Use the connection option in your account
Task Mafia is published in the ChatGPT plugin directory. Open the official listing using the button above, select Install plugin and connect your existing Task Mafia account. Choose the lists and capabilities you want ChatGPT to use. Reuse a working Task Mafia connection rather than creating a duplicate.
Select Task Mafia in a conversation and ask which lists it can access. Your ChatGPT plan and workspace policies determine plugin availability; an installation does not override an administrator’s restrictions.
OpenAI’s current instructions place custom servers in Plugins → plus → Add custom MCP server. Enter https://taskmafia.com/mcp and use OAuth sign-in. Review the host’s warning and Task Mafia’s selected-list consent before approving. Business and Enterprise/Edu workspace policies determine who can add or publish custom connections.
Some accounts still show the legacy Apps → Create flow. Follow the controls your account actually offers and the linked OpenAI instructions. A prompt cannot unlock an option your account or administrator has disabled.
Check the connection, then choose the work
Ask for get_connection_status and list_projects. The first reports server and connection capabilities; the second shows only the lists you selected. A successful sign-in alone does not prove that a particular tool is loaded in this conversation.
Try a read-only request first: “Which Task Mafia lists can you access?” Then ask for a real action, such as “Add cucumber and lettuce to my shopping list.” Choose or share that list if it is missing. Task Mafia adds shopping items to the selected shopping list.
You can change selected lists or disconnect an agent in Task Mafia’s Your agents settings. Changing list access is your decision. A newly created list is not automatically shared with every connection.
Copy a setup prompt for your agent
Paste this into the client you want to connect. It asks for a capability check and the normal sign-in flow; it does not sign in, install software or grant access by itself.
The prompt does not sign in or grant access by itself.
If ChatGPT says a tool is missing
Select the Task Mafia connection in the conversation. Ask which Task Mafia tools are loaded, then compare with get_connection_status. “The list is not shared” and “capture_items is unavailable here” are different problems.
Review selected lists in Task Mafia for a permission issue. For an old tool catalogue, use the client’s supported connection update/refresh flow and start a new conversation. Marketplace review and server deployment happen separately; do not disconnect or broaden access merely to guess at a tool-cache issue.
A connection and a worker do different jobs
A normal conversation can use the tools its host exposes while you are there. Background pickup also needs a host with an actual schedule, private durable state and working check-ins. Task Mafia coordinates that work; it runs no AI model or external job.
Enable work only for the lists and connection you intend to use. Explicitly delegate a task, answer the agent’s private question when needed, and review its result in the original workspace. Only a person completes the task. A setup check is not proof of an unattended scheduled run.
A clear next step.
Keep the lists you want private, connect the assistant you want to use, and check what it can actually do before giving it work.
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Official provider instructions
Provider plans, controls and tool availability can change. These steps describe connection setup; they are separate from a verified unattended worker or marketplace review outcome.