How to connect TemplateFox MCP with ChatGPT

Connect ChatGPT to TemplateFox MCP. Generate invoice pdf from sales template, create image from marketing template with variables, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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TemplateFox is a template-driven service for generating PDFs and images from reusable templates. It helps teams automate templated documents, manage versions, and store outputs reliably.

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How to connect TemplateFox MCP with ChatGPT

ChatGPT can take action across your apps and files, stay with a project for hours, and turn 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 TemplateFox account to ChatGPT via Composio Connect, so it can generate PDFs from templates, create images from templates, manipulate PDFs and pages, manage template versions, and store files to S3 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 TemplateFox integration lets ChatGPT take actions like creating drafts, sending updates, labeling records, and more.
  • 1,500+ 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. We will use the ChatGPT desktop app, and the steps are the same on the web.
  • Access to the TemplateFox workspace you want to connect.
  • Composio plugin.

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 TemplateFox to ChatGPT

1. Install the Composio plugin

Click the button. ChatGPT opens the Composio plugin page. Click Install plugin.

Install in ChatGPT

Composio plugin page in ChatGPT with the Install plugin button

You can also find it inside ChatGPT: go to Settings, open Plugins, search the marketplace for Composio, and click Install plugin.

2. Authenticate

After you install, ChatGPT asks you to authenticate with Composio. Log in and click Allow access to authorize ChatGPT to use your Composio account.

Composio login and Allow access screen for ChatGPT

3. Start using Composio

That is it. Composio tools are now available in ChatGPT. Type @Composio followed by your request, for example @Composio find unread TemplateFox messages and summarize them, and it will run the actions you authorize. On first use it asks you to authorize TemplateFox.

Option 2: Add Composio as an MCP server

If you cannot use the plugin marketplace, add Composio as a custom MCP server instead.

1. Open the MCP settings

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

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

3. Authenticate

Click Authenticate on the Composio entry, log in via Composio, and click Allow access. Composio tools are then available in ChatGPT the same way as with the plugin.

What you can do after connecting TemplateFox

  • Generate invoice PDF from sales template
  • Create image from marketing template with variables
  • Version and upload template to S3

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 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 TemplateFox action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Template With Agent

Queue TemplateFox's authoring agent to create an image template from natural-language instructions.

Create Image

Generate a PNG, JPEG, or WebP image from a TemplateFox image template and return a temporary URL or configured S3 location.

Create PDF

Generate a PDF synchronously from a TemplateFox template and return a temporary URL or configured S3 location.

Create PDF Asynchronously

Queue PDF generation and return a job ID for polling.

Create Template Version

Create an immutable snapshot of an existing TemplateFox template with a unique lowercase tag.

Delete S3 Configuration

Permanently remove the connected account's saved S3-compatible storage credentials.

Delete Template Version

Permanently delete one immutable template version.

Extract PDF Pages

Extract, reorder, or split selected pages from one PDF and return a temporary result URL.

Get Account

Get the connected TemplateFox account identity and remaining credit balance without consuming credits.

Get Agent Job

Get an authoring-agent job's status, resulting template ID, preview, charged credits, or failure details.

Get PDF Job

Get the status, result location, or failure details of an asynchronous PDF generation job.

Get S3 Configuration

Get the connected account's S3-compatible storage configuration.

List Account Transactions

List credit purchases, consumption, refunds, and bonuses one offset page at a time.

List PDF Jobs

List asynchronous PDF generation jobs, optionally filtered by status, one offset page at a time.

List Template Fields

List the dynamic variables a template accepts so an agent can construct valid generation data.

List Template Layers

List addressable image-template layers and their modifiable properties for CREATE_IMAGE.

List Templates

List PDF or image templates belonging to the connected TemplateFox team.

List Template Versions

List immutable snapshots of a template, including version numbers and optional tags.

Merge PDFs

Concatenate two or more PDFs in the supplied order and return a temporary result URL.

Revise Template With Agent

Queue TemplateFox's authoring agent to revise an existing image template from feedback.

Rotate PDF

Rotate all pages or selected pages in a PDF and return a temporary result URL.

Save and Test S3 Configuration

Create or update the connected account's S3-compatible storage credentials, then test access to the configured bucket.

Update Template Version

Change or clear the tag and/or description metadata of a template version; the immutable snapshot content is not changed.

Validate S3 Configuration

Validate that TemplateFox can access and write a small test object to the configured S3-compatible bucket without changing the saved credentials.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. ChatGPT 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 TemplateFox tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which TemplateFox 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 TemplateFox data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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