How to Connect Claude and ChatGPT to Your Bookmarks (MCP)
MarkIt runs a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at mark-it.co/api/mcp, so you can connect Claude or ChatGPT straight to your own saved library. Once connected, your assistant can search your links and notes in plain language, open a specific save, add a new one, and set or cancel a reminder. It can read and add, but it cannot delete your items or reach anyone else's data. MCP access is on the free tier.
Most bookmark and notes apps are a dead end for an AI assistant: your saved links and notes sit in a silo the model cannot see, so when you ask Claude or ChatGPT 'what did I save about this,' it has no idea. The fix that landed in 2025 is MCP - the Model Context Protocol - a standard way to let an assistant read from and write to an outside tool with your permission.
MarkIt exposes an MCP server, which means your capture library becomes something your AI can actually use. This guide covers what that unlocks, the exact steps to connect Claude or ChatGPT, and the guardrails that keep it safe - the assistant can find and add saves, but it can never delete your library or touch another person's data.
How to connect your AI assistant to MarkIt
Save a few things to MarkIt first
Create a free MarkIt account and capture a handful of links, notes, or screenshots - forward them to the WhatsApp or Telegram bot, or add them at mark-it.co/dashboard. An empty library has nothing for your assistant to search, so give it something real to work with.
Get your MarkIt API key
Open Settings in your MarkIt dashboard and generate a personal API key. This is the credential your assistant uses to reach your library and nobody else's. Keep it private, the same way you would any password.
Add MarkIt as an MCP connector in Claude or ChatGPT
In Claude or ChatGPT, add a custom MCP connector pointing at https://mark-it.co/api/mcp, then authorize it - either through the guided sign-in or by pasting your API key. That single connection wires your assistant to your MarkIt library.
Ask your assistant to search or save
Now talk to your AI normally: 'find what I saved about mortgage rates,' 'save this link to MarkIt,' or 'remind me about this on Friday.' It runs the matching MarkIt tool and answers in the chat, using your real library instead of guessing.
What connecting your AI to MarkIt actually unlocks
MarkIt's MCP server gives an assistant eight specific tools, split between reading and a small set of careful writes. On the read side, it can search your whole library in plain language, open a single save to read it in full, list your categories, and list your reminders. That alone turns 'what did I save about this' from a dead end into an answer.
On the write side it can do four bounded things: save a new link or note to your library, set a reminder, cancel a reminder, and pass a short note to MarkIt's founder. So your assistant is not just a reader - it can capture on your behalf while you are mid-conversation, then set a nudge so the save resurfaces when it matters.
What it cannot do, and why that is the point
An AI with a key to your library is only useful if it is also safe. MarkIt draws the line deliberately: the assistant can read and add, but it cannot delete your saved items, cannot bulk-edit, and cannot reach any account but yours. The one destructive action it has is cancelling a single reminder you own - never an item, never anyone else's data.
There is a second guardrail that matters in the AI era: anything your assistant fetches from a saved page is treated as data, not as instructions. A web page you saved cannot smuggle a command into your assistant through MarkIt. The result is a connection you can hand to a model without handing it the keys to wreck your library.
Why MarkIt is a good fit for an AI-connected library
An MCP connection is only as good as what sits behind it, and MarkIt was built for exactly this: send anything - a link, a note, a PDF, a screenshot - and it summarizes, sorts, and indexes each one so it is searchable in seconds. That means when your assistant searches, it is searching real content, including the text inside images via OCR, not just titles.
It also captures from where you already are. You feed the same library from WhatsApp, Telegram, a Chrome extension, or the web, and the AI reads all of it through one MCP endpoint. The full AI - summaries, sorting, and plain-language search - is on the free tier, so connecting an assistant does not sit behind a paywall.
Frequently asked questions
It is a Model Context Protocol endpoint at mark-it.co/api/mcp that lets an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT connect to your MarkIt library. Once connected, the assistant can search your saved links and notes, open a specific save, add a new one, and set or cancel reminders - all scoped to your own account.
Generate an API key in your MarkIt Settings, then in Claude add a custom MCP connector pointing at https://mark-it.co/api/mcp and authorize it with that key or the guided sign-in. After that, ask Claude things like 'find what I saved about this' or 'save this link to MarkIt' and it uses your real library.
The same way as Claude: add a custom MCP connector in ChatGPT pointed at https://mark-it.co/api/mcp and authorize it with your MarkIt API key. ChatGPT can then search your saves, add new ones, and set reminders through the connection.
No. The connection is read plus a few constrained writes. The assistant can search and open your saves and add new ones, but it cannot delete your items or bulk-edit, and it can only ever reach your own account. The single destructive action available is cancelling one of your own reminders.
Yes. MCP access is on the free tier, along with the rest of MarkIt's AI - summaries, automatic sorting, and plain-language search. The free tier covers 40 saves a month; a Pro tier with higher limits is in early access.
Eight tools: search your library, open a single save, list your categories, and list your reminders on the read side; and save a new link or note, set a reminder, cancel a reminder, and send feedback to the founder on the write side. In practice that means finding, capturing, and scheduling reminders over your saves without leaving the chat.
The easier way: MarkIt
I'm Tomer, and I built MarkIt so the stuff I save is easy to get back. Wiring it to MCP was the natural next step: the same library I fill from WhatsApp and Telegram is now something my AI assistant can search and add to directly, instead of being a silo it cannot see.
If you want your bookmarks and notes to be usable by Claude or ChatGPT - not just stored - connect MarkIt over MCP. Capture stays as easy as forwarding a message, the AI is free, and your assistant can reach your library without ever being able to wreck it.
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