Yes. You log in with your own AthlyAI account through your browser — the AI client never sees your password, and there are no API keys to leak. You can review and disconnect any connected app at any time from your dashboard.

Does it cost credits?

Connecting is free. Actions that cost credits inside the app — like sending recruiting emails — use credits the same way when triggered from an AI client. Searching and reading your profile don't cost credits.

Can ChatGPT or Claude help me email college coaches?

Yes. By connecting the AthlyAI MCP to ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or Claude Code, the AI can draft personalized recruiting emails from your athletic profile and send them to college coaches for you. You review each email before it goes out, and sending uses your AthlyAI credits.

How do athletes find college coaches with AI?

With the AthlyAI MCP connected, you ask your AI assistant to search AthlyAI's database of 25,000+ verified coaches across 1,200+ schools by sport, division, and location. The find_my_coaches skill builds a shortlist that fits your level and goals, so you can go from a blank page to a target list in one conversation.

Can college coaches use AthlyAI through AI to find athletes?

Yes. Coaches who connect the AthlyAI MCP can ask their AI assistant to search and view athlete profiles by sport, position, country, and graduation year — a direct way to discover international and domestic talent without leaving their chat.

Which AI assistants work with AthlyAI?

Any AI client that supports MCP connectors works with AthlyAI, including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Claude Code. You add the same connect URL — https://athlyai.com/api/mcp — in each one and log in once with your AthlyAI account.

How do I disconnect an app?

Go to your AthlyAI dashboard, open the MCP connections page, and click Disconnect on any app — or Disconnect all to revoke everything at once. Access is revoked immediately.

What can connected apps access?

Only what you grant during login, scoped to your own account — your recruiting profile, coach search, eligibility, and email tools. A connected app can never see another user's data.

AthlyAI MCP

Use AthlyAI inside Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor

Connect your AthlyAI account to any AI client and bring your recruiting copilot with you — search college coaches, check scholarship eligibility, and send outreach emails right from the chat you already use.

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Built on AthlyAI's database of 1,200+ schools and 25,000+ coaches.

In short

AthlyAI provides an MCP server that lets any AI assistant — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or Claude Code — search 25,000+ verified US college coaches across 1,200+ schools, check scholarship eligibility, and draft and send recruiting emails on your behalf. Connect once at https://athlyai.com/api/mcp with your AthlyAI account — one URL, a browser login, no API keys.

What is the AthlyAI MCP?

The AthlyAI MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that connects your AthlyAI account to AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor. Once connected, the AI can search college coaches, check scholarship eligibility, and draft and send recruiting emails directly from your chat — your recruiting copilot, in any AI you already use.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI assistants securely use external tools. The AthlyAI MCP exposes AthlyAI's recruiting tools — its database of 25,000+ coaches, scholarship eligibility logic, and email outreach engine — so any MCP-compatible AI can act on your behalf, scoped to your own account.

How do I connect AthlyAI to Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor?

Add the single connect URL https://athlyai.com/api/mcp to your AI client as a connector or MCP server, then log in once with your AthlyAI account through your browser. There are no API keys to create or paste — the same URL works in every client.

Your connect URL

Add this single URL to your AI client, log in once with your AthlyAI account, and you're connected.

https://athlyai.com/api/mcp

One URL — paste it once

No API keys to manage

Works with your favorite AI clients

Same URL everywhere. Log in once in the browser — no API keys, no copy-pasting tokens.

Claude

1Open Settings → Connectors.
2Add a custom connector and paste the AthlyAI URL.
3Log in once with your AthlyAI account when prompted.

ChatGPT

1Open Settings → Connectors (or the connector picker in a chat).
2Add a connector and paste the AthlyAI URL.
3Authorize once by logging in with your AthlyAI account.

Cursor

1Open Settings → MCP and add a new server.
2Paste the AthlyAI URL as the server URL.
3Log in once in the browser when Cursor opens the consent page.

