The GroupApp MCP lets you run your community by asking an AI assistant in plain language. It works with any assistant that supports MCP (Model Context Protocol), such as Claude and ChatGPT. This page lists what you can do in each part of GroupApp.
Connect GroupApp to your AI assistant and sign in as the community owner or an admin.
Ask in plain language, for example: "Create a members-only event next Tuesday at 6pm and remind everyone who RSVPs an hour before."
Review the preview. Before anything changes, the assistant shows exactly what will change: which items, which members, what they will see or receive.
Confirm. Nothing is created, changed, sent or removed until you say yes. The assistant then makes the change and reads it back so you can see the result.
Reading information (lists, reports, member details) never changes anything and needs no confirmation.
Good to know
The assistant can only reach communities you have connected, with the permissions you approved when connecting.
When GroupApp adds new features to the MCP, they appear in your assistant automatically. You don't need to reconnect.
Some things are still done in the GroupApp app, such as uploading files and taking payments. They are listed at the end of this page.
Create and run channels, control who can see them, and post on your community's behalf.
Find and review
List and search channels by name, with each channel's description, status, visibility and member count
See a channel's members, how each one got access, and when they were added
Check why a specific member can or can't see a channel
Review a channel's full access and settings in one view
Create and edit
Create a channel with a name, description and access level
Rename it or change its description
Upload or change the channel image, and set an emoji icon (a pasted emoji works)
Customize the channel URL
Assign a category, and create or edit channel categories
Archive a channel (posts are hidden, members and settings are kept) or restore it
Access
Set access to Open, Private, by subscription plan or by segment, and switch between them
Add or remove plans and segments without replacing the ones already there
Set public, community or restricted visibility
Add or remove members one by one, or in bulk by plan, segment, role or status
Set up a lock screen with your own message, button and link
Settings
Layout (Feed, List or Card) and the default view
Show or hide the Discussions, Events and Courses views
Who can post: admins only, admins and moderators, or all members
Post moderation, auto-join, member count, and leaving the channel out of the weekly digest
Require post titles or cover images, hide cover images, and turn off comments and reactions
Posts and conversations
List and search posts, with comment and like counts
Publish a text post, edit it, or schedule it for later
Cancel or resume a scheduled post
Read comments and reactions, and reply to a post or a comment
Example prompts
"Create a private channel called Founders Circle and add everyone in the VIP segment."
"Why can't Amara see the Mastermind channel?"
"Schedule a welcome post in Introductions for Monday at 9am."
Good to know: posts are text only. Add images, files or video to a post in the app.
Build self-paced and cohort courses, sell them, and follow how learners are doing.
Find and review
List and search courses with type, access, visibility, status, and lesson and enrolment counts
Read a course's outline: sections, lessons, lesson types and what's published
See a learner's progress (percentage, current lesson, completed lessons) and recorded activity
Export a course's enrolments as a CSV, emailed to you
Create and build
Create a course draft as self-paced or cohort, with a cover image and thumbnail
Edit the title, summary and description
Add sections and lessons, write lesson content, and publish or unpublish lessons
Set drip schedules (release lessons after a number of days) and write the drip-release emails
Add a YouTube, Vimeo or Wistia intro video
Add presenters: community members or your own named presenters
Assign categories and link community channels to a course
Duplicate a course (sections, lessons, presenters and images are copied)
Customize the course URL
Access and pricing
Set access to free, one-time fee, subscription plan or segment, and switch between them
Create offers, including hidden ones, with benefits
Show or hide a price, and choose public, member or restricted visibility
Set up the lock screen and its call-to-action button
Choose who can join a course's events: students only, or the event's own access level
Cohorts
Create a cohort with start and end dates, an enrolment deadline and a capacity
Choose where its curriculum comes from, and whether to show seats remaining
Assign instructors (owners, admins or course moderators) and link channels
Set cohort prices, and set drip schedules for a cohort
Close or reopen a cohort
Learners and settings
Enrol or unenrol members, choosing the cohort for cohort courses
Turn on moderation, turn off drip emails, require post titles or cover images, and turn off comments and reactions
Learning pathways
Create and edit learning pathways, add courses to them, and set the pathway cover
Example prompts
"Create a self-paced course called Copywriting Basics with three sections and two lessons each."
"Release each section 7 days after enrolment."
"How far along is Cassandra in Understand Your YouTube Analytics?"
Good to know
Image sizes: course cover 1014×330, thumbnail 345×255, pathway cover 1014×330.
