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Ziply plugin

Installing the Ziply plugin in the ChatGPT desktop app

You can install and use the Ziply plugin only after signing in to the ChatGPT desktop app. Screenshots are included for each step to guide you through the process.

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Before you start

  • Install the ChatGPT desktop app on your computer.
  • Sign in to the ChatGPT desktop app. You can only install and use the Ziply plugin after you are signed in.
  • Have your Ziply account (email and password) ready. You sign in to it during the connector step.
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Where the Ziply plugin works

  • Work (ChatGPT Work)
  • Codex

Open Plugins from either one. It does not work in the IDE extension, which does not support plugins. OpenAI documents plugins as shared between ChatGPT and Codex, so a plugin installed once is available in both.

  1. 01 Open Plugins settings

    In the ChatGPT desktop app open Settings → Plugins (under Integrations). Click Add at the top right.

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    ChatGPT desktop Settings open on the Plugins tab, with Add at the top right

  2. 02 Add the marketplace

    Choose Add a marketplace. The other options are Create plugin and Add MCP server.

    The Add plugin marketplace dialog opens. It accepts a GitHub repo, a Git URL or a local folder.

    Enter https://github.com/ZplyAI/ziply-mcp-plugin.git in Source. Leave Git ref and Sparse paths empty, then click Add marketplace.

    A "ziply marketplace added" message appears.

    Add menu with Add a marketplace, Create plugin, and Add MCP server
    Add plugin marketplace dialog with Source, Git ref, and Sparse paths
    Marketplace source filled with the Ziply plugin GitHub repository URL
    Confirmation that the ziply marketplace was added

  3. 03 Install the plugin

    Open the Personal tab. The repo's plugin is listed under the Ziply heading, with a git icon and the description "On-brand drafts saved to Ziply". Click the + next to it.

    It shows Loading, then Installing.

    When it finishes, the message "Ziply plugin installed" appears and Ziply is listed under Installed in the sidebar.

    Open Ziply from the sidebar. The plugin has one MCP server (ziply) and 7 skills.

    Personal tab listing the Ziply plugin under the Ziply marketplace heading
    Ziply plugin showing Loading, then Installing
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    Ziply plugin installed and listed under Installed in the sidebar
    Ziply plugin overview with one MCP server named ziply and 7 skills
    The Created by you section may also list a Ziply entry ("On-brand social posts from your Ziply brand context"). That is a different plugin. Install the one under the Ziply marketplace heading.

  4. 04 Connect the ziply server

    Click the gear next to the Ziply MCP server. This opens Settings → Plugins → MCP servers. Under From plugins, the ziply server shows Authenticate. Click it.

    MCP servers settings with Authenticate on the ziply server from plugins

  5. 05 Sign in to Ziply and allow access

    Your default browser opens the Ziply sign-in. Sign in with your Ziply account. Ziply then shows a consent screen, "Codex wants to access <workspace> on Ziply". It lists what the plugin can do:

    • read your brand context (profile, offerings, personas, pillars, topics, voices)
    • save drafts (blogs, pages, eBooks, social posts) to Content Factory
    • stay connected without signing in again

    Click Allow. The request expires after about 10 minutes. You are sent back to a 127.0.0.1 address, which is the ChatGPT app receiving the result.

    The browser shows "Authentication complete. You may close this window." Close the tab.

    Ziply consent screen asking to allow Codex to access the workspace
    Browser page saying authentication is complete and the window can be closed

  6. 06 Confirm it is connected

    Back in Settings → Plugins → MCP servers, the ziply row no longer shows Authenticate. Setup is complete. Open a new chat to use the plugin.

    MCP servers list with the ziply server connected and no Authenticate button

Using the plugin

Open a new chat to use the plugin. Installed plugins only apply to new chats.

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Troubleshooting

Add menu does not open or the window jumps

The app can re-layout when it regains focus. Click Add again.

ziply still shows Authenticate after you clicked Allow

Switch to another tab in MCP servers and back to refresh. If it still shows, reopen the ChatGPT app and check again. If it keeps showing, click Authenticate and go through the sign-in once more.

Browser tab says the request expired

Start again from Authenticate.

Two Ziply plugins listed

Use the one under the Ziply marketplace heading in the Personal tab.