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Building MCP servers for ChatGPT Apps and API integrations
Teaches how to develop and implement Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to enable ChatGPT apps and API integrations to access external tools and data sources.
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Building MCP servers for ChatGPT Apps and API integrations
Teaches how to develop and implement Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to enable ChatGPT apps and API integrations to access external tools and data sources.
When To Use
Use when you need to build a custom MCP server to connect ChatGPT or OpenAI API integrations to external data repositories or local tools.
Reference Files
| File | Contains | Use For |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow. | Start here. |
docs/building-mcp-servers-for-chatgpt-apps-and-api-integrations-workflow-guide.md | A guide detailing how to configure data sources and create MCP servers with search and fetch tools for ChatGPT apps and API integrations. | Questions about a guide detailing how to configure data sources and create MCP servers with search and fetch tools for ChatGPT apps a... |
examples/building-mcp-servers-for-chatgpt-apps-and-api-integrations-openai-mcp-se.text | A numbered list of sequential steps for building Model Context Protocol servers for ChatGPT applications and API integrations. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A numbered list of sequential steps for building Model Context Protocol servers for ChatGPT applications and API inte... |
examples/building-mcp-servers-for-chatgpt-apps-and-api-integrations-openai-mcp-se-2.text | A text-based guide outlining the process of building Model Context Protocol servers for ChatGPT applications and API integrations. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text-based guide outlining the process of building Model Context Protocol servers for ChatGPT applications and API... |
examples/building-mcp-servers-for-chatgpt-apps-and-api-integrations-openai-mcp-se-3.text | A numbered list of sequential steps for building Model Context Protocol servers for ChatGPT Apps and API integrations. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A numbered list of sequential steps for building Model Context Protocol servers for ChatGPT Apps and API integrations. |
examples/building-mcp-servers-for-chatgpt-apps-and-api-integrations-openai-mcp-se-4.text | A text configuration specifying the SSE endpoint URL for connecting an MCP server to ChatGPT Apps. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text configuration specifying the SSE endpoint URL for connecting an MCP server to ChatGPT Apps. |
examples/building-mcp-servers-for-chatgpt-apps-and-api-integrations-openai-api-mc.text | A curl command demonstrating a POST request to the OpenAI API for building MCP servers using the o4-mini-deep-research model. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A curl command demonstrating a POST request to the OpenAI API for building MCP servers using the o4-mini-deep-researc... |
What This Skill Covers
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that’s becoming the industry standard for extending AI models with additional tools and knowledge. Remote MC...
- Main sections:
Configure a data source,Create an MCP server,search tool,fetch tool,Server example.
Workflow
- Open the most relevant file under
docs/for the exact documented workflow and wording. - Open
schemas/files for exact structured contracts. - Open
examples/files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests. - Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.
Canonical source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/mcp