# How to connect Buildertrend to Claude Code, ChatGPT and any AI agent

**Yes, Claude, ChatGPT and other AI agents can work in your Buildertrend account.** Buildertrend's AI is built into its own platform, not offered as an official ChatGPT app or Claude connector. Cotlet.dev connects your own signed-in Buildertrend account to any AI agent, so you can ask in plain words and the AI reads your schedule and writes your daily logs for you.

## What you can ask

> What's on the schedule for the Miller kitchen remodel this week? List each task with the crew assigned.

> Create today's daily log for the Oak Street addition: sunny, 68°F, framing crew of 4 on site, drywall delivery arrived at 10 am.

> Which schedule items on the Henderson job are running late, and by how many days?

> Write a daily log for the Patel bathroom from my notes: shower tile set, grout on Thursday, plumber back Monday.

> Turn the last 5 daily logs from the Lakeview build into a short progress update for the homeowner.

## Connect in 2 minutes

Get your API key at https://cotlet.dev/app and export it as `COTLET_API_KEY`.

### Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http cotlet https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 --header "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
```

### ChatGPT

Settings → Apps → add connector URL `https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1`, then sign in with Cotlet.dev. No API key needed.

### Cursor

Copy `.cursor/mcp.json` from this repo into your project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cotlet": {
      "url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${COTLET_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Run it locally (stdio)

This repo is a real MCP server. It speaks MCP over stdio, lists its Buildertrend tools without any key, and forwards every tool call to the hosted Cotlet.dev server. The hosted URL above stays the recommended way. Use this when your client only starts local servers.

```json
{"mcpServers":{"buildertrend":{"command":"uvx","args":["buildertrend-mcp"],"env":{"COTLET_API_KEY":"your-key"}}}}
```

Or with Docker:

```bash
docker build -t buildertrend-mcp .
docker run -i --rm -e COTLET_API_KEY buildertrend-mcp
```

Tools: `buildertrend_guide`, `buildertrend_status`, `buildertrend_open`, `buildertrend_read`, `buildertrend_click`, `buildertrend_type`, `buildertrend_close`. Without `COTLET_API_KEY` a tool call answers: "Set COTLET_API_KEY. Get a key at https://cotlet.dev/app".

## Command line

Python 3.10+, nothing else to install. From PyPI:

```bash
pip install buildertrend-mcp        # or run it once: uvx buildertrend-mcp connect
buildertrend-mcp connect
```

Or straight from this repo:

```bash
export COTLET_API_KEY="your-key"
python3 buildertrend_agent.py connect   # ready config for Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT
python3 buildertrend_agent.py status    # is Buildertrend ready in your Cotlet.dev account
python3 buildertrend_agent.py guide     # Buildertrend screens and sign-in link
python3 buildertrend_agent.py read      # open Buildertrend, read the page, close the browser
python3 buildertrend_agent.py tools     # list Cotlet.dev tools
python3 buildertrend_agent.py serve     # start the stdio MCP server (same as no argument)
```

## Questions from Buildertrend users

**Does Buildertrend have an API?**

Buildertrend publishes no API docs or self-serve keys for customers; it connects through its Marketplace integrations (checked 11 Oct 2026). Cotlet.dev works in your own signed-in Buildertrend account, so your AI agent can read job schedules and write daily logs with no API key and no code.

**How do I connect Buildertrend to ChatGPT?**

Add Cotlet.dev as an app in ChatGPT (Settings → Apps, connector URL `https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1`), sign in to Buildertrend once in your Cotlet.dev Cloud Browser, and ask ChatGPT in plain words. No code and no Buildertrend API key.

**Is there a way to use Claude with Buildertrend?**

Yes. In Claude Code run the one-line `claude mcp add` command above; in the Claude app add `https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1` as a custom connector. Claude then works in your own Buildertrend account.

**Is there a Buildertrend MCP server?**

Buildertrend has no official MCP server. Cotlet.dev is a hosted MCP server that works in Buildertrend for you, 24/7, with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, n8n, Make and Zapier.

## Find it on

- [Buildertrend on Cotlet.dev](https://cotlet.dev/integrations/buildertrend-api-mcp-server?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=buildertrend&utm_content=find)
- [PyPI package buildertrend-mcp](https://pypi.org/project/buildertrend-mcp/)
- [Step-by-step guide (PDF) on Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/cotlet-connect-buildertrend-to-ai-agents-guide)

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