How to Connect Yandex Disk to ChatGPT via MCP

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Yandex Disk + ChatGPT

Let your AI work in Yandex Disk: browse folders, list all files or recent uploads, read file details, get download links, create folders, copy, move, publish or unpublish files, save a file from a URL and restore from the Trash. Signed in with your Yandex account.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

YANDEX_DISK_CLIENT_ID, YANDEX_DISK_CLIENT_SECRET

Step 1 — Get credentials

Setting up takes about 5 minutes. You need the Yandex account whose Disk the AI should work with, and an app registered for it at Yandex OAuth.

1. Sign in with that Yandex account, open oauth.yandex.ru/client/new (or oauth.yandex.com) and create an app.
2. As the platform, choose Web services. As the Redirect URI, enter https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/api/mcp-oauth/callback. If you host AnythingMCP yourself, enter https://your-anythingmcp-host/api/mcp-oauth/callback instead.
3. Under data access, add the Yandex Disk REST API permissions cloud_api:disk.read (read the whole Disk), cloud_api:disk.write (write anywhere on the Disk) and cloud_api:disk.info (Disk information). Do not pick cloud_api:disk.app_folder alone: it limits the app to its own folder.
4. Create the app, copy the ClientID into YANDEX_DISK_CLIENT_ID and the Client secret into YANDEX_DISK_CLIENT_SECRET, and install the connector.
5. On the connector page, click Authorize with Provider, pick the Yandex account and allow access.
6. Start with yandex_disk_get_disk_info: it shows whose Disk the connector is signed in to, how much space is used and how big the Trash is.

Permissions and read-only setup: Yandex grants exactly the permissions you ticked in the app in step 3. For a read-only setup, register the app with cloud_api:disk.read and cloud_api:disk.info only, and switch off yandex_disk_create_folder, yandex_disk_copy, yandex_disk_move, yandex_disk_publish, yandex_disk_unpublish, yandex_disk_upload_from_url and yandex_disk_restore_from_trash.

Sign-in: a Yandex token lasts about a year and comes with a refresh token, which AnythingMCP uses to renew it. Both are stored encrypted. If you revoke the app at id.yandex.ru/security or change its permissions, click Authorize with Provider again.

Paths: files and folders are addressed as disk:/folder/file.txt, the root is disk:/ and Trash entries are trash:/.... You can simply name a folder or file; the AI uses the exact names, including the extension.

Changes wait for your yes: creating folders, copying, moving or renaming, publishing and unpublishing, saving a file from a URL and restoring from the Trash change your Disk. The AI says what will happen and waits for your confirmation, and it overwrites an existing file only if you agree. yandex_disk_publish makes a file or folder readable by anyone with the link; yandex_disk_unpublish stops the link, and publishing again creates a new one.

Switched off at install: yandex_disk_delete. When an administrator turns it on, it moves items to the Trash, where yandex_disk_restore_from_trash brings them back. It deletes for good only when you ask for that explicitly.

No search: the Yandex Disk API has no search by name or content. To find a file, the AI lists the folder with yandex_disk_list_folder, pages through every file with yandex_disk_list_files (optionally only images, documents and so on) and compares names, or checks the most recent uploads with yandex_disk_list_last_uploaded.

File contents: the connector does not read or upload the bytes of a file. yandex_disk_get_download_link returns a temporary link you can open (a folder downloads as a zip), and yandex_disk_upload_from_url saves a file that is already on the internet. yandex_disk_get_public_resource reads any public Yandex Disk link, yours or someone else's.

Background operations: copying, moving, restoring or deleting large folders, and every upload from a URL, run in the background at Yandex. The AI checks progress with yandex_disk_get_operation_status until the operation has finished.

Common errors: 401 UnauthorizedError means the sign-in is missing, revoked or expired; authorize again. 403: the app lacks a permission from step 3 (for example cloud_api:disk.write for a change), the Disk is over its quota or it is in read-only mode. 404: the path does not exist; check the spelling, the extension and the disk:/ prefix. 409: the target already exists or its parent folder is missing. 423: the item is locked by another operation, or uploads are paused; try again later. 507: not enough free space on the Disk. 429: too many requests; wait and try again.

The connector does not read or upload file contents, edit custom properties, empty the Trash, share folders with specific people or change Yandex 360 admin settings.

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in ChatGPT

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

ChatGPT adds MCP servers as plugins on its Plugins page, on the web and on paid plans. Developer mode is no longer needed. In a Business workspace only admins and owners can add one; in Enterprise and Edu an admin can grant the Create plugins with MCPs permission.

1. Go to chatgpt.com/plugins, click +, then Add custom MCP server.
2. Enter a name, e.g. Name: Yandex Disk.
3. Under Connection, enter the Server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID and keep Authentication on OAuth.
4. Select I understand and want to continue, then Create as a plugin. When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP and allow access.
5. Install the new plugin from your personal plugins, then type @ in a chat and pick it.

Available tools

Example prompts

• "How much space is left on my Yandex Disk, and how big is the Trash?"
• "Which photos did I upload last week, and in which folders are they?"
• "Create the folder Clients/Acme in my Disk and move the Acme contract PDF from Downloads into it."
• "Make a public link for Presentations/Pitch.pdf and give it to me, then list everything else I have shared publicly."

FAQ

Does the free ChatGPT plan work with custom MCP servers? OpenAI documents custom MCP servers for paid plans only; the Free plan is not on its list.

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