Zapier MCP gives AI clients access to actions across Zapier's app ecosystem, with Zapier holding the third-party app credentials. It supports only streamable HTTP (no SSE) and authenticates either with OAuth (with dynamic client registration) or a connection token.
Connect
- 1Connect it in ChatGPT
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect as the MCP server URL, then sign in with OAuth. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.
- 2Or add it to Codex or the API
codex mcp add zapier --url https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect codex mcp login zapierThe login command opens a browser to finish OAuth.
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
Things to ask
- “Add a row to my Google Sheet every time I tell you about a new lead”
- “Create a Trello card for this bug report”
- “Send an SMS reminder via Twilio to the on-call engineer”
- “Look up the customer in Stripe and post their plan to Slack”