Connect Onward to your AI host
Add the Onward MCP server and sign in with Google. Pick your host:
Claude.ai
- 1Open Claude.ai → Settings → Connectors (requires a Pro or Max plan).
- 2Click the "+" and choose "Add custom connector".
- 3Paste the Onward MCP URL below, then click Add.
- 4Open the connector and sign in with Google to authorize Onward.
- 5In any chat, enable Onward from the "+" → Connectors menu.
ChatGPT
- 1Open ChatGPT → Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced, and turn on Developer mode (beta; paid plan).
- 2Click Create to add a new connector, and give it the name "Onward".
- 3Paste the Onward MCP URL below as the server URL, then click Create.
- 4Complete the Google sign-in to authorize Onward.
- 5In a chat, open "+" → Developer mode and enable Onward.
Gemini
- 1Onward connects to Gemini through the Gemini CLI (the web app's custom-connector support is still rolling out).
- 2Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and add an mcpServers entry whose httpUrl is the Onward MCP URL below:
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{ "mcpServers": { "onward": { "httpUrl": "https://onward.today/mcp" } } } - 4Run gemini — it opens Google sign-in automatically to authorize Onward, then loads the Onward tools.
Onward MCP server URL
https://onward.today/mcpWhat's next
Once connected, try saying things like:
- “Create a task to review the quarterly report due Friday”
- “What should I work on next?”
- “Mark the grocery task as done and show me the now feed”