Connect your assistant

Claude or another compatible AI tool reads your categories and events to answer your questions.

You don't have to paste anything: it answers from your own content. No keys to manage, no files to edit. You grant access from a BerlinOne page, and you take it back the same way.

The connection goes through MCP, short for Model Context Protocol: an open standard, designed so that an AI assistant can connect to an application and read information from it. BerlinOne offers such a connection, read-only: that is what the MCP Read option refers to.

The address to paste

https://www.berlinone.app/api/mcp

That is the only thing to copy. Your assistant handles the rest.

In Claude

  1. Open Claude's settings, Connectors section.
  2. Add a connector and paste the address above.
  3. Claude opens a BerlinOne window. Sign in as usual — Google, Microsoft, or the link sent to your inbox.
  4. BerlinOne asks for your consent: the screen names your assistant and says what it will be able to read. Click Authorize.

That's it. You can now ask Claude "what do I have in my category about cinema?" and it will go and look.

In another assistant

Any client that can talk to a remote MCP server works the same way: look for "connector", "MCP server" or "custom integration" in its settings, and paste the same address. The rest — signing in, authorizing — happens on BerlinOne and does not change.

Who can use it

The connector requires the MCP Read add-on (CA$3 per month), available with the Premium and Premium+ plans. You add it from My Subscription, and it is billed separately from your plan — the details are in Subscription and billing.

Without this add-on, the authorization page says so plainly, and nothing is granted. If your plan ends, the add-on ends with it.

What your assistant can see

Exactly what you see yourself, and nothing more:

  • your categories and their events;
  • public categories;
  • categories someone has shared with you by name.

Following a category does not grant this access: a share is required. And categories you have hidden stay hidden.

For each event, the assistant can read what the entry holds: its date, description, territory, image and sources.

What it cannot do

The connector is read-only. It cannot create, change or delete anything — not an event, not a category, not a share, not your account.

It also cannot see your email address, your plan, or your payment details.

Taking access back

In BerlinOne: Preferences → Connected applications. You will find the list of authorized assistants, with the date, and a Remove access button.

Revoking takes effect immediately. To grant access again, you start over from the assistant.

If something goes wrong

"Your subscription does not include the connector" — you are missing the MCP Read add-on. Add it from My Subscription (Premium or Premium+ plan), then start the connection again from your assistant.

"This link is incomplete" — the authorization request has expired. Start the connection again from your assistant rather than reloading the page.

The assistant finds nothing — check that the category you are looking for is yours, public, or shared with you. Following a private category is not enough: it has to be shared with you.

Anything else — write to info@berlinone.ca and tell us which assistant you are using.