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How to connect Clay MCP with ChatGPT Work

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How to connect Clay MCP with ChatGPT Work

ChatGPT Work is an agent inside ChatGPT built for your most ambitious work. It takes action across your apps and files, stays with a project for hours, and turns a goal into finished materials like sheets, slides, and docs - not just answers.

In this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Clay account to ChatGPT Work via Composio Connect, so it can research companies, enrich contacts, run Clay functions, return enriched prospect data, and link profiles to workspaces through natural language commands without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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Why use Composio over default connectors?

  • Apps with read and write access. Default connectors mostly can read your data. Composio's Clay integration lets ChatGPT Work take actions like creating drafts, sending updates, labeling records, and more.
  • 1,000+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. Composio gives you instant access to a vast catalog of pre-built connectors, from Gmail and Slack to Notion, Linear, and Salesforce.
  • One MCP server for every app. Connect any of your applications on demand through a single endpoint, rather than juggling a separate server for each app.
  • Smart, context-aware tool loading. Unlike traditional MCP servers that dump every available tool into the LLM context window, Composio searches for and loads only the tools relevant to the task at hand.
  • Cross-app automation. Chain actions across multiple apps in a single run - fetch a thread, summarize it in Notion, and post highlights to Slack without leaving the conversation.

Prerequisites

  • A ChatGPT account with access to ChatGPT Work (rolling out across Pro, Enterprise, Edu, Plus, and Business plans). We will use the ChatGPT desktop app, which is available on every plan.
  • Access to the Clay workspace you want to connect.
  • Composio MCP.

Note: Composio connects through OAuth. You will be asked to sign in and approve specific permissions. Review the permission screen carefully if you are using a work account.

Step-by-step: Connect Clay to ChatGPT Work

1. Open the MCP settings

In ChatGPT Work, go to Settings and open the Plugins section. Inside the Plugins page, click the MCP tab.

ChatGPT Work settings showing the Plugins page with the MCP tab selected

2. Add the server

Click Add server. In the Name field enter Composio, for Type select Streamable HTTP, and in the URL field paste the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
ChatGPT Work Add server dialog with the name Composio, type Streamable HTTP, and the Composio MCP URL

Then click Save. The Composio server now appears in your MCP plugins list.

ChatGPT Work Plugins page showing the Composio MCP server added to the list

3. Authenticate

Click Authenticate, log in via Composio, and click Allow access to authorize ChatGPT Work to use your Composio account.

Composio login and Allow access screen for ChatGPT Work MCP setup

4. Start using Composio

That is it - Composio tools are now available in ChatGPT Work. Ask it to work with your Clay account and it will run the actions you authorize.

What you can do after connecting Clay

  • Find enriched contacts for Acme Corp
  • Enrich leads and retrieve emails and titles
  • Run enrichment providers for startup lists

Security + privacy notes (important)

  • Use least-privilege access: Only grant permissions you actually need.
  • Review OAuth permissions before approving: Make sure requested scopes match what you expect Composio and ChatGPT Work to do.
  • Keep write actions human-reviewed: For actions like sending messages, creating labels, or editing drafts, keep manual confirmation enabled.
  • Be careful with sensitive data: Avoid using this setup with highly sensitive information unless allowed by your personal, company, or client policies.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Clay MCP action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add-company-data-points

Add data points to companies in an existing search.

Add-contact-data-points

Add data points to contacts in an existing search.

Ask-question-about-accounts

Ask a natural language question about one or more accounts available in Clay Audiences.

Find-and-enrich-company

Find and enrich a single company by domain or LinkedIn URL.

Find-and-enrich-contacts-at-company

Search for contacts at a company by role, title, name, or department.

Find-and-enrich-list-of-contacts

Find and enrich specific named contacts at their companies.

Get-credits-available

Check if credits are available for the workspace.

Get-current-workspace

Report which Clay workspace this connection is pinned to.

Get subroutine input options

Fetch the available dropdown options for a subroutine input that has a configured options source.

Get-task

Get task status and results by task ID.

Get-task-context

Retrieve the current state of a task — all entities, enrichment values, and statuses.

List subroutines

List available functions.

Query-objects

Query audience accounts, contacts, or deals using natural language.

Run subroutine

Execute a function on contacts/companies FROM AN EXISTING SEARCH (Company Address, Company Industry, Company Employee Count, Company Domain, Company Job Openings, Company Revenue (Exact), Company Latest Funding, Enrich Person, Company News, Enrich Company, Find People at Company, Person Full Name, Person Job Title, Enrich Person and Find Contact Details, Person Location, Website Traffic, Website Technology Stack, Work Email).

Run subroutine direct

Execute a custom function on one or more sets of provided inputs.

Run subroutine no mapping

Run a custom subroutine on search entities.

Track-event

Track an analytics event with optional properties.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Clay MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Clay tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Clay and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. ChatGPT Work fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Clay tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Clay scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Clay data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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