Skip to main content

How do I connect AlsoAsked to my AI assistant with MCP?

Connect AlsoAsked to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Code and perform People Also Ask research directly from your conversations.

Written by Jack Wakefield

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets AI assistants securely use AlsoAsked to perform searches.

Before you start

You will need:

  • An active AlsoAsked Pro account

  • An AI assistant with permission to add custom MCP servers

  • The AlsoAsked MCP server URL: https://alsoasked.com/mcp

You do not need an API key. Your AI assistant will open AlsoAsked in your browser so you can sign in and approve permission to view your account details and credit balance, view your search history and results, and perform or delete searches. Only approve a connection from an assistant you trust.

How to connect AlsoAsked

Claude and Claude Desktop

Remote connectors are linked to your Claude account, so setting up a connector on the web will make it available in Claude Desktop.

  1. Open Claude's Connectors page, or go to Customize → Connectors in Claude.

  2. Select Add then Add custom connector.

  3. Enter AlsoAsked as the connector name and https://alsoasked.com/mcp as the remote MCP server URL.
    ​

    Adding AlsoAsked as a custom connector in Claude

  4. Select Add, then Connect.

  5. Sign in to AlsoAsked in the browser window and approve the connection.
    ​

    AlsoAsked authorization screen showing the permissions requested by an AI assistant

  6. In a Claude conversation, select + → Connectors and enable AlsoAsked.

If you use Claude through a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner must add the connector to the organization before members can connect it.

ChatGPT

In ChatGPT, custom MCP connections are called apps.

  1. In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.

  2. Open ChatGPT's Plugins page.

  3. Select + to create a developer-mode app.

  4. Enter AlsoAsked as the name, and https://alsoasked.com/mcp as the MCP server URL.
    ​

    Creating an AlsoAsked MCP app in ChatGPT.

  5. Create the app. When ChatGPT asks you to connect, sign in to AlsoAsked and approve access.

  6. Start a new chat, select + → More, then choose AlsoAsked from the available tools.

In a managed workspace, Developer mode may be disabled by your administrator. Ask them to enable it if the toggle is unavailable.

Claude Code

Add AlsoAsked at user scope to make it available across all your Claude Code projects.

  1. Run:

    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user alsoasked https://alsoasked.com/mcp

  2. Start the browser authorization flow:

    claude mcp login alsoasked

    You can also enter /mcp in an interactive Claude Code session, select AlsoAsked and authenticate from there.

  3. Check the connection:

    claude mcp get alsoasked

Did this answer your question?