ChatGPT integration (MCP)
The ChatGPT integration lets you manage your press releases and companies right from a conversation. Ask ChatGPT to "draft a launch announcement for Acme," "add our new company," or "show me my recent releases," all without leaving your AI assistant.
This works through MCP (the Model Context Protocol), an open standard for connecting AI assistants to the tools you already use. Once connected, ChatGPT can act on your Press Ranger account on your behalf, and only on the data you own.
What ChatGPT can do
After you connect, ChatGPT can:
- List your companies and create or update them, including name, description, website, location, and logo.
- List and read your press releases, including the full headline, subheadline, and body.
- Create a new press release for one of your companies, including photos and a YouTube video. You write the brief in plain language and ChatGPT drafts it; Press Ranger stores it as an editable draft.
- Edit an existing draft, changing the headline, body, photos, and more.
- Check whether a draft is ready to publish, verifying the required fields and Press Ranger's content guidelines.
- Pull the distribution report for a published release: placements, views, and AI search visibility.
Everything ChatGPT creates lands in your account as a draft for you to review and publish in the web app. ChatGPT never publishes or distributes anything on its own.
What it can't do
- It can only see and change your own companies and press releases, never anyone else's.
- It can't publish or send a press release to distribution. Publishing always happens in the Press Ranger web app, where you confirm the details and any costs.
- Released, queued, or scheduled press releases are locked, so ChatGPT can't change them, just like in the editor.
Connecting ChatGPT
Note: Custom connectors require Developer Mode, which is a ChatGPT beta. Turn it on once under Settings → Connectors → Advanced (on Business or Enterprise plans, a workspace admin enables it).
- In ChatGPT, open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Enter Press Ranger as the name.
- For Connection, choose Server URL and paste your connection URL from the Integrations page (it looks like
https://pressranger.com/mcp). Set Authentication to OAuth. - Check I understand and want to continue, then click Create.
- ChatGPT sends you to Press Ranger to authorize access. You're already signed in, so just review what ChatGPT is asking for and click Authorize.
No password or token to copy. You can revoke access at any time from Settings → Integrations.
Troubleshooting: If ChatGPT can see the Press Ranger tools but doesn't use them, start a new chat and enable the Press Ranger connector for that conversation from the tools menu in the composer, then ask again.
Tips for great results
- Be specific about the company. Ask ChatGPT to list your companies first, then tell it which one a release is for.
- Give ChatGPT the facts. The more context you provide (what you're announcing, key quotes, the spokesperson), the stronger the draft.
- Add a photo by URL. Releases with an image perform noticeably better. Paste a public image link and ChatGPT will attach it.
- Review before publishing. Open the draft's edit link, confirm everything reads well, then publish from the web app.
Managing your connection
Everything about the connection lives on the Integrations page:
- See and copy the connection URL.
- Generate, reveal, or revoke access tokens.
- Disconnect an assistant whenever you like; revoking access takes effect immediately.