How to connect Apify to ChatGPT

1. 1. Enable Apify in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the Apify MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add a custom MCP server

   On ChatGPT web, open Plugins, select +, then Add custom MCP server.

3. 3. Paste your Metorial MCP URL

   Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>), choose OAuth and accept the risk notice.

4. 4. Create and install the plugin

   Select Create as a plugin, install it and sign in to load Apify tools.

• Run Actor: Start an Apify Actor run.
• Manage Task: Create, get, update, delete, list, or run Apify Actor Tasks.
• Manage Actor: Get, create, update, or delete an Apify Actor owned by the authenticated account.
• List Runs: List Apify Actor runs either account-wide or for a specific Actor.
• Abort Run: Abort a running Apify Actor execution.
• Manage Webhook: Create, get, update, test, delete, or list Apify webhooks for Actor run and build events.
• Get Dataset Items: Retrieve or export items from an Apify dataset.
• Manage Schedule: Create, get, update, delete, or list Apify schedules that run Actors or Actor Tasks on a cron expression.
• Manage Key-Value Store: Manage Apify key-value stores and records.
• Get Run: Retrieve an Apify Actor run by ID, optionally including JSON dataset items or the run log as a Slate attachment.
• Push Dataset Items: Append JSON objects to an Apify dataset.
• Build Actor: Start an Apify Actor build, retrieve build details, or list builds for an Actor.
• List Actors: List Actors owned by the authenticated Apify account.
• Manage Request Queue: Manage Apify request queues and queued crawler requests.
• Search Store Actors: Search public Apify Store Actors.
• And 4 more on the Apify MCP server page.

• Type @ and pick the plugin. The selection applies to that message only, so @mention it again when a follow-up needs fresh Apify data.
• For write actions, ChatGPT may ask you to confirm first, depending on the app permissions and the action.
• Once published for a workspace, ChatGPT keeps a snapshot of the tool list. When your team adds Apify tools in Metorial, an admin refreshes the actions in Workspace settings before they appear.
• You can use several apps in one prompt, for example read Apify data and then create a ticket in another app.

Add custom MCP server is missing

Workspace policy controls it. On Enterprise and Edu, an admin grants the permission to create plugins with MCPs; ask them to enable it for you.

The plugin exists but no tools appear

Creating the plugin is not enough: install it from your plugins, then start a new conversation so ChatGPT loads its tools.

ChatGPT answers without using the tools

Pick the plugin with @ in the composer and name the action you want, for example "use Metorial to look up the latest ticket".

Based on the ChatGPT MCP documentation.