CONNECT CHATGPT

Stay here.
Connect your machine.

Until the public directory listing is approved, eligible ChatGPT workspaces can connect Link2Machine as a custom MCP app in Developer Mode. Once connected, use Link2Machine from a normal ChatGPT conversation and keep working from the chat you already use.

PRODUCTION MCP ENDPOINT https://mcp.nicholsai.com/mcp OAuth 2.1 · exact account boundary · Streamable HTTP · Full MCP actions currently require an eligible Business, Enterprise, or Edu workspace on ChatGPT web.
SETUP

Five steps from a clean Linux machine.

01

Enroll the computer

From the directory you want Link2Machine to reach, run:
npx --yes --package=https://downloads.nicholsai.com/bootstrap/v0.6.2/nicholsai-link2machine-0.6.2.tgz link2machine-bootstrap connect --root .
Sign in on the dashboard and approve the exact root and permissions. Read-only is the default.

02

Turn on Developer Mode

For ChatGPT Business, an admin or owner can use Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode, or start from Workspace settings → Apps → Create.

03

Create the app

Open Apps → Create and use the production MCP endpoint shown above. Choose the authentication settings requested by ChatGPT.

04

Scan + sign in

Select Scan Tools, complete the Link2Machine OAuth prompt, wait for tool discovery to finish, then create the app.

05

Use it in Chat

Open a new ChatGPT conversation, select the Link2Machine draft app from the tools menu or mention it when available, and ask ChatGPT to work on your enrolled machine.

FIRST PROMPTS

Talk normally.

Once a machine is enrolled, the useful part is that you stop translating work into terminal instructions.

“List my enrolled machines and tell me which one is online.”
“On my development machine, check the Link2Machine repo and run its tests.”
“Find the largest files in this project and explain what is using the space.”
“Check why this service stopped and show me the evidence before changing anything.”
WHY STAY IN CHAT?

Keep Work + Codex allowance for bigger agent jobs.

On eligible plans, OpenAI says Work and Codex share an allowance. Link2Machine can handle many machine-control tasks from regular Chat, so you do not have to move every computer task into those modes.

OpenAI controls usage limits and may change them. Link2Machine does not bypass usage rules. OpenAI usage docs ↗
LINK2MACHINE

Same chat.
Real machine.

Eligible workspaces can use the endpoint above today. After Link2Machine passes final acceptance and is published in the ChatGPT plugin directory, eligible users can install it instead of creating the app manually.