Use Sutram inside ChatGPT

You keep talking to ChatGPT. Sutram is where what matters gets stored, versioned, and approved. Connecting takes a few minutes and the path depends on your account type.

How it works

In ChatGPT

  • You talk as usual: ask questions, request summaries, drafts, comparisons.
  • When you ask, ChatGPT searches, reads, and creates things in your Sutram project.
  • Nothing changes in how you work. Sutram shows up as one more app in the conversation.

In Sutram

  • Your team's documents, records, and conversations, organized by project.
  • Every version, every author, and every approval is recorded.
  • One source for people and for AI. What ChatGPT answers comes from here.

Prefer to be guided? Paste this into ChatGPT

Open a new conversation, paste the text below, and follow along. ChatGPT asks what kind of account you have and walks you through one step at a time. It cannot make the connection for you, because the settings live outside the conversation, but it explains every screen to the end.

Tip: open that conversation on your phone and do the clicking on your computer. The setup only exists in ChatGPT on the web, and this way the guide never leaves your sight.

Text to paste 
I want to connect Sutram to ChatGPT and I need you to guide me, one step at a time.

Context: Sutram is where my team keeps documents and records, with versions and approvals. I keep talking here; Sutram is the memory. To connect I need a Sutram account and membership in at least one project; if I do not have one, tell me to create the account at app.sutram.io before starting. Technically it is an MCP app: address https://app.sutram.io/mcp/v2, OAuth login.

How to guide me:
- First ask whether my ChatGPT account is personal (Plus or Pro), Business, or Enterprise/Edu, because the path differs.
- Then give me one step at a time. At the end of each step, ask me to describe what appeared on screen before moving on.
- Use menu names as they are today. If I say I could not find something, suggest where else it might be instead of repeating.
- This only works in ChatGPT on the web, on a computer. If I am on my phone, ask me to open ChatGPT in the computer's browser and keep this conversation here.

Paths:
- Personal (Plus or Pro): no prior setting is needed. Plugins (sidebar) > Add > Create MCP App: name Sutram, paste the address under Connection, Authentication OAuth, tick the confirmation and Create. Click Continue to Sutram; if asked, sign in to Sutram; choose the project and Continue. In a conversation, type @Sutram and pick the app.
- Business: only workspace admins or owners can do this. If I am an admin: Workspace settings > Apps > Create (this turns on Developer mode), create the app with the details above, test it in a conversation, and publish it under Workspace settings > Apps > Drafts. If I am not an admin, help me write a short request to whoever is, with the details above.
- Enterprise or Edu: an admin has to enable Developer mode for me under Permissions & Roles > Connected Data. Then I turn it on under Settings > Apps > Advanced Settings and create the app under Settings > Apps > Create. Only an admin publishes it for everyone.
- If at any point the Create MCP App option is missing, help me look for a "Developer mode" under Settings; the name and place change between releases.

At the end, ask me to test with: "Use Sutram to show the connected project, my role in it, and the root folder."

Reference: https://sutram.io/en/connect-chatgpt/

Before you start, you need

  • A Sutram account. Creating one is free.
  • To be a member of at least one project, yours or someone else's. The project owner needs the Pro plan or higher; you can be on Basic.
  • To be signed in to Sutram in this browser. If you are not, the sign-in screen appears before the project choice.

You will need this address

https://app.sutram.io/mcp/v2

The steps, by account type

The path depends on your ChatGPT account. All of them require ChatGPT on the web, on a computer. The mobile app does not have this setting.

Personal account (Plus or Pro)

  1. 1

    Under Plugins, in the sidebar, click Add → Create MCP App.

  2. 2

    In the form: Name Sutram, Connection with the address above, Authentication OAuth. Tick the confirmation and click Create.

  3. 3

    Click Continue to Sutram. If asked, sign in to Sutram. Then choose the project and click Continue.

  4. 4

    In a new conversation, type @Sutram and pick the app. Done.

Business

Only workspace admins and owners can turn on Developer mode and publish apps. If you are not one of them, ask someone who is. The guided text above helps write the request.

