[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":370},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-connect-chatgpt-to-your-notes":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"authorKey":6,"body":7,"breadcrumb":326,"cta":327,"description":332,"draft":333,"extension":334,"eyebrow":335,"faq":336,"icon":355,"iconColor":356,"items":357,"meta":358,"navigation":359,"parent":360,"path":362,"published":363,"readingTime":364,"seo":365,"stem":368,"updated":363,"__hash__":369},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fconnect-chatgpt-to-your-notes.md","How to connect ChatGPT to your notes","steffen",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":309},"minimark",[10,14,17,31,36,61,71,75,80,83,94,97,112,116,119,133,141,145,148,159,162,166,169,173,176,182,188,191,195,223,227,235,238,242,256,260],[11,12,13],"p",{},"ChatGPT has more than a billion weekly users. In OpenAI's own study of how people use it, about half of all messages are people asking for information or advice. That is a lot of good answers, and almost all of them disappear into chat history.",[11,15,16],{},"Connecting ChatGPT to your notes changes two things. ChatGPT can answer from what you have already written down. And when a chat produces something worth keeping, ChatGPT can save it as a note you will find again.",[11,18,19,20,25,26,30],{},"We make ",[21,22,24],"a",{"href":23},"\u002F","Capacities",", so this guide uses it. The same idea works with other notes apps that have a ChatGPT connector, and our list of ",[21,27,29],{"href":28},"\u002Fnote-taking-apps-for-ai","note-taking apps for ChatGPT and Claude"," covers them.",[32,33,35],"h2",{"id":34},"the-short-answer","The short answer",[37,38,39,51,58],"ol",{},[40,41,42,43,47,48,50],"li",{},"In ChatGPT, open the ",[44,45,46],"strong",{},"plugin directory"," and search for ",[44,49,24],{},". (OpenAI called it the app directory until July 2026.)",[40,52,53,54,57],{},"Click ",[44,55,56],{},"Connect",", sign in to Capacities, and pick the space ChatGPT may use.",[40,59,60],{},"Ask a question that needs your notes, or say \"save this to Capacities\".",[11,62,63,64,70],{},"You need Capacities Pro to connect. The ",[21,65,69],{"href":66,"rel":67},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Freference\u002Fai-chat-connectors#chatgpt",[68],"nofollow","setup guide"," walks through each screen.",[32,72,74],{"id":73},"what-chatgpt-can-do-once-it-is-connected","What ChatGPT can do once it is connected",[76,77,79],"h3",{"id":78},"answer-from-your-notes","Answer from your notes",[11,81,82],{},"Ask the way you would ask a friend who has read your notebook. ChatGPT searches your space, reads the notes that match, and answers from them. It links to the notes it used, so you can check.",[84,85],"chat-to-note",{":lines":86,"app":87,"noteIcon":88,"noteLabel":89,"noteTitle":90,"noteType":91,"prompt":92,"reply":93},"[\"Decision: matte green tiles, not white\",\"To do: call Ben for a second quote\",\"Linked to Kitchen renovation and Ben\"]","chatgpt","i-ph-users-three-duotone","Read from Capacities","Kitchen walk-through with Lena","Meeting","What did we decide about the kitchen tiles, and who was I supposed to call?","You picked the matte green tiles on 14 September, because the white ones showed every mark. You wanted to call Ben from Weber Fliesen for a second quote.",[11,95,96],{},"Good questions to try:",[98,99,100,103,106,109],"ul",{},[40,101,102],{},"\"What did I write about the renovation budget? Give me the total so far.\"",[40,104,105],{},"\"Which books have I finished this year? Make a table with the author and my rating.\"",[40,107,108],{},"\"I have a call with Maya at three. What did we agree on last time, and what is still open?\"",[40,110,111],{},"\"Find my notes on the French Revolution and list the people who come up most.\"",[76,113,115],{"id":114},"save-what-is-worth-keeping","Save what is worth keeping",[11,117,118],{},"At the end of a useful chat, tell ChatGPT what to keep. Ask for the essence, not the transcript.",[98,120,121,124,127,130],{},[40,122,123],{},"\"Save the three main points as a short note in Capacities, linked to my Health page.\"",[40,125,126],{},"\"Store your last answer in my daily note and tag it #cooking.\"",[40,128,129],{},"\"Create a Book object for 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' with the author, and put your summary in the body.\"",[40,131,132],{},"\"Turn this plan into Capacities tasks for next week, one per day.