🤖 Connecting an AI assistant

Let Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Meta Muse or another AI assistant manage your Bestboy wishlists for you.

An AI assistant like Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or Meta Muse can use Bestboy through MCP (Model Context Protocol). You can ask it to make a wish, check what’s been reserved, follow a friend’s list, or save a gift idea for someone, without opening the app.

Connect an assistant

Go to Settings → AI Agent.
Follow the setup steps for ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Meta Muse.

ChatGPT, Claude and Muse can use OAuth, so you don’t need to copy any keys around. Grok’s connector support varies by plan and client, so its steps are best-effort for now.

Use an API key instead

For a setup with no sign-in screen, like Claude Code, Muse with custom headers or your own script:

Go to Settings → AI Agent.
Generate a static API key.
Pass it as a bearer token.

Keep the key in personal settings only, never in a shared project file.

Meta Muse

Muse connects to Bestboy as a remote Streamable HTTP MCP server. The server URL is:

https://bestboy.app/mcp

In Muse Code, add the URL as a streamable-http server in your user settings.
Run muse mcp login bestboy.
Approve access on the Bestboy sign-in screen that opens.

Muse discovers the OAuth configuration and stores the connection for future sessions. If your Muse experience has a custom-connector screen, create a remote MCP connector with that same URL, choose Streamable HTTP and OAuth, and complete the same approval. Leave the client ID and secret blank when Muse offers dynamic client registration.

See the full MCP reference for Muse details, or the API reference if you’re integrating over plain HTTP.

Good to know

An assistant only sees your own account. It can see and change your wishlists, wishes, follows and gift ideas, the same access you have when you’re logged in.
You can revoke access any time from the same settings page. A revoked API key stops working immediately.

Frequently asked questions

What is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT securely connect to apps like Bestboy and act on your behalf.

What can a connected AI assistant actually do?

Only what you could do yourself while logged in: make or edit wishes, check reservations, follow lists, and manage gift ideas for other people. It can’t do anything outside your own account.

Can I disconnect an AI assistant later?

Yes. Revoke its API key at any time from Settings → AI Agent and it loses access immediately.

Do I need to be a developer to connect an assistant?

No. Claude and ChatGPT both support one-click OAuth connection from Settings → AI Agent. A static API key is only needed for non-interactive setups like scripts or Claude Code.

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