# Connect ChatGPT to Section Store

> Add Section Store to ChatGPT as a custom MCP server with OAuth, then approve the connection in your Shopify admin.

Add Section Store to ChatGPT as a custom MCP server. Open chatgpt.com/plugins, click the plus button, choose **Add custom MCP server**, paste `https://mcp.section.store/mcp` and pick **OAuth**. Then approve the connection in Shopify admin.

## Before you start

- Section Store must be installed on your store.
- ChatGPT builds bundles and carts on any plan. Switching them on needs Section Store Plus.

## Copy the server URL

1. In Shopify admin, open **Apps** → **Section Store**.
2. Find the **Build with AI** line on **Home**, **Bundles** or **Cart Drawer**.
3. Click **ChatGPT**. The **AI assistants** page opens.
4. Click **Copy** next to **Server URL**. You see **URL copied**.

## Add it in ChatGPT

1. Open chatgpt.com/plugins and click the plus button.
2. Choose **Add custom MCP server**.
3. Paste the URL.
4. Pick **OAuth**.

## Approve the connection

1. ChatGPT opens a page that reads **Connect ChatGPT to Section Store**. Enter **Your store**. Your myshopify address, admin URL or store domain all work.
2. Click **Continue**. Shopify admin opens.
3. Read the list of what ChatGPT can do, then click **Connect ChatGPT**.
4. ChatGPT opens again, connected. You may see **Going back to your assistant…** first.

Stay in the same browser for these steps, and finish within 15 minutes.

## Check it works

Ask ChatGPT: "Use Section Store to list my bundles." It lists your bundles.

In Section Store, the **Build with AI** line now shows **1 connected · Manage**. ChatGPT is listed under **Connected assistants**.

## If it doesn't work

- **You see no way to add a custom MCP server:** check ChatGPT's help pages. We can't change what your ChatGPT plan includes.
- **"This sign-in started in another browser":** start again from ChatGPT, and approve in the browser where the sign-in opened.
- **"We couldn't find Section Store on that store":** paste the address from your Shopify admin's browser bar, or install Section Store first.
- **No preview picture shows in the chat:** ask for the preview link. The link lasts 1 hour. It shows the saved item, not a change waiting for your yes. For a waiting change, read the list of changes.

## Related

- [Approve or decline an AI assistant connection](https://section-store.orka.help/a/approve-or-decline-an-ai-assistant-connection)
- [What to ask your AI assistant in Section Store](https://section-store.orka.help/a/what-to-ask-your-ai-assistant-in-section-store)
- [What can an AI assistant do in my store?](https://section-store.orka.help/a/what-can-an-ai-assistant-do-in-my-store)
- [My AI assistant won't connect to Section Store](https://section-store.orka.help/a/my-ai-assistant-wont-connect-to-section-store)
- [Disconnect an AI assistant](https://section-store.orka.help/a/disconnect-an-ai-assistant)
- [AI assistants guide](https://section-store.orka.help/a/support-guide-ai-assistants)
- [Connect Cursor or Claude Code to Section Store](https://section-store.orka.help/a/connect-cursor-or-claude-code)

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