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How to connect WildApricot MCP with ChatGPT Work

Connect ChatGPT Work to WildApricot MCP. List upcoming events with attendee counts, renew memberships expiring next 30 days, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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WildApricot is an association management platform for administering contacts, memberships, events, finances, email, and online stores. It helps organizations centralize membership, event, and payment workflows.

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How to connect WildApricot 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 WildApricot account to ChatGPT Work via Composio Connect, so it can manage your members, register event attendees, update membership statuses, process payments, and send member emails 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 WildApricot 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 WildApricot 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 WildApricot 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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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 WildApricot account and it will run the actions you authorize.

What you can do after connecting WildApricot

  • List upcoming events with attendee counts
  • Renew memberships expiring next 30 days
  • Export members with unpaid invoices CSV

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

Create Contact

Create a WildApricot contact or member using an API key configured with Full access; a successful connection or list_accounts metadata does not prove write access.

Delete Contact

Permanently delete one WildApricot contact or member by ID using an API key configured with Full access; a successful connection or list_accounts metadata does not prove write access.

Get Contact

Get one WildApricot contact or member by ID, optionally including pending membership order, invoice, and allowed-action metadata.

Get Event

Get full details for one WildApricot event by ID, including schedule, location, access, and registration settings.

List Accounts

List WildApricot accounts available to this connection, including account IDs, plan indicators, contact limits, and provider-advertised resource operations.

List Contact Fields

List contact and membership field definitions, including field names, types, and search/edit metadata used to construct contact filters and field-selection requests.

List Event Registrations

List event registrations for a required contact_id, event_id, or set of registration_ids, optionally including form details or waitlist entries.

List Membership Levels

Return one page of membership levels, optionally restricted to specific IDs, with fees, application eligibility, type, and renewal metadata.

Search Contacts

Return one synchronous page of contacts matching a simple text search or WildApricot filter.

Search Events

Return one synchronous page of events matching a validated WildApricot event filter, ordered by event start date or session start.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone WildApricot MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of WildApricot tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from WildApricot 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 WildApricot tools.

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

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