Integration · Productivity

Connect Claude & ChatGPT to Steady

Ask your AI who on the team is blocked, what people worked on this week, or how a goal is progressing in Steady. It can read check-ins, goals, goal updates, Echo answers, asks, action items and team activity, and with a write token it can post goal updates, asks and comments for you. You get a picture of the team without reading every check-in.

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Try asking

“Who on the design team is blocked right now?”
The AI lists recent check-ins for the team filtered by blocked status and shows each blocker.
“Summarize what happened in Steady since Monday.”
It reads your digest entries and team activity since that date and sums them up.
“How is the Q3 onboarding goal going?”
It reads the goal and its progress updates, including owner, status, progress and confidence.

What your AI can do

Check-ins and blockers

Read check-ins with intentions, what was done, blockers and mood, filter by team or person, and comment or update your own.

Goals and progress

Create and update goals, read goal updates, and post progress updates and comments on them.

Team pulse

Read Echoes and their answers, asks, action items, your digest, team activity, people and teams.

“Post an update on the onboarding goal: 60 percent done, confidence high.”
It creates a goal update with title, body, progress and confidence. Your team can see it.
“What did people answer to this week's Echo?”
It finds the Echo and lists the answers people gave to its question.
“Ask the team for input on the new release checklist.”
It posts a new ask with your prompt, visible to your teammates.

26 tools for Steady

These tools are switched on when you connect. You can switch any of them off, or require your approval before it runs.

comment_on_check_inChanges dataPost a comment with `body` on a check-in by check_in_id. The comment is visible to your team.
comment_on_goal_updateChanges dataPost a comment with `body` on a goal update by goal_update_id. The comment is visible to your team.
create_askChanges dataPost a new ask to your team with a `prompt` describing what you need. Teammates will see it.
create_goalChanges dataCreate a goal with title, description, owner_id, team_ids, contributor_ids, start/end dates and update cadence.
create_goal_updateChanges dataPost a progress update on a goal by `goal_id` with title, body, progress and confidence. It is visible to your team.
get_action_itemGet one action item by ID.
get_askGet one ask by ID.
get_check_inGet one check-in by its key, including intentions, what was done, blockers and mood.
get_goalGet one goal by ID, including its owner, status and progress.
get_meGet the Steady profile of the person whose token is connected. Use to find your own person ID.
get_personGet one person by ID, including name, title and teams.
get_teamGet one team by ID, including its members.
list_action_itemsList action items in Steady, with paging.
list_activitiesList team activity, filtered by since/until dates, kinds, person IDs or team IDs.
list_asksList asks (requests for help or input posted to the team), with paging.
list_check_in_commentsList the comments on a check-in by check_in_id.
list_check_insList check-ins, filtered by since/until dates, blocked status, person IDs or team IDs. Use to see what people worked on and who is blocked.
list_digestList your digest entries, filtered by category, unread or since date. Use for a quick summary of what happened recently.
list_echo_answersList the answers people gave to an Echo by question_id.
list_echoesList Echoes (recurring team questions), with paging.
list_goal_updatesList the progress updates posted on a goal by goal_id.
list_goalsList goals, filtered by since date, person IDs, team IDs or goal IDs.
list_peopleList people in your Steady organization, with paging. Use to find someone's person ID.
list_teamsList teams in your Steady organization, with paging.
update_check_inChanges dataUpdate a check-in by `check_in_key`: intentions, previous, blockers, mood or whether the previous plan was completed. Only the fields you pass change.
update_goalChanges dataUpdate a goal by `goal_id`: title, description, owner, teams, dates, cadence or archived. Only the fields you pass change.

Set up in three steps

1
Pick the app
Create a free PipMCP account and choose Steady from the app list.
2
Paste your key
Paste a Steady personal access token. In Steady, open your personal connections page and generate a personal access token. Choose Read, or Read + write if the AI should post check-ins, goal updates or comments. Write tokens expire within 365 days.
3
Add the link to your AI
You get a personal MCP link. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor:
1. Click your name, then Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector.
2. Paste your link as the Remote MCP server URL.
3. Switch it on from the + menu in a chat.

Questions

What can the AI do in Steady?

The AI can read check-ins and their comments, goals, goal updates, Echoes and Echo answers, asks, action items, your digest, team activity, people and teams. With a Read + write token it can also post asks, goal updates and comments, create and update goals, and update check-ins.

Does the AI see my Steady credentials?

No. Your Steady 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 start read-only. Anything the AI posts, such as an ask, a goal update or a comment, is visible to your team, and those tools can require your approval before they run. Every tool call is logged.

Does it work with ChatGPT?

Yes. In ChatGPT go to Settings › Apps & Connectors › Advanced and turn on Developer mode, then 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 Steady account.

Should I pick a Read or a Read + write token?

Pick Read if you only want the AI to look things up, since Steady then blocks all posting and editing. Pick Read + write if the AI should post goal updates, asks or comments, or edit check-ins and goals. Write tokens expire within 365 days, so you will need to create a new one and paste it into PipMCP when that happens.