How to connect ChatGPT to Zaaheen
In ChatGPT Desktop, open Settings, then Plugins, then MCP, and add an MCP server named Zaaheen with the command from Zaaheen's Agents tab and the arguments mcp and serve. Then use Zaaheen in a Work or Codex chat.
Last updated 25 October 2026
Please follow all 3 steps. If you skip one, ChatGPT Desktop may not use Zaaheen.
Step 1: Add it yourself
ChatGPT › SettingsThe easiest way to get the setting right: in Zaaheen, open Agents, choose Connect an app, then ChatGPT Desktop. It shows the setting with this computer's own path, with a Copy button. Use the Copy buttons rather than selecting text by hand.
The path below is an example. It will look like C:\Program Files\Zaaheen\zaaheen.exe, which is where Zaaheen usually installs on Windows. If you installed Zaaheen somewhere else, such as another drive or folder, your path is different, and this one will not work. Copy your exact path from Zaaheen: Agents, Connect an app, ChatGPT Desktop, then Copy.
1. In ChatGPT Desktop, open Settings, then Plugins at the top, and choose MCP. Open the drop-down in the top right corner and choose Add MCP server.
2. Name
Zaaheen3. Command: paste it exactly, with no space before it
C:\Program Files\Zaaheen\zaaheen.exe4. Arguments: type mcp in the first box
mcp5. Click + to add a second box, and type serve in it
serve6. Click Save. Then quit ChatGPT completely (on Windows, also from its icon by the clock) and open it again. Use Zaaheen in a Work or Codex chat: ChatGPT's Chat mode can't connect to apps on your computer.
The path below is an example. It will look like /Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen, which is where Zaaheen usually installs on a Mac. If you installed Zaaheen somewhere else, your path is different, and this one will not work. Copy your exact path from Zaaheen: Agents, Connect an app, ChatGPT Desktop, then Copy.
1. In ChatGPT Desktop, open Settings, then Plugins at the top, and choose MCP. Open the drop-down in the top right corner and choose Add MCP server.
2. Name
Zaaheen3. Command: paste it exactly, with no space before it
/Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen4. Arguments: type mcp in the first box
mcp5. Click + to add a second box, and type serve in it
serve6. Click Save. Then quit ChatGPT completely (on Windows, also from its icon by the clock) and open it again. Use Zaaheen in a Work or Codex chat: ChatGPT's Chat mode can't connect to apps on your computer.
Step 2: Check it's connected
ChatGPT › SettingsIn ChatGPT, open Settings, then Plugins, then MCP. Zaaheen is listed there and switched on.
Step 3: Tell ChatGPT Desktop to use Zaaheen (don't skip this)
ChatGPT › SettingsChatGPT looks in its own memory first. In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Personalization, then Custom instructions, and add this line:
When I ask you to remember something, save it in Zaaheen. Before answering anything about me, my preferences, my work or my plans, also check my Zaaheen memory, even when your own memory has nothing.