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# How to Use a Kanban Board with ChatGPT

By [Hamza Ishtiaq](https://glidely.site/about), founder of Glidely Last updated November 14, 2026

Connect a free Glidely kanban board to ChatGPT as a custom app, which is how ChatGPT uses MCP connectors. Then ask ChatGPT what is overdue, turn notes into cards and move work along, with exactly the access you have in Glidely.

## In short

- Reading time: About 4 minutes
- You need: A ChatGPT plan with custom apps, and a free Glidely account
- Connector address: [https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp](https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp)

## The short answer

ChatGPT can use Glidely through a custom app, its name for an MCP connector. Turn on Developer mode, create an app with the address [https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp](https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp) and OAuth sign-in, then allow it on the Glidely page that opens. After that you can ask ChatGPT about your boards and have it add or move cards.

## What ChatGPT can do with your board

- Turn notes into work: “Turn these meeting notes into cards on the Marketing board, one per action, with owners.”
- Answer questions: “Which cards are overdue, and who has them?”
- Look back: “What did the team finish this week on the Website board?”
- Write updates: “Draft a weekly recap from the board and post it in #general.”
- Fill in details: “Add a checklist to the Launch email card: subject line, draft, review, schedule.”

## Connect it in ChatGPT

1. Open ChatGPT on the web and go to Settings › Apps › Advanced settings. Turn on Developer mode.
2. Back in Settings › Apps, create a new app.
3. Name it Glidely, paste `https://glidely-api.glidely.workers.dev/mcp` as the MCP server URL and choose OAuth for authentication.
4. Create the app. Glidely opens: sign in, choose read only or read and make changes, pick the workspaces and click Allow.

On ChatGPT Business and Enterprise, an admin can add Glidely for the whole workspace, and each person then connects their own Glidely account.

## Use it in a chat

Start a new chat, open the + menu and choose Glidely (with Developer mode it is listed under Developer mode). Ask in plain words. ChatGPT usually asks you to confirm before it changes anything, so read what it plans to do and confirm.

## Which ChatGPT plans can make changes

OpenAI decides which plans can use custom apps, and whether an app may only read or may also make changes, and it has changed this more than once. If Glidely shows up but ChatGPT says it cannot make changes, your plan only allows reading: you can still ask about your boards and your team chat. Business and Enterprise plans can also make changes.

## Safe by design

- ChatGPT acts as you, with your role in each workspace; private boards stay private.
- You choose read only or read and make changes, and which workspaces.
- Nothing can be deleted, and every change shows in the board’s activity as “your name via ChatGPT”.
- Disconnect any time in Glidely’s Settings › Integrations.

## Other assistants

The same address works in [Claude](https://glidely.site/guides/kanban-board-for-claude), in Gemini and in coding tools like Cursor and VS Code ([setup](https://glidely.site/guides/kanban-mcp-server)). Every app is on the [AI connectors](https://glidely.site/ai-connectors) page.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can ChatGPT use a kanban board?

Yes. With Glidely’s connector, ChatGPT can read your boards and, on plans that allow it, add, change and move cards.

### Is the Glidely connector free?

Yes, on every Glidely plan, including Free. Your ChatGPT plan decides whether custom apps are available to you.

### Does ChatGPT see all my boards?

Only what you allow: the workspaces you pick, and in them only the boards you can open in Glidely. Private boards are included only if you are a member.

### Can ChatGPT delete my cards?

No. It can add, change, move and archive cards, but nothing can be deleted through the connector.

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ChatGPT is made by OpenAI. Glidely is not affiliated with OpenAI. OpenAI renames these menus from time to time; Settings › Integrations in Glidely always shows the latest steps.

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Source: https://glidely.site/guides/chatgpt-kanban-board