Give Dot your Talavine information.

Open the connection panel in Talavine

Open the profile you want Dot to use. Go to Settings → ChatGPT & Dot. You can also open Talavine's Assistant and ask:

Set up Dot.

The assistant opens the same connection panel and prepares your code. If you're setting up by hand, choose Create connection code. Keep the panel open so you can copy the code when ChatGPT asks for it.

Add Talavine in ChatGPT

Open ChatGPT's Plugins page. Choose Add → Create custom MCP server. Give it the name Talavine, enter this server URL, and keep Authentication set to OAuth:

Open Advanced OAuth settings and let discovery finish. The registration method should be Client Identifier Metadata Document (CIMD). Keep both context.read and profile.access selected. You don't need to enter a client ID or client secret.

Review ChatGPT's connection notice, select I understand and want to continue, then choose Create as a plugin. Follow the connection request to Talavine's permission page.

If your account doesn't offer custom MCP connections, this route isn't available yet. Contact us for help. Once the public listing is approved, you'll be able to install Talavine from the directory instead of entering a server URL.

Approve the profile you want to connect

On the talavine.com permission page, paste the code from Talavine into Connection code from Talavine. Choose Connect this profile, then return to ChatGPT.

Back in Talavine, the panel should show Connected and access to the profile's information and requested actions. That one approval covers the connection; you don't need to approve each source separately.

Your code is private and expires after a short time. If it expires, create a new one in Talavine. Don't paste it into an assistant conversation.

Ask Dot something useful

Open your Dot using the same ChatGPT account. Dot can use the supported plugins installed and enabled for that account, including your connected Talavine plugin. See OpenAI's app connection guide.

Check what it can see and do

Use Talavine to list my available information sources and the actions you can perform. Tell me which sources are still being indexed or are unavailable.

Try a question across your information

Replace the project name with one in your own records:

Use Talavine's context engine and knowledge graph to explain what changed on [project name], who is involved, and what I still need to follow up on. Compare the emails, notes and calendar information you find, link the sources, and tell me where information is missing.

Ask for a small action

Create a task in Talavine called “Try Dot with Talavine,” then read it back to confirm it was saved.

Keep Talavine running and your computer online while Dot uses this connection. Answers depend on the sources you've enabled and indexed. Dot should tell you when coverage is incomplete.