# Robin MCP connector

The Robin connector brings desk and room reservations, buildings, and teammates into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent, so each person checks and books space inside their own Robin access with every call logged.

Source: https://elaichi.ai/connectors/robin/

## Facts

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Application | Robin |
| Category | Scheduling |
| Authentication | Connects over OAuth |
| Bring your own OAuth app | No |
| Native MCP | Yes. Robin builds and runs this MCP server. Elaichi adds sign-in, access controls and an audit log on top |
| Support for its tools | support@robinpowered.com |
| MCP endpoint | https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp |
| Works with | Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent |
| Tools advertised by name | No. Connected tools are never listed one by one, however few there are. The endpoint advertises `search_tools` and `execute_tool` instead |

## What you can ask once Robin is connected

- Book me a desk near the design team on Thursday.
- Which rooms in the London office are free at 2pm today?
- Who from finance has a desk reserved this week?

## Connect Robin in Elaichi

This happens once for the organization, before any client is involved.

1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Robin.
2. Optionally set Share with, then press Connect.
3. Approve it in Robin. Robin's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.

Credentials are vaulted and nobody, including the AI, reads them back. The connection becomes a toolbox immediately, so you can curate which Robin tools are exposed, rename them, or freeze arguments before anyone points a client at it.

## Robin MCP connector for Claude

Endpoint: https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

1. Open Customize, then Connectors.
2. Press Add.
3. Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
4. Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

## Robin MCP connector for ChatGPT

Endpoint: https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

1. Open Plugins, then press the + button.
2. Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
3. Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
4. Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

## Robin MCP connector for Cursor

Endpoint: https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

1. Open `~/.cursor/mcp.json`.
2. Add the endpoint under `mcpServers`.
3. Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

## Connect Robin to any MCP client

Endpoint: https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

1. Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
2. Sign in and approve.

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

## What the consent screen decides

Only Read is granted by default, which is not enough to call a Robin tool. Over MCP there is no trusted place to confirm a write in the moment, so the consent screen is the standing approval rather than a formality. Grant Read and Run tools. Think hard before granting Delete, which reaches into connected apps and cannot be undone.

## What teams do with Robin through Elaichi

### Book a desk near the team

Workplace. Ask for a free desk on the floor where your team sits and reserve it for the days you are in, without opening the Robin map.

### Find a room that fits the meeting

Executive assistants. Look for a room with enough seats in the right building and book it for the slot already on the calendar.

### Plan an onboarding day around who is in

People. Check which teammates have desks reserved this week so a new hire's first day lands when the people they need are actually in the office.

### See which rooms are reserved today

Office management. Pull the day's reservations for a building so catering and cleaning know which rooms will be in use and when.

### Reserve space for a hardware refresh

IT. Book a room for a few days in the right building and check which desks are free for laptop handoffs.

### Set up a room for a customer visit

Sales. Look up the building address, find a room that fits the group, and book it for the hours the customer is on site.

## Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Robin

All three can connect Robin to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Where the AI connects | One address for the whole organization. Endpoint: https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp | A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Robin tools | Allow or restrict single Robin tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per Robin call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | $15 per user per month. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |

Sources: Zapier MCP [docs](https://docs.zapier.com/mcp/get-started/quickstart), [security](https://docs.zapier.com/mcp/manage/security), [usage](https://docs.zapier.com/mcp/features/usage); Composio [docs](https://docs.composio.dev/docs/composio-connect), [gateway](https://composio.dev/mcp-gateway), [enterprise](https://composio.dev/enterprise), [pricing](https://composio.dev/pricing). Checked September 2026.

Longer take: [Zapier MCP alternative](/blog/zapier-mcp-alternative/) and [when you don't need an MCP gateway](/blog/when-you-dont-need-an-mcp-gateway/).

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I connect Robin to Claude?

Connect Robin in Elaichi first: you sign in to Robin over OAuth and approve access, with no client ID or secret to generate and no OAuth application to register. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. From that point Claude can check Robin reservations and book desks and rooms as you.

### Does Robin work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Robin is connected once in Elaichi, and the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. There is nothing extra to set up per client.

### What can an AI agent actually do with my Robin data?

Once Robin is connected, an agent can check your reservations, find free desks and rooms in a building, book them for a given time, and look up where teammates are sitting. What is available depends on what your Robin account has set up. Short, concrete asks such as a desk near a named team on a named day work better than long sentences.

### Does connecting Robin give the AI access to every building and reservation?

No. Every call to Robin runs as the person who signed in, so the agent sees the buildings, desks, rooms, and reservations that person can already see in Robin and nothing more. Elaichi can narrow that access further with restrictions, and it can never widen it.

### Can my team share one Robin connection?

Yes. One person connects Robin in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles a Robin credential. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so every desk or room booking in the log carries their own name.

### Can I stop an agent from booking or cancelling things in Robin?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow an agent to read Robin reservations while blocking it from booking or cancelling. A restricted action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other client, so no prompt can reach it.

### What happens to a Robin connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Robin through every client at once. A Robin connection they shared keeps working for everyone else on the team. Disconnecting Robin once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client at the same time.

### Does the Robin MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Robin is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

### Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Robin?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Robin. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Robin call.

### How is Elaichi different from Composio for Robin?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Robin: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.