  1. 1

    Under Workspace settings → Apps → Create, create the app (this turns on Developer mode for you): name Sutram, address above, OAuth authentication.

  2. 2

    Test it in a conversation: select the Sutram app and ask for the project's root folder.

  3. 3

    Under Workspace settings → Apps → Drafts, publish. The app becomes available to the whole workspace.

Enterprise and Edu

An admin has to enable Developer mode for you. Once published, the admin decides who can use the app.

  1. 1

    Admin: under Permissions & Roles → Connected Data, enable Developer mode for the people who will create apps.

  2. 2

    You: under Settings → Apps → Advanced Settings, turn on Developer mode. Under Settings → Apps → Create, create the app with name Sutram, the address above, and OAuth authentication.

  3. 3

    Admin: under Workspace settings → Apps, publish and choose who can use it.

On a Plus or Pro account there is no prior setting: Create MCP App is already in the Add menu (verified September 30, 2026). If it is missing, look for a Developer mode under Settings; OpenAI changes the name and place often. The guided text above sorts it out in the conversation.

First requests to try

After connecting, start with a request that works in any project, just to confirm who is connected:

  • “Show the connected project, my role in it, and the root folder.”
  • “List what is in the root folder and tell me how the project is organized.”

Check the result, not just the summary. ChatGPT may summarize what the tool returned or tuck the details into a panel. When you need to be sure, ask for the names, IDs, and links of the items. A reply in the conversation does not, by itself, confirm that a change was saved in Sutram.

Files: what works where

Search, browsing, comments, and record creation work as soon as the app is authorized. The difference shows up when the bytes of a file have to move.

ChatGPT (web) Codex
Search, browse, comment, create records ✓ ✓
Get a link to download a file ✓ You click and download ✓
The assistant reads the file on its own ✗ Download via the link and attach it to the chat ✓ With network access on
Upload a file to Sutram through the assistant ✗ Upload through the Sutram web app ✓ With network access on

In ChatGPT on the web the assistant has no way to transfer files on its own: it hands you the link and you do the rest. In Codex, the environment's network has to be allowed; in workspace-write mode it is off by default.

Plan requirements

Sutram: Connecting ChatGPT to Sutram requires a project owned by a user on the Pro plan or higher. Members of that project can connect too, even on the Basic plan.

OpenAI: Plus and Pro accounts create the app directly under Plugins → Add. On Business, only workspace admins and owners. On Enterprise and Edu, whoever the admin enables. Free accounts do not have this option. Codex has its own setup, described below.

Using Claude instead of ChatGPT? See how to use Sutram inside Claude →

Codex (for developers)

Codex connects Sutram directly as an MCP server. In a local task, it combines Sutram tools with the files and commands in your environment, subject to permissions. To connect through the app's interface:

  1. Open Settings → MCP servers and click Add server. Labels may differ by release.
  2. In the name field, type sutram. For the connection type or transport, select Streamable HTTP.
  3. In the URL field, paste https://app.sutram.io/mcp/v2. That is the MCP server URL, not Sutram's home page.
  4. Click Save, then Restart to load the server.
  5. In the server list, click Authenticate when Sutram requests OAuth. In the browser, sign in to your Sutram account, choose the project, and authorize access.
  6. Back in the app, confirm the server is enabled and connected. In a task, ask: “Use Sutram to show the connected project, my role in it, and the root folder.”

As an alternative to the UI setup, add this entry to the local file ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.sutram]
url = "https://app.sutram.io/mcp/v2"

Authenticate through the client or run codex mcp login sutram with the Codex CLI installed. Sign in to Sutram and authorize the project you want. Reload the connection if needed and ask for the project name, your role, and the root folder to verify access.

Documentation reviewed September 30, 2026: OpenAI MCP configuration and Developer mode and MCP apps in ChatGPT.

For the technically minded

Sutram is a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth. What ChatGPT calls an app inside a plugin and Claude calls a custom connector is the same connection. Full MCP Server guide →

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