Setup guide

Connect your AI to PinPin

Once it’s connected, your AI can read, write and create your stickies. Pick the AI app you use — it takes about a minute.

Claude desktop app

Download the PinPin add-on and open it. Claude asks you to confirm — click Install, and you’re done.

Needs PinPin in your Applications folder.

Run this once in Terminal.

Terminal

claude mcp add pinpin -- /Applications/PinPin.app/Contents/MacOS/pinpin-mcp

Run this once in Terminal, then restart ChatGPT.

Terminal

codex mcp add pinpin -- /Applications/PinPin.app/Contents/MacOS/pinpin-mcp

No Terminal? Add PinPin to Codex’s settings file by hand

Paste these two lines at the end of ~/.codex/config.toml, then restart ChatGPT.

config.toml

[mcp_servers.pinpin]
command = "/Applications/PinPin.app/Contents/MacOS/pinpin-mcp"

Click the button. Cursor opens and asks you to confirm.

In PinPin, click Copy link on any sticky.
Paste it into your AI and ask: “What’s in this note?”
Your AI answers with what’s on the sticky. The first time, PinPin also confirms it under its menu bar icon.

My AI says it can’t find PinPin: PinPin must be in your Applications folder. Move it there, then restart your AI app.
It’s connected, but can’t read or change anything: Check that AI access isn’t Off: PinPin menu bar icon › AI Access, or PinPin Settings › AI. Read only lets your AI read but not change your notes.
I use regular ChatGPT chats: Regular chats can’t connect to PinPin yet. Right-click a sticky, choose Copy as Text, and paste it into the chat instead.