Shared lists in ChatGPT

Ask for a shopping list, a packing list or a potluck sign-up sheet, and get back a link. Send it to anyone — they open it in a browser and can edit it straight away, with no account and no assistant of their own.

What you can ask for

• “Make me a shared grocery list with milk, eggs and coffee, and give me the link.”
• “Add what we've run out of, and check off what I already picked up.”
• “Which anonylist lists do I have, and what's on the camping one?”
• “Set up a potluck sign-up sheet with slots for a main, two sides and a dessert.”
• “Add ‘pick up the cake’ for 2pm on Saturday, and give me a calendar feed to subscribe to.”

Add it to ChatGPT by hand

Roughly a minute, and you only do it once.

1. Turn on Developer mode. In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and switch on Developer mode. If you can't see it, your account or workspace policy may not allow it yet — that's on OpenAI's side, and the directory listing will remove this step entirely.
2. Add the connector. Go to Plugins, press +, and paste this URL — including the /mcp at the end:
   https://anonylist.app/mcp Copy
3. Sign in. You'll be asked to connect an anonylist account — sign in with Google, or with an email and password if you have one. This is the only account involved anywhere: the people you share lists with still need nothing.
4. Choose what it may do. Reading and writing are ticked for you. Deleting is offered switched off — leave it that way unless you want it, and change your mind later on your account page.
5. Use it. Start a conversation, enable the connector from the tools menu, and ask for a list.

What's free, and what isn't

Making a list, renaming it, adding items and checking them off are free. Sections, notes, sign-up sheets, dates and deleting rows come with anonylist Pro — $10 a year. Reach for one without it and the connector says so plainly rather than quietly doing something else.

What it deliberately won't do

• It can't reorder rows, set a password, or claim a custom address. Those stay in your hands, in the app.
• It can't delete anything unless you allow it, and there's no tool that empties a list — deletion takes explicit rows, twenty at a time at most.
• It can only reach lists you point it at. A list's URL is the only key there is.

Questions

Is anonylist in the ChatGPT plugin directory yet?

Not yet — it's going through review. Until it's listed you can add the connector yourself in Developer mode, which is the same server doing the same things; the listing only removes the setup steps.

Do the people I share a list with need ChatGPT?

No. They open an ordinary web link on any phone or computer and can add items and tick things off straight away, with no account, no app and no assistant of their own.

Do I need to pay for anonylist to use it in ChatGPT?

No. Making a list, renaming it, adding items and checking them off are free. Sections, notes, sign-up sheets and deleting rows need anonylist Pro, which is $10 a year.

Can ChatGPT delete things from my list?

Only if you allow it. The permission screen offers deletion switched off, and you can turn it on or back off at any time from your anonylist account page. There's no tool that empties a whole list.

Or just make one

You don't need any of this to start. A list is a link, and one tap makes it.

Start a shared list

Using Claude instead? Add anonylist to Claude — same connector, different setup steps.