Drip can only be turned on once a section has a published lesson, the same as in the app.
An existing offer's amount can't be changed. Create a new offer instead.
Set up free or ticketed events, invite members and remind attendees.
Find and review
List and search events by title, status or date
Read an event's details, status, access, capacity and recurrence
See attendees and RSVP counts
Create and edit
Create an event draft with title, description, start and end time
Set it online (with a meeting link) or in person (with a location)
Set public or members-only visibility, a capacity and a custom URL
Upload or change the cover image
Make it recurring: daily, weekdays, weekly, every two weeks, or monthly (by date or by weekday), and edit the pattern later
Publish or unpublish it
Access and tickets
Make an event free or priced, and add ticket prices
Set each ticket's name, description, benefits and who can see it, without changing its amount
Limit an event to certain subscription plans or segments
Attendees, invitations and reminders
RSVP members to a free event, or cancel their RSVP
Invite specific members or a whole segment, and cancel pending invitations
Schedule email reminders (minutes, hours or days before) with your own subject and message, or cancel them
Check invitation and reminder records: when each one was sent and whether the mail system accepted it
Example prompts
"Create a members-only Zoom workshop on 12 November, 6–7pm, with 25 seats."
"Invite the VIP segment to the workshop and remind everyone who RSVPs an hour before."
"Make Founders Office Hours repeat every two weeks for 6 sessions."
Good to know
Event cover images: 1010×320.
Invitations go out within about 15 minutes. RSVPs added this way get the same confirmation email as in the app.
Records show an email as sent, not as delivered to the inbox. Delivery confirmation is coming.
Charging attendees and issuing refunds stay in the app.
Create library resources, fill them with articles, embeds and videos, and control who can open them.
Find and review
List and search library items by title, type, access or publication status
Read an item's title, description, entries, prices and settings
See who has been given direct access, and check why a member can or can't open an item
See recorded views for an item
Create and edit
Create a library resource as a video, audio, PDF, article or embed item
Add, edit, remove and reorder entries inside an item: articles (with formatting), embeds (paste the embed code or a link) and web videos (YouTube, Vimeo or Wistia links)
Add a cover image to any entry
Edit the title, summary and description, and upload a thumbnail
Assign categories and customize the item's URL
Publish or unpublish an item
Access and pricing
Set access to free, priced, subscription plan or segment
Add or remove plans and segments without replacing the existing ones
Add a one-time price (existing prices stay as they are), choose the default price, and show, hide or turn off a price
Set public, member or restricted visibility
Give or remove a member's direct access
Example prompts
"Create an article called Writing Hooks That Work and add an entry with this text."
"Make the Templates bundle available to the Pro Plan only."
"Who has direct access to The Ultimate Twitter Growth Guide?"
Good to know
Image sizes: library thumbnail 315×225, entry cover 695×254.
Uploading video, audio or PDF files is done in the app.
Draft, schedule and send channel posts and emails from the Schedule dashboard.
Find and review
Search the whole Schedule dashboard: post and email drafts, scheduled items and everything already sent
Filter by type and status (draft, scheduled, cancelled, sent or published)
Read any item, including past emails and posts with their content, audience and send time
See recipient counts and each recipient's send record
Posts
Create a post draft, save it unfinished and pick it up later
Write rich content: bold, italics, lists, links, line breaks and @mentions of members
Choose the channel, the title, the cover image (from images already in GroupApp) and who it posts as (an owner or admin)
Turn the broadcast notification on or off
Publish now, or schedule it for a date and time
Edit a scheduled post, cancel it, or resume a cancelled one
Rename a dashboard item without changing the post title, or duplicate it
Emails
Create an email draft with a subject, rich content and an audience (for example a segment)
Preview the email, or send yourself a test
Send it now or schedule it for later
Example prompts
"Draft a post for Product Updates announcing the new course, posting as Romo, for Friday at 10am."
"Email the Internal Team segment a reminder about Thursday's call. Send me a test first."
"What's scheduled to go out next week?"
Good to know
To stop an email that's already scheduled, unschedule it in the app.
Recipient records show when an email was sent, not whether it reached the inbox.
Add a new cover image in the app first; it can then be picked here.
Write, schedule and publish newsletters, and decide who can read them.
