Connect Onward to your AI host

Add the Onward MCP server and sign in with Google. Pick your host:

Claude.ai

  1. 1
    Open Claude.ai → Settings → Connectors (requires a Pro or Max plan).
  2. 2
    Click the "+" and choose "Add custom connector".
  3. 3
    Paste the Onward MCP URL below, then click Add.
  4. 4
    Open the connector and sign in with Google to authorize Onward.
  5. 5
    In any chat, enable Onward from the "+" → Connectors menu.

ChatGPT

  1. 1
    Open ChatGPT → Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced, and turn on Developer mode (beta; paid plan).
  2. 2
    Click Create to add a new connector, and give it the name "Onward".
  3. 3
    Paste the Onward MCP URL below as the server URL, then click Create.
  4. 4
    Complete the Google sign-in to authorize Onward.
  5. 5
    In a chat, open "+" → Developer mode and enable Onward.

Gemini

  1. 1
    Onward connects to Gemini through the Gemini CLI (the web app's custom-connector support is still rolling out).
  2. 2
    Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and add an mcpServers entry whose httpUrl is the Onward MCP URL below:
  3. 3
    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "onward": { "httpUrl": "https://onward.today/mcp" }
      }
    }
  4. 4
    Run gemini — it opens Google sign-in automatically to authorize Onward, then loads the Onward tools.

Onward MCP server URL

https://onward.today/mcp

What'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