\"",[11,134,135,136,140],{},"Our guide to ",[21,137,139],{"href":138},"\u002Fsave-ai-chats-to-notes","saving AI chats as notes"," has a full routine and more prompts.",[76,142,144],{"id":143},"keep-things-tidy","Keep things tidy",[11,146,147],{},"ChatGPT can also edit what is already there:",[98,149,150,153,156],{},[40,151,152],{},"\"Set the status of my Book 'Deep Work' to finished.\"",[40,154,155],{},"\"Add today's decision to the end of my Launch plan page.\"",[40,157,158],{},"\"Rewrite the second paragraph of my cover letter draft to be shorter.\"",[11,160,161],{},"Every change is saved in the note's version history. If ChatGPT changes something you did not want, open the history and restore the earlier version.",[32,163,165],{"id":164},"how-it-works-in-one-paragraph","How it works, in one paragraph",[11,167,168],{},"Capacities gives ChatGPT a small set of tools: search the space, read a note, create a note, edit a note, and save to today. ChatGPT decides when to use them while it answers you. It reads only what it looks up for your question, and only in the space you picked. Your notes are not uploaded or copied into ChatGPT. The technical name for this is MCP, the Model Context Protocol, and it is the same standard Claude, Cursor, and other assistants use. That is why the same notes work in all of them.",[32,170,172],{"id":171},"chatgpt-memory-and-projects-are-not-a-replacement","ChatGPT memory and Projects are not a replacement",[11,174,175],{},"ChatGPT already has two features that sound similar.",[11,177,178,181],{},[44,179,180],{},"Memory"," is a short list of facts about you, plus what ChatGPT picks up from past chats. OpenAI's help page says it \"does not retain every detail from every conversation\", and that what it learns from chat history \"can change as ChatGPT updates what is most useful to remember\". You cannot open it as a page, link it to anything, or take it to another assistant.",[11,183,184,187],{},[44,185,186],{},"Projects"," keep the chats and files for one long effort together. They are good for that. A project holds up to 5 files on Free and 25 on Plus, and it does not help you find what you learned in a different project last spring.",[11,189,190],{},"Your notes sit next to both. You decide what goes in. Every note is a page you can read and change. And if you also use Claude, or switch one day, the notes come with you.",[32,192,194],{"id":193},"privacy-and-data","Privacy and data",[98,196,197,200,208,211,214],{},[40,198,199],{},"ChatGPT reaches only the space you pick, and only reads what it looks up.",[40,201,202,203,207],{},"You see every connection under ",[204,205,206],"code",{},"Settings > AI Assistant"," in Capacities, and you can remove it there. Remove it in ChatGPT too.",[40,209,210],{},"By default, ChatGPT reads without asking and asks before actions that change something. You can change that in ChatGPT's settings.",[40,212,213],{},"OpenAI's data rules apply to what ChatGPT reads. On Free, Go, Plus, and Pro, OpenAI may use chats to improve its models if \"Improve the model for everyone\" is turned on. You can turn it off in ChatGPT's data controls. Business, Enterprise, and Edu are not used for training by default.",[40,215,216,217,222],{},"Capacities stores your notes in the EU. Read more on our ",[21,218,221],{"href":219,"rel":220},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Fmore\u002Fai-privacy",[68],"AI privacy page",".",[32,224,226],{"id":225},"what-it-costs","What it costs",[11,228,229,230,234],{},"You need ",[21,231,233],{"href":232},"\u002Fpricing","Capacities Pro"," to connect. Your ChatGPT plan pays for the AI. The connection does not use your Capacities AI budget, so you are not paying for the same AI twice.",[11,236,237],{},"You can start your notes on the free plan and connect later.",[32,239,241],{"id":240},"who-should-not-use-this","Who should not use this",[98,243,244,250],{},[40,245,246,249],{},[44,247,248],{},"If you only want ChatGPT to remember your preferences",", its built-in memory is enough.",[40,251,252,255],{},[44,253,254],{},"If your notes live in a shared team workspace",", a team tool fits better. Capacities is for one person.",[32,257,259],{"id":258},"how-we-wrote-this-guide","How we wrote this guide",[98,261,262,275,302],{},[40,263,264,265,269,270,222],{},"We make Capacities, and every claim about it comes from our ",[21,266,69],{"href":267,"rel":268},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Freference\u002Fai-chat-connectors",[68]," and ",[21,271,274],{"href":272,"rel":273},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Fdeveloper\u002Fmodel-context-protocol",[68],"MCP documentation",[40,276,277,278,283,284,289,290,295,296,301],{},"Facts about ChatGPT come from OpenAI's help center, read in October 2026: ",[21,279,282],{"href":280,"rel":281},"https:\u002F\u002Fhelp.openai.