Connect ChatGPT
This page walks you through connecting BitterClip to ChatGPT and asking it for your first clip. Once it's set up, you can say "find me a good bit from this interview" and ChatGPT opens the editor with a clip already picked out, ready for you to review.
Before you start
A couple of things to have ready first:
- A BitterClip account. It's free to start.
- A recording you've uploaded, so you have something to clip.
You manage your connections under Settings in the BitterClip app.
Add BitterClip in ChatGPT
There's nothing to install and nothing to run on your computer. You point your assistant at https://app.bitterclip.com/mcp, and it opens a normal browser window so you can sign in to BitterClip. You do that once. After that your assistant can reach your recordings whenever you ask, and your account stays on BitterClip's own site.
BitterClip is not in ChatGPT's public plugin directory yet. Until its plugin is approved and published, add it as a custom developer app:
- Open ChatGPT Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode. Your workspace may require an admin to make this available.
- Open Settings → Plugins, or go to
chatgpt.com/plugins. - Click Create to add a plugin.
- In the New App window, fill in:
- Name — BitterClip
- Connection — leave this on Server URL and paste the address above (it ends in
/mcp):https://app.bitterclip.com/mcp - Authentication — OAuth
- Accept ChatGPT's developer-app warning, then click Create.
Sign in to BitterClip
When you click Create, ChatGPT opens a browser window to sign you in to BitterClip and authorize the connection. Approve it and you're set. That's the only sign-in step.
Make your first clip in chat
If your account is empty, upload a recording first so there's something to clip. The browser walkthrough shows you how. Once you have one, just ask:
Once your assistant is connected, you can just ask in plain words. Try:
"Pull up my latest interview and find the strongest moment."
BitterClip opens that episode for you right in the chat, with a strong clip already picked out and the cut ready to review. From there you can keep talking to it: "make it a bit shorter," "start it on her question," "find me one more." It adjusts until the clip is right.
ChatGPT opens that episode in BitterClip's transcript editor, with the suggested clip's words highlighted right in the transcript. Nothing is rendered yet, so take your time. Read it like you'd read a paragraph. If the cut needs nudging, keep talking to ChatGPT or drag the edges yourself. When it looks right, ask ChatGPT to export it. That's when BitterClip renders the finished video and drops it in your project.
Nothing posts until you set it up
You stay in control of what goes out. Nothing gets posted until you set up a channel first, and connecting one just lets BitterClip post on your behalf when you ask it to.
Each project has its own publishing setting, and you choose which one fits:
- Wait for my approval (the default): clips are prepared as drafts and sit ready for you to look over. Nothing goes out until you say so.
- Publish automatically: once you turn this on for a project, ready clips post to your connected channels on their own. You opt into it, so it's never the starting point.
Your account, your plan, and your payment details always live on BitterClip's own site, and nothing you connect can reach them.
Troubleshooting
If the connection won't show up, the sign-in window doesn't open, or a clip doesn't appear the way you expected, see Troubleshooting.
BitterClip is free to start. Create your account and you're in a working space right away. We'll email you a verification link when you sign up — click it to start uploading and transcribing recordings.