Connecting an AI assistant
Plan from your own saved spots in Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or Zapia. Then save what it suggests to your map.
What it does
Once connected, your assistant reads the spots you saved, with your notes and lists. It answers from those, not from the same famous places everyone gets. Ask “where should we stop for lunch?” or “plan my Saturday in Lisbon”, and it starts from your map.
It can also save what it suggests. Say “save all three” or “save it as a trip.” We match recommendations to real place listings before saving them to your map.
Ask for a map: “make me a map of 5 taco places in Mexico City.” It saves the places in a new list, which opens as a map.
Connecting an assistant is free on every plan. You'll need a Pocket Places account and the assistant's own app or website. Each new place it saves uses one of your monthly imports; Pocket Places Plus raises them.
Connect it
Claude is the quickest: Pocket Places is in Claude's connectors directory, so there's nothing to paste.
Claude
claude.ai, desktop and phone · Any Claude plan
Ask Claude
- 1In any Claude chat, say “Connect Pocket Places.”
- 2Tap Connect on the card Claude shows you.
- 3Sign in to Pocket Places and allow it.
Or from the directory
- 1Open Customize → Connectors and tap Discover.
- 2Search for Pocket Places and tap Connect to Claude.
- 3Sign in to Pocket Places and allow it.
Claude uses Pocket Places in a chat while it's turned on. To check, tap +, then Connectors.
Everyone else: one link
ChatGPT, Grok, Zapia and other AI apps use the same address:
https://pocketplaces.app/mcpChatGPT
chatgpt.com on a computer · ChatGPT Plus or above
https://pocketplaces.app/mcp- 1On chatgpt.com, open Plugins, tap + and choose Add custom MCP server.
- 2Name it Pocket Places and paste the address as the Server URL. Choose OAuth.
- 3Tick the box and tap Create as a plugin. Then sign in to Pocket Places and allow it.
- 4In a chat, type @Pocket Places and ask.
Grok
grok.com and the Grok app · Any Grok plan, free included
https://pocketplaces.app/mcp- 1Go to grok.com/connectors and tap New Connector → Custom.
- 2Paste the address and save.
- 3Sign in to Pocket Places and allow it.
Zapia
The Zapia app and WhatsApp · Any Zapia plan, free included
https://pocketplaces.app/mcp- 1In Zapia, open the side menu and tap Connectors.
- 2Tap Request connector and paste the address.
- 3Sign in to Pocket Places and allow it.
- 4To ask from WhatsApp, link it under Connectors → WhatsApp. Then mention @zapia in any chat.
Other AI apps
Any app that adds a remote MCP server with sign-in (OAuth) can use this address. Look for “custom connector”, “MCP server” or “custom app” in its settings.
https://pocketplaces.app/mcpWhen you sign in
Your assistant opens a Pocket Places page in your browser. Sign in with the account you use in the app. We then ask whether that assistant can use your map. The Let it save to your map switch starts on. Turn it off if you only want it to read.
What it can do
| Make a map | The places you ask for, saved as a new list that opens as a map |
| Overview of your map | Your countries, cities, lists, creators and latest saves |
| Search your spots | By name, or by meaning: "ramen", "rooftop bar with a view" |
| Filter your spots | By city, country, list, creator, category, visited or must-visit |
| Spots near you | Your saved spots closest to where you are, with distances |
| One spot in full | Address, hours, rating, your note, and the post you saved it from |
| Your lists, trips and events | What is on each, and what is coming up |
| Save places | The places it suggests, straight to your map |
| Save a trip | An itinerary, day by day, in the order the assistant planned it |
| Small edits | Notes, making and adding to lists, visited and must-visit marks |
Saving places, saving trips and the small edits need the save switch on. Everything it saves or changes shows up in the app, with the assistant's name under “Saved from”, and each answer carries a link that opens the spot, list or trip in the app.
What it can't do
- Delete anything: no spot, list or trip
- See lists other people have shared with you
- Change your account, your plan or its own permissions
- Save a place it can't find. It tells you which ones and why, so you can check the name
Your privacy
- What your assistant reads from your map goes to the company that runs it, under its own privacy policy and your settings there.
- We never see your conversations. We only see the requests the assistant makes to your map.
- For “what's near me?”, the assistant may send us your location. We use it for that one search and don't store it.
The full details are in our Privacy Policy and section 10 of our Terms of Service.
Change or disconnect it
In the app, go to Account → AI assistants. You can turn saving off or disconnect an assistant there at any time. Disconnecting ends its access straight away. Spots and trips it saved stay on your map until you delete them.
If something isn't working
- Claude doesn't use your map. In that chat, tap + → Connectors and turn Pocket Places on.
- ChatGPT doesn't use your map. Type @Pocket Places in your message.
- Zapia doesn't answer in WhatsApp. Link WhatsApp in Zapia first, under Connectors → WhatsApp.
- It says you've used this month's imports. Places already on your map can still go in lists and trips. New ones wait until your imports reset on the 1st, or you can add them yourself in the app, or upgrade to Plus for more.
- It can't find a spot you saved. Make sure you signed in with the same account you use in the app.
- It reads but won't save. Check that saving is on for it in Account → AI assistants.
- It asks to sign in again. Its connection ended or its sign-in ran out. Connect it again with the steps above.
- It ran out of saves. Each new place it saves uses one of your monthly saves, like a place saved from a post. Places already on your map are free.
Questions?
Write to us at hello@pocketplaces.app.
See also: Privacy Policy · Terms of Service