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App: BrainMop· Developer: DabbleLabs UK· Last updated: 7 August 2026

BrainMop keeps your notes somewhere an AI assistant can read and write them, using MCP (the Model Context Protocol, an open standard). Any assistant that supports MCP custom connectors can use the same address below – you sign in with an emailed link and approve, the same way you'd connect any other app, with nothing to copy into a script. Claude and ChatGPT both support this today; if your assistant does too, look for "connectors" or "custom MCP server" in its settings and use the address below. If it doesn't, there is a token-based route further down.

https://dabblelabs.onrender.com/mcp

Claude

Works the same way on desktop, mobile and web, on every plan including Free.

Open Claude's connector settings →

  1. Paste the address above into Add custom connector.
  2. Sign in with your email – BrainMop sends a one-time sign-in link, no password needed.
  3. Approve when Claude asks to access your notes. First time signing in with that email? Your account is created automatically at this step.

ChatGPT

Needs Developer mode turned on, which is available on Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu accounts. Personal Plus and Pro accounts can get full read-and-write access there too, not just workspace plans – tested and working on a personal Pro account, though OpenAI's own rollout has been inconsistent about this by account, so it may not be on for everyone yet. This is a fast-moving area, so check ChatGPT's own Settings → Apps & Connectors for what your account currently allows, and if writes don't work for you there, that's an OpenAI rollout gap, not a BrainMop limitation.

  1. In ChatGPT, open Settings → Apps & Connectors and turn on Developer mode under Advanced settings, if it isn't on already.
  2. Choose Create to add a remote MCP server, and paste the address above as the server URL.
  3. Sign in with your email when prompted and approve access. First time signing in with that email? Your account is created automatically at this step.

First 30 days of AI access are free, no card required. The trial starts automatically the moment you connect – not when you sign up.

Once connected, your assistant gains a set of tools that match a real notes app: search and list notes, read them, create text notes and checklists, append or replace text, tick items off, reorder them, add and rename labels, and archive, trash or restore. Everything it does in one session is grouped, so a whole session's changes can be undone in a single step. You can disconnect at any time from that assistant's own connector settings, which stops its access straight away.

Other assistants, running it locally, or your own scripts

Create a token

Open the web app, sign in, and create a personal API token. Give it a name, choose whether it may read only or read and write, and copy it – the token is shown once and starts with bmp_. Keep it somewhere safe, as you would a password. You can revoke a token at any time from the same screen, which cuts off anything using it immediately.

Connect over MCP, running locally (Claude Desktop or Claude Code)

BrainMop also ships an MCP server you can run yourself – a small program your MCP client launches for you. Configure the client to launch it with two settings:

BRAINMOP_TOKEN     = the bmp_ token you just created
BRAINMOP_API_BASE  = https://dabblelabs.uk/brainmop/api

This gives the same set of tools as connecting directly above, just running on your own machine with a token instead of a sign-in.

Or connect over REST

Anything that can make an HTTPS request can use the same notes directly, without MCP. Send your requests to https://dabblelabs.uk/brainmop/api with the token in an Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer bmp_your_token_here

This is the route for another MCP-capable assistant, a custom script, or any tool that is not one of the ready-made MCP clients. The token's scope (read only, or read and write) applies the same way it does over MCP. See the full API reference for every endpoint, request/response shapes, and rate limits.

Stay in control

Whatever an assistant writes is an ordinary note: you can open it, correct it, re-file it or delete it in the app like any other. Because each batch of assistant edits is grouped, a session that went wrong is reverted in one step rather than note by note. Disconnecting an assistant from its own connector settings, or revoking a token from the web app, ends that access straight away.

Pricing

Keeping notes, syncing them across your devices, and 30 days of version history are free. Connecting an assistant and keeping full version history are part of the optional paid plan: GBP 24 a year, or GBP 4.50 a month, as an auto-renewing PayPal subscription you can cancel at any time. Every account gets the first 30 days of AI access free with no card required, starting the first time you connect. If the plan lapses (or the trial ends), every note stays fully usable on the free plan – only assistant access and history beyond 30 days pause. See the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for the full detail.