’s Connect AI Assistant settings: client tabs for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code, the step-by-step setup, and the connector URL highlighted — Settings → Connect AI Assistant: pick your client, then follow the steps.

Connect ChatGPT

ChatGPT calls them plugins. Same connector URL, same key — it just lives in a different place.

Watch Darren connect Flow to ChatGPT, then like a LinkedIn post just by asking.

1. Turn on Developer mode. Open Settings → Plugins, choose Developer mode and switch it on — adding your own MCP server needs it.

ChatGPT’s developer mode setting switched on — Developer mode, switched on.

2. Go to Browse plugins. Back on Settings → Plugins, choose Browse plugins.

ChatGPT’s Settings dialog on Plugins with Browse plugins highlighted — Settings → Plugins → Browse plugins.

3. Start a new plugin. Open the + menu at the top right and pick Create app.

ChatGPT’s Plugins page with the plus menu open on Create app — The + menu, top right of the Plugins page.

4. Choose Create MCP App. The New Plugin dialog opens on its upload tab — you want the Create MCP App button at the bottom left instead.

ChatGPT’s New Plugin dialog showing the upload area and the Create MCP App button — Create MCP App, bottom left of the New Plugin dialog.

5. Fill in the details. Name it Flow AI, paste your connector URL — https://api.chooseflow.ai/mcp?token=YOUR_API_KEY — into Server URL, and set Authentication to No authentication. Your key already travels in the URL, so there is nothing else to enter.

ChatGPT’s New Plugin form with fields for name, server URL and authentication — Name, server URL, authentication — then Create.

6. Create and connect. Tick the box to confirm you understand, click Create, then click Connect. Flow AI now shows under Plugins.

7. Try it in a chat. Click Try in Chat (or pick Flow AI from the + menu in any chat) and ask something simple, like “Can you show me my lists?” ChatGPT works out which Flow tools to use and pulls your lists straight from Flow. From there you can ask it to act — for example, “Like James’s latest LinkedIn post” — and it happens through your own account.

Connect Claude

With a key created, add Flow to Claude as a custom connector.

Watch how to connect Flow to Claude.

1. Open Settings → Connectors in Claude, open the Add menu, and choose Add custom connector.

Claude’s Settings → Connectors screen with the Add menu open, showing the Add custom connector option — In Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add → Add custom connector.

2. Name it and paste the URL. Enter Flow AI as the name, then paste your connector URL — https://api.chooseflow.ai/mcp?token=YOUR_API_KEY, replacing YOUR_API_KEY with the key you just created — and click Continue.

Claude’s Add custom connector dialog filled in with the name Flow AI and the Flow MCP server URL — Name the connector “Flow AI” and paste your connector URL.

3. Choose No sign-in. On the authentication step, pick No sign-in — your key already travels in the URL, so there is nothing else to enter — then click Add.

Claude’s authentication step with No sign-in selected, above the Request headers section and the Add button — Pick **No sign-in** — Claude usually detects it for you — then click Add.

4. You’re connected. Flow appears in your connectors with its tools listed. Read-only tools — like search and list — are safe to leave on Always allow; anything that sends or changes something asks you first.

Flow AI connected in Claude, showing the connector URL with the key hidden and the list of read-only tool permissions — Flow connected, with each tool’s permission under your control.

Turn Flow on in a chat. In any chat, open the + menu, go to Connectors, switch Flow AI on, and just ask.

Claude’s chat composer with the + menu open on Connectors and the Flow AI toggle switched on — Toggle Flow AI on from the chat composer whenever you want to use it.

Run Flow on a schedule

Once Flow is connected, you can use it in a scheduled task too — for example, a weekday morning run that checks for new replies and drafts responses. Create one from Scheduled, and Flow’s tools are available there just as they are in chat. The connector also works anywhere else you use Claude, including Claude Code.

Claude’s Scheduled tasks screen with the New task button and example recurring tasks — Scheduled tasks can use Flow on a recurring basis — set one up under Scheduled.

Cursor, VS Code, Grok and others

The same idea works for Cursor, VS Code, Grok and other MCP-capable tools. In Settings → Connect AI Assistant, switch to your client’s tab for the exact steps — the connector URL and key are the same. For the endpoint and technical details, see the MCP reference.

Your key and your data

Treat your API key like a password: don’t share it, and revoke it in Settings → Connect AI Assistant if it’s ever exposed. Your assistant can only do what you can do in Flow, and every action runs through your connected account with the same safeguards. To connect the account itself, see How connecting LinkedIn works.