Before you begin
You need a ChatGPT plan that supports MCP connectors — availability is set by OpenAI and varies by plan — plus a Tidyboard account that already belongs to a household.
The connector never creates accounts or households. Sign in as yourself: it acts as your member, with exactly your permissions. A child account stays restricted — it can log its own meals and complete its own tasks, but cannot act for anyone else.
Add the connector
- Open ChatGPT connector settings and choose Add custom connector.
- Name it Tidyboard and paste only the URL below; leave headers and OAuth credentials empty.
- Choose Auth when it appears, sign in through Cognito, review Tidyboard consent, and approve the initial read scope.
MCP server URL
https://tidyboard.org/mcpVerify safely and use step-up consent
- Ask ChatGPT: "list my Tidyboard tasks" first.
- Confirm the result belongs to the expected household.
- When a finance or recovery tool needs another scope, follow the automatic step-up Auth prompt and approve only that exact scope on Tidyboard's consent page.
- After finance.read, try: "Show my wallet total, earmarked, and available balance, then list my financial goals."
- With finance.write, try: "Preview allocating $5 to my Bike goal; do not apply it yet." Review the preview before asking to apply the exact action.
- Disconnect and reconnect if Auth or refresh cannot recover a stale session.