AI carpool assistant for ChatGPT, Claude and Grok

Koinoda works with AI assistants. Connect it to ChatGPT, Claude or Grok and you can ask about your carpool or make changes in plain words: "Who's driving Thursday?", "I'll take Saturday's game", or "Theo has a ride home from Grandma on Friday."

What you can ask

• "What does this week look like?" Every practice, who's driving, and which rides are still open.
• "Which rides am I driving?" Your upcoming drop-offs and pick-ups, with times.
• "When do I need to leave?" The drive plan: pickup order, addresses and leave time.
• "Mia is sick Wednesday." Marks her out for that day and tells the driver.
• "Can I take the pick-up on Thursday?" Claims the open ride.
• "Tell the carpool I'm running five minutes late." Posts in the carpool chat.

The assistant asks you before it changes anything, and it follows the same rules as the app: only a kid's own parent can mark them in or out, and only the driver can send "On my way".

How to connect

1. In your assistant, add a custom connector with the URL https://koinoda.com/mcp.
2. Sign in with your Koinoda email, then choose what the assistant may do: read the schedule, manage rides, chat, or change your notification settings.
3. Start asking. You can disconnect any assistant from your profile at any time.

Step-by-step instructions for each assistant are on the AI assistants help page.

For developers

Koinoda runs a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at https://koinoda.com/mcp over Streamable HTTP, with OAuth 2.1 sign-in (PKCE and dynamic client registration). Tools include list_carpools, get_week, my_upcoming_rides, get_drive_plan, set_kid_going, claim_ride, give_back_ride, on_my_way, here_at_stop and post_chat. The server card is at /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json, and docs, client configs and code examples are on GitHub.

See also: the family carpool app and youth sports carpools.

Questions

Which AI assistants work with Koinoda?

Any assistant that supports remote MCP connectors, including Claude, ChatGPT (with developer mode connectors) and Grok.

Can the assistant change rides without asking me?

Assistants ask before running any tool that changes something, such as claiming a ride or posting in the chat. You also choose which permissions it gets when you connect.

What does the AI assistant see?

Only what it reads to answer your question, such as the week's schedule. Nothing is shared until you connect an assistant, and you can disconnect it at any time.

Does it cost anything?

Connecting an assistant to Koinoda is free. Your assistant's own plan may have its own limits.