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Use Koinoda from your AI assistant

Connect Koinoda to Claude, ChatGPT or Grok and just ask: “Who’s driving Thursday?”, “I’ll take pick-up”, “Mia’s not going Wednesday”, “Tell the carpool I’m on my way.” Your assistant works in your Koinoda account, with your permission.

Your connector address

https://koinoda.com/mcp

Paste this into your assistant where it asks for a connector or MCP server URL. Nothing else is needed: no API key, no password.

Connect in 3 steps

Claude

claude.ai, the Claude desktop app, or the mobile app

Open Settings → Connectors.
Choose Add custom connector, name it “Koinoda” and paste the address above.
Tap Connect, sign in to Koinoda and allow. In a chat, make sure Koinoda is turned on in the tools menu.

ChatGPT

chatgpt.com or the ChatGPT app

Open Settings → Apps & Connectors. Custom connectors may need Developer mode turned on (under Advanced).
Choose Create, name it “Koinoda”, paste the address above and pick OAuth as the authentication.
Sign in to Koinoda and allow. Then pick Koinoda from the tools in a new chat.

Grok / Grok bot

the Grok app or xAI's Grok agent app

Just ask Grok: “Add the Koinoda connection for me.” There’s no menu to find; Grok sets it up.
When it asks for the endpoint (server URL), give it the address above. Answer anything else it asks.
Sign in to Koinoda when it opens the sign-in, and allow.

Assistants rename their menus from time to time. If you can’t find the option, search their help for “custom connector” or “MCP”. Any assistant that supports remote MCP servers with sign-in works the same way.

What you’re allowing

When you connect, Koinoda asks what the assistant may do. Untick anything you don’t want; you can reconnect later to change it.

Schedule (always)See your carpools, practices, times, places, drivers and riders

RidesAct for you on rides: going / not going, claim or give back rides, on my way, here, dropped off, all home

ChatRead and post in your carpool chats

SettingsSee and change your communication preferences

Things to ask

The week

“What practices do we have this week, and where?”
“Who’s driving Thursday? Any open rides?”
“Which rides am I driving in the next two weeks?”
“Who am I picking up Thursday, in what order, and when do I leave?”

Rides

“I’ll take Wednesday pick-up.”
“Put me down for the full day Saturday.”
“I can’t drive Friday drop-off anymore.”
“Take over Thursday pick-up from Jen.”
“Mia’s not going to Monday practice.”
“Theo has a ride home from Grandma on Thursday.”

On the day

“Tell everyone I’m on my way for drop-off.”
“I’m outside Theo’s house.”
“Everyone’s dropped off.” / “All home.”
“Undo that, I tapped too early.”

Chat and settings

“Catch me up on the carpool chat.”
“Reply that I can cover Thursday.”
“Stop emailing me chat messages.”

Good to know

It acts as you. Other parents get the same alerts as when you tap in the app. Assistants ask you before sending anything that alerts people.
Same rules as the app. It can only mark your own kids going or not, only the driver can send “on my way”, and it only sees carpools you’re in.
Not for setup. Creating carpools, inviting people, changing practice times and approving members stay in the app.
Privacy. The assistant sees what you can see in your carpools, including other families’ names, kids and pickup addresses, and its own privacy terms apply. See the privacy notice.
Disconnect anytime in your profile under Connected apps. It stops working immediately.

Troubleshooting

It says “Not allowed: reconnect Koinoda and allow …”: You unticked that permission when connecting. Disconnect Koinoda in your assistant (or in Connected apps) and connect again, leaving it ticked.
The sign-in link or code expired: Codes last 20 minutes. Start connecting again from your assistant and use the newest email.
“Can’t connect” page: The assistant’s request didn’t match its registration, often after a long pause. Go back to the assistant and start again.
It worked yesterday and stopped: You may have disconnected it, or not used it for 60 days. Connect again. Nothing in Koinoda is lost.
It can’t find my carpool or practice: Ask it to “list my carpools” first, then the week. Practices come from your carpool’s schedule; if a time is wrong, fix it in the app.

For developers

Remote MCP over Streamable HTTP at https://koinoda.com/mcp, OAuth 2.1 with PKCE (S256) and dynamic client registration. Discovery: /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource and /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server. Scopes: schedule, rides, chat, settings.

Client configs, example prompts and code: github.com/Koinoda/koinoda-mcp.