Connect Learning Brain to your AI tool.

Works on Claude.ai (web) and the Claude Desktop app. Installing the connector and the skill at your account level gives you the full Learning Brain workflow — elicit-first, audit-always, evidence-cited design — in Claude Chat, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code's Desktop tab. One setup, three surfaces.

Install Learning Brain for me on Claude Desktop. Read https://learningbrain.ai/install and walk me through both the MCP connector and the workflow Skill, one step at a time, waiting for me to confirm before moving on.

1. Add the connector.
   Open Claude. Click your profile icon → Settings → Customize → Connectors → click the + button → Add custom connector. Paste https://learningbrain.ai/mcp and click Add.
2. Download the skill file.
   Download learningbrain-skill.md
3. Install the skill at your account level.
   In Claude: Settings → Customize → Skills → click the + button → Create skill → Upload a skill. Select the file you just downloaded.
4. Start a conversation. Try: "Use learning-brain to find evidence on retrieval practice" or "Design a 30-minute module on [your topic] for [your audience]." Claude will call the tools, chain audits, and push back on bad briefs without being asked — in Chat, Cowork, and Code alike.

For users running Claude Code from the terminal without the Desktop app. If you use Claude Desktop at all, the Claude setup above already covers you — no install needed.

1. Paste this into Claude Code. It'll register the MCP connector and download the workflow skill in one go. Install Learning Brain for me. Please run these two commands: claude mcp add --transport http learning-brain https://learningbrain.ai/mcp mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/learning-brain && curl -fsSL https://learningbrain.ai/learningbrain-skill.md -o ~/.claude/skills/learning-brain/SKILL.md Then tell me to restart Claude Code and run /mcp to authenticate. Copy prompt Claude Code will ask permission before running each command — grant both. The first registers the MCP server; the second downloads the skill to ~/.claude/skills/learning-brain/.
2. Restart Claude Code, then run /mcp. Select learning-brain, choose Authenticate, and a browser tab opens. Close it after success, then run /mcp again — learning-brain should now show as Connected.
3. Try: "Use learning-brain to find evidence on retrieval practice" or "Design a 30-minute module on [your topic] for [your audience]." Claude chains the tools and runs silent audits behind the scenes — same as Chat.

OpenAI's coding agent app, included with any paid ChatGPT plan. Codex's built-in plugin builder turns the Learning Brain MCP server and skill file into a personal plugin in a couple of clicks — no terminal required. Closest thing to the Claude experience for ChatGPT-account users.

1. Install and open the Codex app. Sign in with your ChatGPT account.
2. Download the skill file.
   Download learningbrain-skill.md
3. In Codex, open Plugins → Create → Create Plugin. Attach learningbrain-skill.md in the file field, and paste this prompt: Use the attached skill file and the MCP server https://learningbrain.ai/mcp to create a Learning Brain plugin. Copy prompt Codex's plugin builder reads the skill to understand what the tools do and wires up the MCP connection. Takes a minute or two.
4. Quit and reopen Codex once the builder finishes.
5. Open a new Codex session. The first time the plugin invokes a tool, Codex will open a browser tab asking you to authenticate. If you've previously authenticated the Learning Brain MCP in Codex, this step is skipped — the token is cached.
6. Try: "Use learning-brain to find evidence on retrieval practice" or "Design a 30-minute module on [your topic] for [your audience]." Codex picks the right tools and chains them automatically.

For ChatGPT users who don't want to use Codex. Requires a paid ChatGPT plan (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, or Edu) with Developer Mode enabled. The workflow skill is loaded per-project rather than account-wide.

I want to install Learning Brain on ChatGPT. Walk me through these 3 steps in this exact order, waiting for my confirmation between each. Order is critical — installing the connector before the Skill triggers OAuth, which kicks me to a new chat and the install fails.

STEP 1 — Enable Developer Mode
Tell me: Open ChatGPT → profile picture → Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → toggle Developer Mode ON. Acknowledge the warning dialog.

