Set Up Your AI Coach

Your AI Coach now connects to ChatGPT or Claude. Setup takes a few minutes: you'll add the coaching connection, verify your purchase email and start your first module.

Before you start
  • Use your web browser. The free plans work, and your AI app's usage limits apply.
  • Have the inbox for your purchase email open, because you'll receive a sign-in code there.

What the new setup gives you

You only set this up once.

ChatGPT or ClaudeUse your coaches in whichever app you prefer.
All six coaches in one placeOne connection gives you every coach.
Coaches build on your workSave each finished package in your project, and the next coach picks up from it.
Access that lastsYour coaches keep working after the custom GPTs retire, and your conversations stay in your own account.

Which app do you use?

STEP 1

Add the connection

ChatGPT lists this connection under Plugins, so you'll see that word during setup.

  1. Open ChatGPT and go to Plugins.
  2. Open the add menu and select Add custom MCP server.
  3. Copy these details into the form:
    NamePaula AI Coach
    DescriptionSix consulting coaches with guided setup for your consulting business.
    Server URLhttps://coaches.itspaulagorman.com/mcp
  4. Keep OAuth selected. You can skip the icon.
  5. Read the notice, tick I understand and want to continue, then select Create as a plugin.
  6. Select the option to install and connect when ChatGPT asks.

If you use a work account, your organization's settings may block custom connections. Your administrator can allow them, or you can use a personal account.

The Add custom MCP server form in ChatGPT, filled in with the name, description and server URL.
The connection form in ChatGPT.
STEP 2

Verify your purchase email

A sign-in page opens for Paula's AI Coach.

  1. Enter the email address you used for your purchase and select Email me a code.
  2. Check that inbox, including your spam folder.
  3. Enter the code on the sign-in page and select Allow access.
  4. Return to ChatGPT. A short message at the top of the page confirms the connection, and it's easy to miss.

Enter your code only on the sign-in page. Each new code cancels the previous one, so use the newest code.

The Paula's AI Coach sign-in page, with an email field and an Email me a code button.
Enter your purchase email, then select Email me a code.
STEP 3

Start your coach

Nothing opens on its own after you connect, so start the first chat yourself.

  1. Start a new chat.
  2. Select the + next to the message box and turn on Paula AI Coach. You can also type @ to find it.
  3. Send this message:
    Your first messageHelp me get started with Paula's AI Coach.
  4. The coach offers 3 choices: set up a project, use a project you already have, or skip for now.
The coach's welcome message in ChatGPT, listing the six coaches and 3 numbered choices.
The coach offers 3 choices.
STEP 4

Set up your project

A project keeps your coaching conversations and finished work together, and each coach builds on the one before it.

  1. Reply 1 in your setup chat to set up a new project.
  2. Create a new project under Projects, and name it for your consulting business.
  3. Copy the project instructions. The coach shows you the same block in your chat.
  4. Open the three-dot menu beside the project name and select Project settings.
  5. Paste the block into Instructions and save.
  6. Start a new chat inside your project and send:
    Your next messageStart positioning.
A ChatGPT project named My consulting business, with the three-dot menu beside the project name.
Open the three-dot menu beside the project name.
The Project settings window in ChatGPT, with the instructions pasted in.
Paste the block into Instructions.

Work with your coaches

Answer each coach's questions, then review the final package after each module. Ask for any revisions if needed. After receiving the final package files (PDF, Docx, Markdown) be sure to save one file to the Project for a more seamless process. Most coaches need packages from prior modules for best results.

The recommended order
  1. Positioning
  2. Service Offerings
  3. Value Proposition
  4. Pricing
  5. Outreach
  6. Discovery

Bring work from your old coach

Your old conversations in ChatGPT will not move to the new project automatically. To continue where you left off, paste or upload your finished work files into the knowledge base of the newly created project.

Your privacy

Your conversations and finished work remain in ChatGPT, and are subject to ChatGPT's privacy and data-retention policies. Your conversations are not sent to Paula for training or storage. Paula's service may keep the sign-in and purchase records needed to confirm your access.

Need help?

Email hello@itspaulagorman.com with the email address you used for your purchase. Please don't send passwords, sign-in codes or payment card details.

Have a broader question? Read the AI Coach Update FAQ.

The coach says its tools are unavailable

Turn on the connection from the menu next to the message box, then send your message again. If that doesn't work, open the connection in your AI app's settings and sign in again.

The code hasn't arrived

Check your spam folder. If the page asks you to wait, wait for its resend option before requesting another code.

The sign-in page rejects your code

Use the newest code you received. Each new code cancels the previous one.

My purchase can't be found

Sign in with the email address you used at checkout. If that doesn't work, contact us with your order details.

A new chat can't find my earlier work

Open the chat inside your project, or attach your approved work to the chat.

I've reached a file limit on the free plan

Continue in text and ask the coach for the complete version to copy.

I can't add the connector in Claude

Claude's free plan allows 1 custom connector. Remove the one you have, or ask your plan owner to add this one.