Connect Coach AI to Claude or ChatGPT

Updated November 8, 2026

Coach MCP is Coach AI's hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. It lets your AI assistant see your training (activities, recovery, plan, schedule) and make changes for you, like moving a workout or logging an injury.

What you need

A Coach AI account. Create it in the Coach app first, because connecting never creates one.
The MCP server (connector) URL: https://mcp.iamcoach.ai

Free Coach accounts see their latest 3 activities and 3 days of daily metrics. Everything else needs an active Coach subscription.

Use your Garmin data in Claude or ChatGPT

Coach AI syncs with Garmin (through Garmin's official API), Apple Health and Health Connect on Android, so the assistant works with what your watch records: activities, sleep and HRV (plus lap details and stress from Garmin), next to your training plan and schedule. Read more about the Garmin integration and Apple Health sync.

You connect Garmin, Apple Health or Health Connect once in the Coach app. After that the MCP server is just a URL you paste into Claude or ChatGPT, with nothing to install or run on your computer.

How to connect Coach AI to Claude

Works on all Claude plans (Free is limited to one custom connector). Set it up on claude.ai or Claude Desktop.

Open Customize → Connectors.
Click +, then Add custom connector.
Name it Coach and paste https://mcp.iamcoach.ai as the URL. Leave Advanced settings empty.
Click Add, then Connect.
Sign in with your Coach login and approve access.

In a chat, click + (lower left) → Connectors and make sure Coach is switched on.

How to connect Coach AI to ChatGPT

Needs a Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan. Set it up on the web (chatgpt.com).

Open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
Go to Plugins and click +.
Name it Coach, and paste https://mcp.iamcoach.ai as the MCP server URL.
Create the connection.
Sign in with your Coach login and approve access.

In a new chat, open the + menu, choose Developer mode and select Coach. ChatGPT asks you to confirm before any change (moving a workout, logging a metric…).

In a Business / Enterprise / Edu workspace, an admin may have to allow developer mode first.

Try it

“How did my long run on Sunday compare to the one two weeks ago?”
“What's on my schedule this week?”
“How did I sleep this week, and is my HRV trending down?”
“Move tomorrow's intervals to Friday.”
“I did yesterday's strength session without my watch. Mark it done.”
“I tweaked my left calf today.”
“Show my weight trend for the last 3 months.”

Good to know

Moving a workout that was already sent to your Garmin removes it from the watch. Ask your coach in the Coach AI app to send it again.
Completed workouts can't be moved or deleted.
New workouts and training plans come from your coach in the app. The assistant can read and adjust them, not create them.
Your assistant only ever sees your own data, and never your password.

Troubleshooting

Message	Fix
"No Coach account exists for this login"	Sign up in the Coach AI app, then connect with the same login.
"This tool requires an active Coach subscription"	Subscribe in the Coach app.
"Free accounts can open only their latest 3 activities"	Same fix: full history needs a subscription.
Sign-in loops or the connector shows disconnected	Remove the connector and add it again.

To disconnect, remove Coach from your assistant's connector / app settings.

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