Connect Workshop to ChatGPT through the OpenAI admin console

You will learn

• How to create a Workshop plugin in the OpenAI admin console
• What you see when you approve access to Workshop
• How to enable, review, and publish the plugin
• How to set tool permissions and approval rules
• How to make the plugin available to your workspace

Before you begin

You need admin access to your OpenAI workspace. You also need the Workshop MCP URL:

https://mcp.useworkshop.com/mcp

Create the plugin

1. Go to admin.openai.com and select Plugins in the left sidebar.
2. Click Add in the top right.
3. Select Create MCP plugin. The New custom plugin window opens.

4. Under Icon, Use this image: 

   

5. Enter Workshop in Custom name.
6. Under Connection, select Server URL.
7. Paste https://mcp.useworkshop.com/mcp into the URL field.
8. Set Authentication to OAuth. You can leave Advanced authentication settings as they are.
9. Review the Custom MCP servers introduce risk notice. Select Learn more for details, or Read the guide at the bottom left for OpenAI’s setup guide.
10. Click Create.

Approve access to Workshop

After you click Create, a “Connect to Workshop” window opens on app.useworkshop.com. It says ChatGPT wants to connect to your Workshop account. Once approved, ChatGPT can:

• Ask questions about your company’s Workshop data, answered by Cici.
• Create email drafts in your Workshop account with Cici. Cici cannot send or publish them.

Click Approve access. You will be redirected to chatgpt.com. Click Deny to cancel the connection.

Enable the plugin

1. Find the Workshop plugin. Its status shows Disabled.
2. Open the status dropdown and click Enable plugin.

Review the app

1. Open the Workshop plugin’s page.
2. Click Review app in the banner that says “Review the tools and role access to approve this app.”
3. If a “Workshop MCP configuration” window appears, click Configure.

The review window shows Configure tools, Configure approvals, and two risk reviews marked Not reviewed. The Publish button stays disabled until you finish them all.

Configure tools

1. Click Configure tools. The plugin has 2 tools enabled.
2. Use the toggles to turn tool groups on or off. Read tools (1) retrieve data from Workshop. Write tools (1) can change data or perform tasks in Workshop.
3. Use the dropdown at the bottom to choose how new tools are handled, such as Allow new tools.
4. Click Continue.

Configure approvals

1. Click Configure approvals.
2. Choose when ChatGPT asks for approval before using Workshop:
   • Use workspace default applies your workspace’s existing rule. This is the default.
   • Always ask asks before reading or making changes.
   • Allow read tools reads without asking and asks before making changes.
   • Allow low-risk tools approves low-risk tools automatically and may deny tools that involve sensitive information.
   • Allow all tools never asks before using tools. This carries elevated risk.
3. Click Continue.

Review the risks

OpenAI shows two risk reviews for apps it has not reviewed. Open each one, read it, and select the checkboxes.

Unauthorized data access

1. Click Review potential risk: Unauthorized data access.
2. Select I understand.
3. Click Back.

Malicious app

1. Click Review potential risk: Malicious app.
2. Select I trust this app.
3. Select I have reviewed the parameters being sent to each tool and they do not request sensitive data that they shouldn’t.
4. Click Back.

Both reviews now show as complete.

Publish the plugin

Click Publish. The plugin page now shows the Enabled status.

Set availability

1. On the plugin page, find Availability and Workspace default. This setting applies to everyone in your workspace.
2. Choose Available or Installed.

The page also lists the plugin URL, Permissions, Tools, and New tools. Select Tools to change which tools are on. Use New tools to choose whether new Workshop tools are enabled automatically. The default is Enable all new tools.

Note: Use Share plugin at the top of the page to share the plugin with others.