Connector · Bring your own AI

Plan trips by chatting.
In plain English.

Connect TripHelm to your AI assistant once, then plan trips in plain English. Say “plan me a weekend in Lisbon” and a complete itinerary appears in your TripHelm calendar — drag, drop, and tweak from there. No copy-paste, no tab-switching.

What's MCP?The open standard that lets AI assistants safely talk to apps like TripHelm. You don't need to know any more than that.

The connector URL

https://triphelm.com/mcp

You'll paste this into your AI's “Add custom connector” field — or drop it into a config file for CLI clients.

01

Choose your AI

Claude (web)

Anthropic — claude.ai in your browser

Add via custom MCP
  1. 01Open claude.ai in your browser and sign in.
  2. 02Go to Customize → Connectors (the older Settings → Connectors path still works).
  3. 03Click the + button, then “Add custom connector”.
  4. 04Paste the TripHelm URL above and click Add.
  5. 05Sign in to TripHelm in the popup that opens.
  6. 06Done. Ask Claude to “use TripHelm to plan me a 3-day trip to Lisbon” — the new trip appears in TripHelm.

Available on Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise. Free accounts are limited to one custom connector. On Team/Enterprise, an owner adds it from Organization settings → Connectors and members click Connect from Customize → Connectors.

Stuck on the Claude (web) side? Anthropic — Get started with custom connectors

Claude Desktop

Anthropic — desktop & mobile apps

Add via custom MCP
  1. 01Open the Claude desktop or mobile app and sign in.
  2. 02Open Customize → Connectors.
  3. 03Tap the + button, then “Add custom connector”.
  4. 04Paste the TripHelm URL above and tap Add.
  5. 05Sign in to TripHelm in the browser window that opens.
  6. 06Done. Remote connectors sync across web, desktop, and mobile — set up once, use everywhere.

Same plan rules as web: Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise (Free limited to one connector).

Stuck on the Claude Desktop side? Anthropic — Get started with custom connectors

ChatGPT

OpenAI — web, desktop, mobile

Add via custom MCP
  1. 01Open Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings and toggle Developer Mode on.
  2. 02Back in Apps & Connectors, click “Add new connector” (sometimes labeled Create).
  3. 03Paste the TripHelm URL above.
  4. 04Set authentication to OAuth, check “I trust this application”, then click Create.
  5. 05Sign in to TripHelm in the popup that opens.
  6. 06Done. Open the tools menu in any chat and ask ChatGPT to use TripHelm to plan a trip.

Available on Free, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu (beta). Developer Mode is required to add any custom connector.

Stuck on the ChatGPT side? OpenAI — Developer mode and MCP apps in ChatGPT

Perplexity

Including Comet browser & Computer workflows

Add via custom MCP
  1. 01Go to Profile → Account Settings → Connectors.
  2. 02Click “+ Custom connector”, then choose Remote.
  3. 03Give it a name (e.g. TripHelm) and paste the URL above.
  4. 04Pick OAuth as the auth method, then sign in to TripHelm.
  5. 05Done. Ask Perplexity (or Comet) to “use TripHelm to build me a 5-day Tokyo itinerary”.

Available on Perplexity Pro, Max, and Enterprise (custom MCP launched March 13, 2026). Enterprise admins can toggle whether members may add their own custom connectors.

Stuck on the Perplexity side? Perplexity — Adding custom remote connectors

Mistral Le Chat

European AI assistant with MCP connectors directory

Add via custom MCP
  1. 01Open the Connectors page in Le Chat.
  2. 02Click “+ Add Connector”, then switch to the Custom MCP Connector tab.
  3. 03Enter a name (e.g. TripHelm) and paste the URL above.
  4. 04Click Connect — Le Chat auto-detects OAuth and opens the TripHelm sign-in window.
  5. 05Done. Le Chat will list TripHelm’s tools in your next conversation.

Available on Free, Pro, Student, and Enterprise. Custom connectors are admin-only — on personal plans you’re the admin by default; on Enterprise an org admin needs to add it.

