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title: ChatGPT Desktop
description: "Add the CLIKA Platform to ChatGPT Desktop from its Settings, check that it works, and remove it."
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Follow this page and you can ask ChatGPT things like "which of my devices are online?" or "run a benchmark of this model", and ChatGPT answers from the CLIKA Platform. It takes about five minutes. You need ChatGPT Desktop installed on your computer and an account on the CLIKA Platform.

## Step 1. Get a key

1. Sign in to the CLIKA Platform (for example `platform.clika.io`) and open **Settings**, then **Developer access**.
2. Press **Create key**.
   - **Key name**: `chatgpt-desktop`.
   - **Start from a template**: **Worker**. ChatGPT can then look at your devices and also run benchmarks for you.
   - Leave everything else as it is, and press **Create**.

   ![The Create API key dialog: Key name chatgpt-desktop, Expiry Platform default, the Worker template selected and its permissions ticked, and Create](/img/platform/mcp/chatgpt-desktop/create-key.png)

3. Press the copy button next to the key and paste the key somewhere for a moment, for example in a note. It is shown only once: after you press **Done**, you cannot see it again.

   ![The API key created dialog: the new key, which starts with clika_, the copy button next to it, and Done](/img/platform/mcp/chatgpt-desktop/key-created.png)


## Step 2. Add the platform to ChatGPT Desktop

1. In ChatGPT Desktop, open **Settings**. On Windows, press `Ctrl+,`. On macOS, press `⌘,`.
2. Under **Integrations**, choose **Plugins**, then the **MCPs** tab.
3. Press **Add**, then **Add MCP server**.

   ![ChatGPT Settings, Plugins, MCPs: the Add menu open with Create plugin, Add a marketplace and Add MCP server](/img/platform/mcp/chatgpt-desktop/01-add-menu.png)

4. On **Connect to a custom MCP**, fill in:
   - **Name**: `clika-platform`
   - **Type**: press **Streamable HTTP**.
   - **URL**: `https://platform.clika.io/api/mcp`. If your company signs in to the platform at a different address, use that address followed by `/api/mcp`.
   - **Headers**: in **Key**, type `Authorization`. In **Value**, type `Bearer`, one space, and then paste the key you copied in step 1.

   Leave everything else empty, and press **Save**.

   ![The Connect to a custom MCP form: Name clika-platform, Type Streamable HTTP, the URL, an Authorization header whose value is Bearer and the API key, and Save](/img/platform/mcp/chatgpt-desktop/02-custom-mcp-form.png)

5. **clika-platform** now appears under **Servers**, turned on.

   ![The Servers list with clika-platform and its toggle on](/img/platform/mcp/chatgpt-desktop/03-server-added.png)

## Step 3. Try it

Start a new chat and ask:

> Which of my Clika Platform devices are online?

The first time, ChatGPT asks for permission to use the platform. Press **Always allow**, or **Allow once** to be asked again next time. When ChatGPT answers with your devices, you are ready.

### If it does not work

- Check that **clika-platform** is turned on under **Servers** (Step 2, 5).
- Press the gear next to **clika-platform** and check the header's value: `Bearer`, one space, and the whole key, which starts with `clika_`.
- A key stops working 90 days after you created it. Create a new one (Step 1), press the gear next to **clika-platform**, replace the key in the header's value, and press **Save**.
- Quit ChatGPT Desktop completely and open it again.

If it still does not work, see [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md).

## Remove it

Open **Settings**, then **Plugins** and the **MCPs** tab, press the gear next to **clika-platform**, then **Uninstall**. ChatGPT Desktop removes it at once, without asking to confirm.

![The clika-platform server's page in ChatGPT Settings: Back, Update Clika-platform MCP and the Uninstall button](/img/platform/mcp/chatgpt-desktop/04-uninstall.png)

If nothing else uses the key, revoke it on the platform under **Settings**, then **Developer access**.

## Good to know

- A key stops working 90 days after you created it. Create a new one and replace it with the gear next to **clika-platform**.
- ChatGPT Desktop keeps the key in a settings file on your computer, which anyone who can open your files can read. Use a key made for ChatGPT Desktop only, and revoke it when you stop using it.