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Use Litmaps with your AI assistant (MCP)

What Litmaps MCP is, how it works with your AI assistant

Written by Axton Pitt


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What is the Litmaps MCP?

Availability: The Litmaps MCP is in beta. Send us your feedback!

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to other apps. The Litmaps MCP connects assistants like Claude and ChatGPT to your Litmaps account.

Once connected, you can ask your assistant to:

  • Use Litmaps to find the most connected articles in a line of enquiry

  • Read your Litmaps and Tags to aid your deep research

  • Add articles to a Litmap from your AI assistant conversation

Your assistant only sees what your Litmaps account can see, and you can disconnect it at any time.

You'll need the Litmaps MCP server address: https://mcp.litmaps.com/mcp

While in beta you'll need to add the Litmaps MCP manually. Supported connectors coming soon.

How to connect Claude

  1. Open Claude and go to "Settings"

  2. Click "Connectors"

  3. Click "Add custom connector"

  4. Name it "Litmaps" and paste the Litmaps MCP server address

  5. Click "Add", then "Connect"

    1. You'll be taken to Litmaps – log in if prompted

  6. Click "Allow" to let Claude access your Litmaps account

Litmaps now appears in your Claude connectors. Start a new chat and ask Claude about your research.

How to connect ChatGPT

  1. Open ChatGPT and go to "Settings"

  2. Click "Apps & Connectors"

  3. Click "Create" and paste the Litmaps MCP server address

  4. Click "Create", then follow the prompts to log in to Litmaps

  5. Click "Allow" to let ChatGPT access your Litmaps account

Custom connectors may depend on your ChatGPT plan, and some plans require turning on "Developer mode" under "Advanced settings" first.

How to connect another assistant

Any assistant that supports remote MCP servers can connect to Litmaps:

  1. Find the assistant's setting for adding an MCP server or connector

  2. Paste the Litmaps MCP server address

  3. Log in to Litmaps when prompted and click "Allow"

How to disconnect

Remove the Litmaps connector from your assistant's connector settings.

Litmaps MCP – FAQ

Can my assistant change my Litmaps?

Yes, it can create Litmaps', Tags, and add and remove articles from them.

Does my assistant see my whole team's work?

Your assistant sees the same Workspaces, Litmaps and Tags you can see in the Litmaps App.

Is my data used to train AI models?

This depends on your subscription or terms of use with your AI assistant. Data we provide to the assistant will be used according to those terms.

My assistant says it can't connect. What should I do?

  • Check you pasted the full server address

  • Remove the connector and add it again to log in afresh

  • Still stuck? Message us using the chat icon in the Litmaps App

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