Stuck on the Mistral Le Chat side? Mistral — MCP connectors in Le Chat

Claude Code

Anthropic’s CLI — also great for non-coding tasks

Add via .mcp.json
.mcp.jsonjson
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "triphelm": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://triphelm.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Drop this into .mcp.json in your project root, then run /mcp inside Claude Code to authenticate. Or skip the file entirely: run `claude mcp add --transport http triphelm https://triphelm.com/mcp` from any project.

Stuck on the Claude Code side? Anthropic — Claude Code MCP docs

Gemini CLI

Google’s terminal AI — coding and beyond

Add via settings.json
~/.gemini/settings.jsonjson
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "triphelm": {
      "httpUrl": "https://triphelm.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Save, then run gemini and TripHelm’s tools show up under /mcp. Use httpUrl (not url) for Streamable HTTP transport. The consumer Gemini app (gemini.google.com) doesn’t support custom MCP yet.

Stuck on the Gemini CLI side? Google — Gemini CLI MCP server reference

Using something else? Email us — if it speaks MCP, it works.

02

What you can ask

Plan a full trip from scratch

"Use TripHelm to plan me a 4-day trip to Lisbon in September. Morning coffee, one big anchor activity per day, good dinner spots, and leave afternoons loose."

Your AI builds the whole itinerary and saves it as a new trip. Open TripHelm and your Lisbon plan is waiting on the calendar.

Add to a trip you’ve already started

"In TripHelm, add dinner at Cervejaria Ramiro on Day 2 of my Lisbon trip, 7:30 PM, about 2 hours."

Your AI finds the right trip, slots the block onto the correct day, and the block appears in your calendar.

Rework a day that isn’t working

"In TripHelm, Day 3 of my trip is too packed. Simplify it — keep the Alfama walk but drop the afternoon museum and add a longer lunch."

Your AI rewrites the day in place. You see the changes side-by-side with the rest of the trip.

03

Authentication & privacy

AI clientClaude · GPT · …MCPTripHelmMCP serverOAuth 2.1Your tripsand only yours

TripHelm uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE. When you add the connector, your AI client opens a browser window to sign you in with your TripHelm account. After that, the connection is persistent until you revoke it from your AI client's settings.

Your AI client can only read and write trip data for the account you signed in with — nothing more. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for the details.

04For developers · Available toolsExpand

The MCP server exposes these tools. You don't need to read this section to use the connector — it's here for developers integrating against the API directly.

list_tripsList your trips
get_tripFetch a trip with all blocks
search_blocksSearch across all trips
create_tripCreate a trip (optionally with full itinerary)
update_tripRename or change dates
duplicate_tripClone an existing trip
delete_tripPermanently delete a trip
add_blocksAdd one or more blocks (always array form)
update_blocksEdit one or more existing blocks (always array form)
delete_blocksRemove one or more blocks (always array form)
replace_dayReplace one day’s blocks
replace_itineraryRewrite the whole schedule

Frequently asked questions

What is an MCP connector?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard from Anthropic that lets AI assistants call external tools. Connecting TripHelm to your AI lets it create and modify trips on your behalf — no copy-paste needed.
Which AI assistants can I use with TripHelm?
Claude (web, desktop, mobile — Free through Enterprise), ChatGPT (Free through Enterprise, beta Developer Mode), Perplexity (Pro and up, including the Comet browser), Mistral Le Chat (Free through Enterprise), Claude Code, and Gemini CLI. Any client that supports MCP custom connectors will work.
Is TripHelm free?
Yes — TripHelm is free to start with no subscription required. Sign in and create unlimited trips.
Does TripHelm send my data to AI companies?
No. TripHelm stores your trips. When you connect a client like Claude, the AI calls TripHelm's MCP server using a Bearer token; TripHelm only shares the trips you own back to that authenticated session.
How long does setup take?
About a minute. Copy https://triphelm.com/mcp, paste it into your AI client's connector settings, and sign in to TripHelm.
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