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Connect Claude & ChatGPT to ChurchDesk
Ask your AI what is on at church this week, what the latest blog posts say, or which newsletters people can sign up for in ChurchDesk. It reads events with time, place and description, event categories and resources such as churches and rooms, blog posts, outdoor messages, galleries and church information. It can also subscribe a person to one or more newsletters.
Free plan, no credit card. Takes about a minute.
Try asking
“What services and events are on this Sunday?”
The AI lists events between the dates you give, with time, place and category.
“Which events are in the parish hall next month?”
It finds the room among the event resources and lists the events that use it in that period.
“Write a short weekly summary from our latest blog posts.”
It reads the recent blog posts and drafts the summary from their content.
What your AI can do
Events and calendar
List upcoming events by date, category or resource, and read one event with time, place, description and image.
Blog, galleries and messages
Read blog posts and categories, short outdoor messages, and photo galleries with their images.
Newsletters and church info
List newsletters, subscribe people to them, and read church contact details and the portal structure.
“Tell me everything about the Christmas concert.”
It opens the event with time, place, description and image.
“What are the church's contact details?”
It reads the church's contact and general information.
“Sign up [email protected] for the weekly newsletter.”
It finds the newsletter and subscribes her, which adds her to the church's mailing list.
13 tools for ChurchDesk
These tools are switched on when you connect. You can switch any of them off, or require your approval before it runs.
get_church_infoGet the church's contact and general information.get_eventGet full details of one event by event_id, including time, place, description and image.get_galleryGet the images of one gallery by gallery_id.get_portal_structureGet the portal structure, listing the organisations in the church's portal.list_blog_categoriesList blog categories. Use their IDs as `cid` in list_blog_posts.list_blog_postsList blog posts. Optional filters: cid (blog category), require_image, limit and offset.list_event_categoriesList event categories. Use their IDs as `cid` in list_events.list_event_resourcesList event resources such as churches and rooms. Use their IDs as `rid` in list_events.list_eventsList upcoming church events. Optional filters: start_date, end_date, cid (category ID), rid (resource ID), scope and items_number.list_galleriesList public photo galleries.list_newslettersList the newsletters (people lists) people can subscribe to.list_outdoor_messagesList short outdoor blog messages.subscribe_to_newsletterChanges dataSubscribe a person to one or more newsletters. Requires churches (church IDs); pass name, email, phone and tags (newsletter IDs). The person is added to the church's mailing list.
Set up in three steps
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Pick the app
Create a free PipMCP account and choose ChurchDesk from the app list.
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Paste your key
Paste a ChurchDesk partner token and your organisation ID. To get a partner token for the ChurchDesk Public API, email [email protected] and ask for one. You also need your ChurchDesk organisation ID.
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Add the link to your AI
You get a personal MCP link. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor:
Click your name, then Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector. Paste your link as the Remote MCP server URL. Switch it on from the + menu in a chat.
Questions
What can the AI do in ChurchDesk?
It can read events, event categories and resources, blog posts and blog categories, outdoor messages, galleries, newsletters, church information and the portal structure. It can also subscribe a person to one or more newsletters.
Does the AI see my ChurchDesk credentials?
No. Your ChurchDesk credentials are encrypted at rest and never shown to the AI. After you save them, they are not shown again, not even to you. The AI only sees the results of the tools it calls.
Can I control what the AI is allowed to do?
Yes. You choose which tools are switched on, so you can keep it read-only. Subscribing someone to a newsletter adds them to the church's mailing list, so that tool can require your approval before it runs. Every tool call is logged.
Does it work with ChatGPT?
Yes. In ChatGPT, open Settings › Apps & Connectors › Advanced, turn on Developer mode and add your PipMCP link. Developer mode needs a paid ChatGPT plan: Plus, Pro, Business or Enterprise. The same link also works in Claude (Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector), Cursor and other MCP clients.
What does it cost?
PipMCP has a free plan with no credit card required. Paid plans bill per completed task. You also need your own ChurchDesk account and a partner token from ChurchDesk.
How do I get a ChurchDesk partner token?
ChurchDesk hands out partner tokens for its Public API on request. Email [email protected] and ask for one. When you have it, paste it into PipMCP together with your organisation ID, and your MCP link is ready in about a minute.
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