Connecting External AI Assistants via MCP

Caffeine's hosted MCP connector is a bridge between conversational AI assistants and Caffeine's cloud build environment. It runs at https://mcp.caffeine.ai/mcp and exposes Caffeine's build capabilities as a Model Context Protocol server — without you having to switch apps.

That means: you stay in ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor, write your message as usual, and the assistant calls Caffeine in the background. You get structured responses, no app context switching, and the entire connection is OAuth-secured — Caffeine authorizes the assistant, never the other way around.

> WHAT IS THE MCP CONNECTOR?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI assistants securely access external tools and data sources. Caffeine operates a hosted MCP server at https://mcp.caffeine.ai/mcp. When you add this connector to ChatGPT, Claude Desktop, or Cursor, the assistant can execute Caffeine build actions — list projects, start builds, retrieve transcripts — and show you the results directly in chat.

Why it matters: without the connector you would have to switch to the Caffeine web app for every build action, trigger it there, copy the result, and switch back to your assistant. With the connector everything happens in the same chat window. You get structured responses instead of screenshots, the assistant can chain multiple actions, and the connection is OAuth-secured — Caffeine authorizes the assistant, never the other way around.

// Caffeine launched the MCP connector on June 16, 2026.

> THE CONNECTOR URL

All three walkthroughs below use the same connector URL. Copy it now — you will paste it into every assistant:

https://mcp.caffeine.ai/mcp

> CHATGPT — STEP BY STEP

> CLAUDE DESKTOP — STEP BY STEP

> CURSOR — STEP BY STEP

> CURSOR MCP CONFIG

The mcpServers entry for Cursor looks like this. Paste it into the MCP configuration file that opens via 'Edit MCP':

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "caffeine": {
      "url": "https://mcp.caffeine.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

> WHAT YOU CAN DO ONCE CONNECTED

Once the connector is live, these Caffeine capabilities are available directly in chat:

> ASSISTANT COMPARISON — SIX OPTIONS

Six assistants support the Caffeine MCP connector. Three are documented below with full walkthroughs; the other three follow the same pattern — add URL, restart, complete OAuth.

> QUICK START PROMPT

Copy this prompt and paste it into your connected assistant. It lists your Caffeine projects and starts a build session in one go:

List my Caffeine projects, then start a new build session for the most recent one. Show me the project name, current status, and the build session URL when it's ready.