> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://linkly.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using Linkly AI in ChatGPT

> Connect your Linkly AI local knowledge base to ChatGPT, letting ChatGPT search and read your private documents

## What You Can Do

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Turn your private notes into ChatGPT's memory">
    No more manually pasting context — just ask "What ideas have I written about
    XX? use linkly-ai", and Linkly AI's `search` tool will search across all
    your notes on your computer, providing the relevant content to ChatGPT so it
    can give you well-grounded answers.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Write articles or reports based on local materials">
    Let ChatGPT retrieve and read your relevant notes and documents on your
    computer through Linkly AI, then generate article drafts, speech scripts, or
    email replies — content sourced from your actual private materials, not
    generated from thin air.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Quickly distill conclusions across multiple documents">
    You can have ChatGPT read meeting records and research reports stored on
    your computer. Linkly AI handles `search` and `read`, letting ChatGPT
    synthesize the answers — no need to flip through documents one by one.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Prerequisites

* ChatGPT Plus or Team subscription
* Completed [remote access configuration](/docs/en/use-in-remote), with the desktop tunnel showing <Badge stroke color="green">● Connected</Badge>

## Configuration Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Apps settings">
    On [chatgpt.com](https://chatgpt.com), click **Apps** in the left sidebar to
    open the settings panel.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/linklyai/tSifsMAsuJoluiLy/images/chatgpt-apps-settings.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=tSifsMAsuJoluiLy&q=85&s=ca18456168f143168915eb160508b0fb" alt="ChatGPT Apps settings entry" width="2856" height="1674" data-path="images/chatgpt-apps-settings.webp" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enable Developer mode">
    In the settings panel, click **Advanced settings**, then toggle **Developer
    mode** on. Once enabled, the **Create app** button will appear on the page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create the App">
    Click **Create app** and fill in the following:

    * **Name**: `linkly-ai`

    * **Description** (optional, recommended so the model understands its purpose):

      ```
      Linkly AI indexes your local documents (PDF, Markdown, DOCX, EPUB, TXT, HTML) and provides AI-accessible full-text search, outline navigation, and paginated reading.
      ```

    * **MCP Server URL**: `https://mcp.linkly.ai/mcp`

    * **Authentication**: select `OAuth`

    * Check **I understand and want to continue**

    * Click **Create**

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/linklyai/tSifsMAsuJoluiLy/images/chatgpt-create-app.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=tSifsMAsuJoluiLy&q=85&s=f42c4eb28492de890e69f729f1d5c028" alt="ChatGPT Create MCP App form" width="3088" height="1790" data-path="images/chatgpt-create-app.webp" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Complete OAuth authorization">
    After clicking Create, you will be redirected to linkly.ai to log in and
    authorize. Once authorized, you are automatically redirected back to
    ChatGPT, and Linkly AI appears in the enabled apps list. Setup is complete.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Getting Started

Once configured, there are two ways to invoke Linkly AI in ChatGPT:

**Method 1: Specify via Prompt in the conversation**

<Prompt description="Search all my notes about product design, use linkly-ai">
  Search all my notes about product design, use linkly-ai
</Prompt>

**Method 2: Click + and select linkly-ai**

Click the **+** button next to the input box, find and click **linkly-ai** in
the pop-up menu to enable it for the current conversation.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/linklyai/tSifsMAsuJoluiLy/images/chatgpt-use-linklyai.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=tSifsMAsuJoluiLy&q=85&s=b56aca149486d34f3c8db31830bfa16f" alt="Selecting linkly-ai from the ChatGPT input menu" width="2670" height="1554" data-path="images/chatgpt-use-linklyai.webp" />

## FAQ

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  <Accordion title="Cannot find Advanced settings or Developer mode">
    Please confirm your account has a ChatGPT Plus or Team subscription and that
    you are accessing via [chatgpt.com](https://chatgpt.com) (not the desktop
    client).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="OAuth authorization failed">
    Make sure the remote access tunnel in Linkly AI Desktop is connected, and
    try logging in to [linkly.ai](https://linkly.ai) in your browser first
    before re-authorizing.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="ChatGPT does not call the Linkly AI tools">
    Try explicitly specifying the tool in your message, for example by adding
    `use linkly-ai` at the end, or actively select linkly-ai via the **+**
    button before sending your message.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>