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Cómo conectar Zendesk Support a ChatGPT — via MCP

Drive Zendesk Support (the help-desk product) from any AI agent: tickets, users, organizations, groups, macros, views, search. 18 tools covering the most common agent workflows. Basic-auth with email+API token.

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MCP connector

Zendesk Support

Drive Zendesk Support (the help-desk product) from any AI agent: tickets, users, organizations, groups, macros, views, search. 18 tools covering the most common agent workflows. Basic-auth with email+API token.

Tools

18

Region

INTL

Category

support

Authentication

Required env vars

ZENDESK_SUBDOMAINZENDESK_EMAILZENDESK_API_TOKEN
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  • 7-day free trial
    No credit card required
  • GDPR & SOC 2 ready
    EU data residency, audit logs
  • Open-source on GitHub
    Source-available BSL-1.1
  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
    Any MCP-compatible client

No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly.

Sign in, install the Zendesk Support in one click, paste the credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server to run.

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💡 ¿Sin instalación? Usa cloud.anythingmcp.com directamente. Inicia sesión, pulsa Connectors → Zendesk Support, pega tus credenciales, genera una MCP API key — listo. Sin Docker, sin git clone, sin servidor local.

Zendesk Support + ChatGPT

Drive Zendesk Support (the help-desk product) from any AI agent: tickets, users, organizations, groups, macros, views, search. 18 tools covering the most common agent workflows. Basic-auth with email+API token.

Requisitos previos

Las instrucciones de configuración completas están incluidas en el conector (visibles en el store al seleccionarlo). Las variables de entorno requeridas:

ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN, ZENDESK_EMAIL, ZENDESK_API_TOKEN

Paso 1 — Obtener credenciales

Setup:

  1. Sign in to Zendesk as an admin → Admin Center → Apps and integrations → APIs → Zendesk API → Settings → Token access ON.
  2. Add API token, label it (e.g. 'AnythingMCP'), copy the generated token. It's shown ONCE.
  3. Set:
    • ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN = your account subdomain (e.g. acme if your URL is acme.zendesk.com)
    • ZENDESK_EMAIL = the agent email of an admin user (the requests will be attributed to this user)
    • ZENDESK_API_TOKEN = the token from step 2

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Paso 2 — Instalar el adapter

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

Paso 3 — Añadir el conector en ChatGPT

ChatGPT soporta servidores MCP a través de la función Connectors (planes Plus / Pro / Team / Enterprise). El plan gratuito no admite conectores personalizados.

  1. Abre ChatGPT → Settings → Connectors (o pulsa el icono 🔧 en el composer → Manage connectors).
  2. Pulsa "Add custom connector".
  3. Rellena:
    • Name: Zendesk Support
    • MCP server URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp
    • Authentication: Bearer token → pega tu MCP API key (de AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
  4. Pulsa Connect para autorizar.

Herramientas disponibles

ToolWhat it does
zendesk_get_current_userReturn the agent user that the API credentials belong to (whoami)
zendesk_searchUniversal search using Zendesk's Lucene-like query syntax
zendesk_list_ticketsList tickets (cursor-paginated, newest first)
zendesk_get_ticketFetch a single ticket by ID with all fields including custom_fields, tags, requester_id, assignee_id, group_id, status, priority, satisfacti
zendesk_create_ticketCreate a new ticket
zendesk_update_ticketUpdate a ticket
zendesk_delete_ticketHard-delete a ticket (subject to GDPR retention policy)
zendesk_list_ticket_commentsList all comments (public replies and internal notes) on a ticket, ordered by creation time
zendesk_list_usersList users (end-users, agents, admins)
zendesk_get_userFetch a single user by ID
zendesk_create_or_update_userUpsert a user by email (matches existing if email already in system)
zendesk_list_organizationsList organizations
zendesk_create_organizationCreate a new organization
zendesk_list_groupsList agent groups (used for ticket assignment routing)
zendesk_list_viewsList views — Zendesk's saved filter+sort definitions for tickets
zendesk_execute_viewRun a view and return the tickets it currently matches
zendesk_list_ticket_fieldsList all ticket fields including custom ones with their IDs, types and allowed values
zendesk_list_macrosList macros (saved sets of ticket updates an agent can apply with one click — e

FAQ

¿Funciona el plan gratuito de ChatGPT con los Connectors MCP personalizados? No — se necesita Plus, Pro, Team o Enterprise.

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