Connect to Riverside MCP

Give your AI agent direct access to your Riverside content so it can search your transcripts; create, cut and export edits; schedule posts; and manage your podcast hosting, all from your chat.

Who: Account owners, admins, directors, and editors
Plan: Grow, Webinar, and Business
Device: Computer browser

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Your agent finds anything across your archive, edits content based on your descriptions, exports your edits, publishes to your social platforms, and manages your podcasts and episodes, all without leaving the chat. Riverside's MCP connects your Riverside content to your AI of choice.

Connect in one click for Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor from your Riverside account settings, or add Riverside as a custom MCP server for:

  • Claude Code
  • GoHighLevel (LeadConnector)
  • Google Antigravity
  • Grok Bot
  • Grok’s web connector
  • Manus
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Muse (by Meta)
  • Notion AI
  • Open AI Codex
  • OpenClaw
  • Perplexity
  • Perplexity Enterprise
  • Vercel
  • Viktor AI

If your AI client isn't listed, contact support to request it. Riverside adds new AI clients on a per-request basis.

How to connect

  • Connect to Claude.ai

    1. Log in to your Riverside account.
    2. In the bottom left corner, click the account menu button.
    3. Click settings.svg Settings.
    4. Under Your account, choose MCP.
    5. Next to Claude, click Connect.
      This will take you directly to the Riverside connector in the Claude directory.
    6. If prompted, log in to Claude.
    7. Next to the Riverside connector, click Connect to Claude.
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      The status will change to Connected when successfully connected.

    8. Your agent is ready to read and edit your Riverside content, mention Riverside in a chat to get started.

      * On the Free Claude plan, you can add only one custom connector.

      * On Team or Enterprise accounts, your org's admin needs to add the connector first.

  • Connect to Claude Code

    1. In your terminal, run: claude mcp add --transport http --scope user riverside https://mcp.riverside.com/mcp.
    2. Open Claude Code and run /mcp to sign in.
      The --scope user part makes Riverside available in every folder, not just the one where the command ran.

  • Connect to ChatGPT

    1. Log in to your Riverside account.
    2. In the bottom left corner, click the account menu button.
    3. Click settings.svg Settings.
    4. Under Your account, choose MCP.
    5. Next to ChatGPT, click Connect.
      This will take you directly to the Riverside plugin in the ChatGPT directory.
    6. If prompted, log in to ChatGPT.
    7. Next to the Riverside plugin, click Install plugin.
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      The status will change to Try in chat when successfully connected.

    8. Your agent is ready to read and edit your Riverside content, mention Riverside in a chat to get started.

      * On Business, Enterprise, or Education plans, your org's admin needs to approve Riverside as a connector first.

      * MCP apps work on ChatGPT web and desktop only, not in the mobile app.

      * Personal ChatGPT plans only support read-only tasks like browsing your content and transcripts.

  • Connect to Codex

    This one setup covers Codex CLI, the Codex IDE extension, and the ChatGPT desktop app.

    1. Add the server: codex mcp add riverside --url https://mcp.riverside.com/mcp (alternative: add a [mcp_servers.riverside] section with url = "https://mcp.riverside.com/mcp" to ~/.codex/config.toml).
    2. Sign in: codex mcp login riverside.
    3. In a Codex session, run /mcp to confirm Riverside is connected and its tools are listed.
      Don't use an npx/mcp-remote bridge. Codex handles remote HTTP and OAuth itself.

  • Connect to Cursor

    1. Log in to your Riverside account.
    2. In the bottom left corner, click the account menu button.
    3. Click settings.svg Settings.
    4. Under Your account, choose MCP.
    5. Next to Cursor, click Connect.
    6. In the new window, click Open Cursor.
      This will take you directly to the Install MCP server window in the Cursor desktop app with all the details filled in for the Riverside MCP.
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    7. At the bottom of the window, click Install.
      The Riverside MCP is now added to your Cursor MCPs list
    8. On the Riverside MCP, click Authenticate.
      Your browser will open
    9. When prompted, click Open Cursor.
      Your agent is ready to read and edit your Riverside content, mention Riverside in a chat to get started.

  • Connect to any other AI agent

    Once you have contacted support and received confirmation that the AI agent you use has been white listed, follow the steps below:

    1. In your AI agent, open the settings and look for connectors, tools, or MCP servers.
    2. Add a new custom MCP server or custom connector.
    3. Enter the Riverside MCP details:
      • Name: Riverside
      • MCP server URL: https://mcp.riverside.com/mcp
      • Authentication: OAuth
    4. Save or create the connector.
      Your AI agent may show a security warning about custom MCP servers. This is standard for any third-party connector.
    5. When prompted, log in to your Riverside account and grant access.
      Your agent is ready to read and edit your Riverside content. Mention Riverside in a chat to get started.
      * Your account admin may need to allow MCP connectors first.
      * We recommend searching for your AI agents custom MCP set up instructions to ensure you set it up correctly.

To publish or schedule posts through your agent, connect the social platform (YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Facebook) in the Riverside dashboard first. Platforms can only be connected on Riverside, not through your agent.

Scheduling a recording session stays in Riverside. Your AI can't schedule sessions for you.

Icon.svg Good to know

  • You'll need to authenticate separately for each AI agent you connect to Riverside.
  • When your agent makes an edit, it opens a new edit rather than overwriting existing content, so your original stays intact.
  • When your agent exports an edit, the finished file appears in your exports folder.
  • To download an exported file, go to your exports in Riverside. Your agent can export edits but can't download the files.
  • Connecting an agent doesn't change anything in your Riverside account settings.
  • Using the Riverside MCP does not affect your Riverside AI credits.

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