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AI connections: ChatGPT, Claude and MCP

GrowScope’s MCP server (https://growscope.uk/mcp) for ChatGPT, Claude and other clients: explaining readings, comparing measurements over a period, reports, adding entries, calculations and direct links to screens. Permissions, revocation and an activity log live in Settings.

Free (Free and Pro)

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Also called

MCP · connect ChatGPT · connect Claude · connector · GrowScope API · personal token · AI integration

Where it is

  1. Avatar (circle with your initial) top right → Settings → “AI connections”

The mobile and desktop versions are the same: the app runs at growscope.uk/app/ as a single column with a bottom menu of four tabs — “Today”, “Plants”, “Tent”, “Comparison”. Settings open from the avatar at the top right; the Archive opens from “Comparison”. On a computer the only difference is that features needing the phone’s camera, motion sensor or Bluetooth should be run from a phone.

Requirements

  • Signed in
  • For the AI to see your diary, turn on “Data access for AI” (the diary is encrypted; turning it on keeps a separate server-side copy without photos, turning it off deletes it)
  • Calculations and feature search work without data access

How to use it

  1. Open Settings → “AI connections” and, if you want, turn on “Data access for AI”.
  2. In ChatGPT or Claude add a custom connector with the address https://growscope.uk/mcp.
  3. On the GrowScope page tick the permissions — read and/or write — and press “Allow”.
  4. For Claude Code or your own scripts create a “Personal token” (30/90/365 days) and send it as Authorization: Bearer.
  5. The AI can only request deletions: confirm or decline them under “Waiting for your confirmation”.

Result

The AI answers from your data with units, measurement time and source; entries it adds appear in the diary the next time you open the app. Every call shows in the “Activity log”; “Revoke” cuts access immediately.

If you can’t see it

  • The AI says there is no data — “Data access for AI” is off, or the app hasn’t been opened since you turned it on.
  • The AI can’t add entries — the connection is read-only: use “Allow writing” in the connection list.
  • An old cached version of the app — tap the refresh button in the header or reload the page.

Direct link

https://growscope.uk/app/?open=ai-connections — Opens the app on this screen. A direct link opens the app straight on the right screen (after sign-in and encryption unlock). For features that need a plant you can append &plant=<id>; without it the current plant is used.

Related features

Checked against the app: · Machine-readable version for AI: /app-guide.json