STEP 2 — Create a Project and upload the Skill file
Tell me to:
- Create a new ChatGPT Project called "Learning Brain" (left sidebar → + New project)
- Download the skill file from https://learningbrain.ai/learning-brain-skill.md
- Open the project's Sources section (older UI: "Files" or "Project files") and upload the downloaded file
- Pin the project so it's easy to find later

STEP 3 — Install the MCP connector (last step — triggers OAuth and may bounce me to a new chat)
Give me the install steps followed by what to expect after OAuth — both in one message, in this temporal order:

First, the install (do this now):
- Open Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → click Create app
- Fill in: Name "Learning Brain", MCP Server URL "https://learningbrain.ai/mcp", Authentication OAuth
- Tick "I trust this application" → Create
- Complete OAuth in the browser tab

Then, what to expect after OAuth completes:
- I may land in a fresh chat — that's normal, the install is done
- I'll open the Learning Brain project from the sidebar (pinned from Step 2)
- Start a new conversation INSIDE the project — the Skill only works inside it
- Try one of these starter prompts: "Use learning-brain to find evidence on retrieval practice" / "Design a 30-minute module on [topic] for [audience]" / "Audit this learning objective: [paste objective]"

Important — the Skill is per-Project:
- Unlike the connector (account-wide), the Skill file lives inside one Project. To use Learning Brain in another Project, upload the same skill file to that Project's Sources too.
- This works in either direction: I can add the skill to existing Projects I already use for learning-design work, instead of forcing all that work into the dedicated "Learning Brain" Project.

Once OAuth completes, the install is finished. No need to come back to this chat.

For more detail, you may also fetch https://learningbrain.ai/install — but these 3 steps are authoritative.

1. Enable Developer Mode.
   Open ChatGPT → profile picture → Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → toggle Developer Mode ON. OpenAI shows a blunt warning dialog about the risks of custom apps — that's expected. Read it, then confirm to proceed.
2. Create a Project and upload the skill file.
   In the ChatGPT sidebar, click + New project and name it Learning Brain (or whatever you like). Then download the skill file and upload it to the project's Sources section (older UI versions may label this Files or Project files):
   Download learning-brain-skill.md
3. Note where you'll come back to. The next step triggers OAuth in a browser tab, and ChatGPT often drops you into a fresh chat when you return. To use Learning Brain after OAuth, you'll open the Learning Brain project from the sidebar and start a new conversation inside it. The skill is only active inside the project — a chat outside it has the tools but not the workflow Skill. Pin the project (right-click in the sidebar) so it's easy to find.
4. Add the Learning Brain MCP app. This step opens an OAuth tab and may drop you into a new chat afterwards.
   Open Settings→Apps→Advanced settings, click Create app (this button only appears once Developer Mode is on). Fill in:
   • Name: Learning Brain
   • MCP Server URL: https://learningbrain.ai/mcp
   • Authentication: OAuth
   Tick I trust this application, then click Create. Complete the OAuth sign-in in the browser tab.
5. Open your Learning Brain project from the sidebar and start a new conversation. Try: "Use learning-brain to find evidence on retrieval practice" or "Design a 30-minute module on [your topic] for [your audience]." ChatGPT will call the tools and follow the workflow discipline from the skill file.

For Cursor, Windsurf, or any other AI tool that supports Model Context Protocol. Most tools give you the 32 MCP tools through a simple URL-and-auth step. If the tool also supports custom skills or system-prompt files, upload the Learning Brain skill so the AI follows the elicit-first, audit-always workflow.

1. Add the MCP server.
   Open your tool's settings and find MCP, MCP Servers, or Connectors. Add a remote server with URL https://learningbrain.ai/mcp.
   In Cursor or Windsurf: Cmd+, (or Ctrl+, on Windows) → search MCP or Features→MCP Servers → Add remote server.
2. Add the skill, if your tool supports it.
   If your tool has a custom-skills, system-prompt, or knowledge-file feature, download the universal skill file and attach it there. Without the skill, the tools still work but the AI freestyles the workflow.
   Download learningbrain-skill.md
3. Try: "Use Learning Brain to find evidence that spaced practice improves retention" or "Design a 30-minute module on [your topic] for [your audience]." If the tool calls `lb_elicit_*` first and chains `doctor_*` audits after design tools, you're getting the full workflow.