Claude Code

1Run claude mcp add with the AthlyAI URL.
2Claude Code opens your browser to authorize.
3Log in once with your AthlyAI account and you're set.

What can the AthlyAI MCP do?

The AthlyAI MCP lets an AI assistant search 25,000+ college coaches by sport, division and location, check your NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA scholarship eligibility, draft and send personalized recruiting emails, list coach replies, and view your profile, alerts and email stats. Coaches can also search and view athlete profiles.

Search college coaches

Find coaches across 1,200+ schools by sport, division, and location.

Check scholarship eligibility

See how your GPA, scores, and sport line up with NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA paths.

Draft & send recruiting emails

Generate personalized coach outreach and send it without leaving the chat.

View your profile & alerts

Pull up your recruiting profile and recent alerts in seconds.

See your email stats

Track opens, replies, and outreach progress on demand.

Search & view athletes (coaches)

For coaches: search athlete profiles and review candidate details.

What are the AthlyAI skills?

AthlyAI skills are ready-made recruiting workflows you trigger by name inside your AI assistant. Four skills cover the core recruiting journey — finding coaches, drafting outreach, planning your week, and checking eligibility — each one orchestrating the underlying AthlyAI tools so you get a complete result from a single ask.

Ready-to-paste AthlyAI skills

Copy any prompt below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI chat with the AthlyAI connector enabled. The assistant replies in your language.

find_my_coaches

Find college coaches that fit your sport, division, and goals.

Prompt

Using the AthlyAI connector, find college coaches that fit my sport, division, and goals. Show name, school, division, and email in a clean table.

draft_coach_outreach

Draft a personalized recruiting email to a specific coach.

Prompt

Using the AthlyAI connector, draft a recruiting email to [COACH NAME] at [SCHOOL] using my AthlyAI template and my real profile data. Show me the finished email to approve before sending.

batch_outreach_plan

Plan and draft ready-to-review emails for your top coaches at once.

Prompt

Using the AthlyAI connector, build me an outreach plan for [SPORT] [DIVISION] coaches: pick the top 5, and for each draft a ready-to-review email filled with my real profile data (no placeholders).

weekly_recruiting_plan

Build your recruiting plan for the week.

Prompt

Using the AthlyAI connector, build my recruiting plan for this week — who to email, what profile fields to improve, and which coaches to follow up on.

scholarship_check

Check your NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA scholarship eligibility.

Prompt

Using the AthlyAI connector, check my NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA scholarship eligibility and tell me my concrete next steps.

profile_gaps

See exactly what's missing to make your profile recruitable.

Prompt

Using the AthlyAI connector, review my AthlyAI profile and list exactly what's missing to be recruitable, in priority order.

Best practices for AI-assisted recruiting

Get the most out of the AthlyAI MCP by letting the AI do the heavy lifting while you stay in control of what gets sent.

Check your profile first

Run profile_gaps before outreach so coaches see a complete, strong profile.

Let the agent draft, you review

Have the AI draft emails with draft_coach_outreach, read every one, and only then send.

Use outreach_plan for batches

Planning a round of emails? outreach_plan sequences who to contact and how, instead of one-off messages.

Plan your week

Run weekly_recruiting_plan to stay consistent — consistency is what gets athletes recruited.

Who is it for?

The AthlyAI MCP is for student-athletes pursuing US college sports scholarships and for college coaches who want to find talent. Athletes use it to research coaches and run their outreach from any AI assistant; coaches use it to search and review athlete profiles. It is built for athletes and coaches worldwide.

Is it free, and how do credits work?

Connecting the AthlyAI MCP is free, and there is a free AthlyAI plan. Reading actions — searching coaches, checking eligibility, viewing your profile — don't cost credits. Actions that cost credits inside the app, like sending recruiting emails, use credits the same way when an AI assistant performs them for you.

Frequently asked questions

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