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F11487775-apps-in-chatgpt",[68],"apps in ChatGPT",", ",[21,285,288],{"href":286,"rel":287},"https:\u002F\u002Fhelp.openai.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F8590148-memory-faq",[68],"memory",", and ",[21,291,294],{"href":292,"rel":293},"https:\u002F\u002Fhelp.openai.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F10169521-projects-in-chatgpt",[68],"projects",". The user numbers come from OpenAI (1.2 billion weekly users, September 2026) and the ",[21,297,300],{"href":298,"rel":299},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nber.org\u002Fpapers\u002Fw34255",[68],"NBER study"," \"How People Use ChatGPT\" (2025).",[40,303,304,305,222],{},"OpenAI changes plan rules often. If something here is out of date, email ",[21,306,308],{"href":307},"mailto:team@capacities.io","team@capacities.io",{"title":310,"searchDepth":311,"depth":311,"links":312},"",2,[313,314,320,321,322,323,324,325],{"id":34,"depth":311,"text":35},{"id":73,"depth":311,"text":74,"children":315},[316,318,319],{"id":78,"depth":317,"text":79},3,{"id":114,"depth":317,"text":115},{"id":143,"depth":317,"text":144},{"id":164,"depth":311,"text":165},{"id":171,"depth":311,"text":172},{"id":193,"depth":311,"text":194},{"id":225,"depth":311,"text":226},{"id":240,"depth":311,"text":241},{"id":258,"depth":311,"text":259},"Connect ChatGPT to your notes",{"heading":328,"subheading":329,"secondaryLabel":330,"secondaryTo":331},"Let ChatGPT remember what matters","Start your notes for free. Connect ChatGPT with Pro.","All assistants","\u002Fconnect-ai-to-your-notes","Let ChatGPT answer from what you have already written down, and save the good parts of a chat back into your notes. Setup, prompts that work, and what ChatGPT can and cannot do with your notes.",false,"md","ChatGPT and your notes",[337,340,343,346,349,352],{"question":338,"answer":339},"How do I connect ChatGPT to Capacities?","In ChatGPT, open the plugin directory, search for Capacities, and click Connect. Sign in to Capacities and pick the space ChatGPT may use. The [setup guide](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.capacities.io\u002Freference\u002Fai-chat-connectors#chatgpt) has screenshots.",{"question":341,"answer":342},"Can ChatGPT write to my notes, or only read them?","Both. ChatGPT can search and read your notes, create pages, tasks, and objects of any type, edit existing notes, and save text to today's daily note. By default, ChatGPT asks before it takes an action that changes something.",{"question":344,"answer":345},"Does this work on the free ChatGPT plan?","OpenAI shows the plugin directory on every plan, and says whether you can use a plugin depends on your plan, workspace settings, and region. Business workspaces have apps turned on by default. In Enterprise and Edu workspaces, an admin turns them on. If you do not see Capacities, check with your workspace admin.",{"question":347,"answer":348},"Is this the same as ChatGPT memory?","No. Memory is a set of facts about you that ChatGPT picks and updates on its own. Your notes are pages you write, open, edit, and link. ChatGPT can use both. Memory helps it know you. Notes help it know what you know.",{"question":350,"answer":351},"Can ChatGPT see my other spaces?","No. Each connection reaches the one space you pick when you sign in. To use a second space, add a second connection.",{"question":353,"answer":354},"Does it use my Capacities AI budget?","No. You pay for ChatGPT through OpenAI. The Capacities AI budget is only for the AI features inside Capacities.","i-ph-chat-circle-text-duotone","violet",null,{},true,{"name":361,"path":331,"backLabel":361},"Connect AI to your notes","\u002Fguides\u002Fconnect-chatgpt-to-your-notes","2026-10-09","9 min read",{"title":366,"description":367},"How to Connect ChatGPT to Your Notes (Read and Save, 2026)","Connect ChatGPT to your notes so it can search them, answer from them, and save new notes. Setup in a minute, prompts to copy, limits, and privacy.","guides\u002Fconnect-chatgpt-to-your-notes","0nQ9K4fDFW5apKFj-wn0jpS87tEsu9NuVVcTxiEPvOA",1791910182092]