# Run your print farm from ChatGPT - connect SimplyPrint through MCP

**Categories:** AI & Automation, Third party

**Developer:** [SimplyPrint](https://simplyprint.io)
**Launched:** Jul 11, 2026

Control your print farm from ChatGPT - ask OpenAI's assistant about printers, queue and jobs in plain English

## About

With the **SimplyPrint + ChatGPT** integration, you can ask ChatGPT about your print farm and have it take action for you. Check which printers are busy, queue a job, change filament, diagnose a failure or pull this week's success rate - all in plain English in ChatGPT on the web.

The integration is powered by the **SimplyPrint MCP server**. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard that lets AI assistants talk to external tools, and ChatGPT can connect to a public remote MCP server in developer mode.


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Direct MCP connections use ChatGPT developer mode. Its availability depends on your ChatGPT account and workspace policy.




#### Connect through developer mode




- Open [chatgpt.com](https://chatgpt.com) and sign in.

- Open **Settings → Security and login**, then turn on **Developer mode**.

- Open the **Plugins** directory, select the plus button, and create a developer-mode app using SimplyPrint as the name and https://simplyprint.io/api/mcp as the MCP server URL.

- Log in to SimplyPrint in the OAuth window and approve the scopes you want ChatGPT to have.

- Open a conversation and select the SimplyPrint app from **Developer mode** in the tools menu.


#### What ChatGPT can do

Once connected, ChatGPT can call the SimplyPrint actions your approved scopes allow - list and control printers, manage the queue, inspect files, adjust filament spools, pull stats and history. You can keep the connection read-only or grant write access by category.

Full step-by-step setup and the complete scope reference are in the [AI assistant setup article](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/connect-simplyprint-to-any-ai-assistant-via-mcp-u5j4bw/). For other AI assistants that speak MCP, see the [generic MCP integration](/integrations/mcp).

## Key features

- Create a developer-mode app from one remote MCP URL
- Select the app from Developer mode in ChatGPT's tools menu
- OAuth login - no API keys to paste, revoke any time
- Fine-grained scopes: grant read-only or full control per connection
- Natural-language farm control: status, pause, queue, diagnose, summarize
- Same MCP server scales from one printer to a 100-printer farm

*Note: SimplyPrint is not affiliated with OpenAI.*

**Learn more:** [ChatGPT](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/connect-simplyprint-to-any-ai-assistant-via-mcp-u5j4bw/)

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**Full page:** [SimplyPrint Integrations - ChatGPT](https://simplyprint.io/integrations/chatgpt)