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Public Preview ChatGPT is OpenAI’s AI assistant, available as a native desktop app for macOS and Windows and a browser-based app. Both support MCP integrations through Apps, allowing you to connect Wherobots tools directly.

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Component Overview

Wherobots’ Agentic Tools consist of the following components that work together to provide our agentic experience:
Connects your AI assistant to Wherobots Cloud for catalog exploration, Spatial SQL generation, and query execution.
Gives your AI assistant domain-specific Wherobots knowledge for more accurate commands and fewer errors.
Wraps the full Wherobots API into a single binary for job submission, log streaming, and automation.

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Why use Wherobots’ agentic tools?

Wherobots’ agentic tools connect your AI assistant to Wherobots Cloud and your local development environment so you can interact with your spatial data, catalogs, and jobs in a more intuitive way.
The MCP Server connects your AI assistant to Wherobots Cloud so you can browse catalogs, databases, and table schemas (including Overture Maps and your own datasets) by asking questions in plain language instead of navigating the console.
Describe a geospatial task (e.g. “find buildings within 500m of this point”) and the MCP Server returns optimized Spatial SQL using WherobotsDB’s ST functions, spatial joins, and indexing patterns.
Use the CLI or the extension to submit Spark job runs, stream logs in real time, check resource metrics, and cancel jobs without leaving your editor or terminal.
Agent Skills teach your AI assistant Wherobots-specific APIs, query patterns, and workflow sequences so it produces correct wherobots CLI commands, valid MCP tool calls, and accurate notebook code on the first try.

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Before you start

The following prerequisites are required:
  • A ChatGPT account with an active paid plan (Plus, Pro, Business, or Enterprise).
  • A Wherobots Account within a Professional, Innovation, or Enterprise Organization. See Create a Wherobots Account.
  • For the desktop flow: ChatGPT Desktop installed.

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Install and configure

In ChatGPT, custom MCP servers are added as Apps. Each user creates the Wherobots App on their own account. The same steps work in ChatGPT on the web and ChatGPT Desktop.
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Open the Apps settings

  1. In ChatGPT, go to Settings > Apps > Advanced settings.
  2. Enable Developer mode. This allows you to add custom MCP servers as Apps in ChatGPT.
    ChatGPT Developer mode toggle in Advanced settings
  3. Go back to Settings > Apps.
  4. Click Create app.
    ChatGPT Apps settings page with the Create app button visible

    Apps settings with the Create app button.

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Configure the Wherobots app

In the New App form, enter:
  • Name: wherobots or a name of your choice (e.g. Wherobots Geospatial Assistant)
  • Description (optional): a short description, such as AI-assisted geospatial development with Wherobots
  • MCP Server URL: https://api.cloud.wherobots.com/mcp/
  • Authentication: OAuth
Review the warning about custom MCP servers and tick I understand and want to continue, then save the app.
ChatGPT New App form with Name, MCP Server URL, and OAuth Authentication fields

New App form configured for the Wherobots MCP Server.

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Complete the OAuth flow

  1. A new browser tab opens to the Wherobots sign-in page.
  2. Sign in to Wherobots, select your Organization from the Organization access dropdown, and click Allow access.
    Wherobots Allow screen

    Wherobots Allow screen.

  3. Return to ChatGPT, go to Apps. Wherobots now appears under your Enabled apps with the DEV badge.
    ChatGPT Apps settings page with Wherobots app listed

    ChatGPT Apps settings with Wherobots app added.

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Verify installation

Ask a question in ChatGPT:
If configured correctly, ChatGPT will call the Wherobots MCP server (showing a tool such as list_catalogs) and return the catalogs available in your Organization.
To make sure ChatGPT has the Wherobots MCP server app as context:
  1. Use the Wherobots App in a conversation.
  2. Open the + menu in the chat composer.
  3. Click … More.
  4. Enable Wherobots before sending your prompt.
ChatGPT chat composer with Wherobots app enabled

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Next steps

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