Find and review
List published, scheduled and draft newsletters
Read a newsletter's full content and settings
Before you publish, see exactly who it will reach: visibility, access, plans or segments, whether email goes out, and the weekly email limit
Create and edit
Create a newsletter draft with rich formatting (headings, bold, italics, lists, links)
Set the author, cover image, URL and summary
Publish it now, schedule it, or unschedule it
Edit a newsletter, unpublish it, or delete it permanently
Access and settings
Set access to open or by segment, and visibility to public, community or hidden
Turn on "Subscribe to keep reading"
Set up a lock screen with a title, instructions and button
Close commenting
Example prompts
"Draft this month's newsletter with these three sections, with Cassandra as author."
"Schedule it for Tuesday at 8am, community members only."
Good to know: deleting a newsletter is permanent, and the assistant warns you before it does.
Look up members, manage their access, and group them into segments.
Find and review members
Search members by name or email, and filter by plan, segment, role, status or days inactive
See a member's full profile: plan, subscription, segments, courses, channels, events and last activity
See a member's activity totals (posts, comments, visits) and recorded purchases
Check what a member can access, and why
Check a member's subscription status, and list your leads
Manage members
Add new members, optionally on a free plan
Invite people by email, list pending invitations, and revoke them
Add or remove members from channels, courses, events and library items
Block or unblock a member, or remove them from the community
Cancel a member's subscription (no refund is issued)
Send a member a direct message
Read, create, edit and delete custom profile fields
Segments
List and search segments, and see each one's members, when they were added, and whether they were added by hand or by a rule
Search members within a segment, and check whether a member is in one
Create a segment, edit its name and description, or delete it permanently
Add or remove members by hand, one by one or in bulk
Set automatic rules by role, plan and days inactive (all must match), see who would be added or removed before you apply them, or clear the rules
Rule-based segments refresh on their own
Use segments for channel, course, event, library and newsletter access, event invitations and email audiences
Example prompts
"Who hasn't been active in 90 days?"
"Create a segment of everyone on the Pro Plan and show me who would be in it."
"Invite [email protected] to the community."
Good to know
Removing a member, cancelling a subscription and sending direct messages each need their own permission, which you approve when connecting.
Paid plans can't be given to a member this way. Members join paid plans through checkout.
Set up the plans people subscribe to and see who is on them.
Find and review
List all plans with price, currency, billing interval, status and position
Read a plan's settings, benefits, add-ons and segments, and copy its checkout link
List a plan's subscribers, filter members by plan, and see a member's plan
Check what a plan gives access to for a specific member
Create plans
Create free or paid plans, individual or group (with a minimum number of seats)
Set the price and currency, one-time or recurring billing, and the billing period (for example monthly, yearly or every 3 months)
Add a free trial on paid recurring plans, with or without asking for a card
Duplicate a plan
Edit plans
Change the name and description
Set and order the plan's benefits
Add courses and library items as optional or required add-ons
Add subscribers to a segment automatically
Turn off self-cancellation (with your own message) and set a page to send people to after purchase
Collect billing addresses and tax IDs
Activate, hide or disable a plan, and change the order plans appear in
Give a member a free plan
Example prompts
"Create a $29 monthly plan called Inner Circle with a 7-day free trial and three benefits."
"Add the Copywriting Basics course as an optional add-on to Inner Circle."
"Move Inner Circle to the top of the plan list."
Good to know
Like in the app, a plan's price, currency, billing period, type (individual or group) and trial are set when it's created and can't be changed later. Create a new plan or duplicate it instead.
New plans start disabled. Activate them when you're ready.
Only add published courses and library items as add-ons. The MCP doesn't stop you adding a draft yet.
Shape what new and existing members see when they arrive, and how your community looks.
About page
Change the banner image, tagline, description and video (YouTube, Vimeo or Wistia)
Show or hide the member count and pricing
Add, edit, reorder and delete FAQs
Onboarding
Turn the welcome screen on or off, edit its title, description and video, and choose whether all members or only new members see it
Turn the introduction step on or off, edit its title and description, pick the introductions channel, and choose who sees it
Set which default profile fields are asked at sign-up, required, or shown on profiles
Edit the welcome email (sent when a membership request is approved) and the invitation email
Where people land
Choose the default page for members, new members, logged-in non-members and logged-out visitors: a channel or a menu tab (Home, Feed, Courses, Library, Newsletter, Events)
New members can also land on the About page, and logged-out visitors can be sent to a landing page or another website
Home page
Turn the customized Home page on or off
Edit the announcement card: title, formatted text and image
Show or hide the member channels, new members, suggested content and upcoming events sections
Choose how many days of new members and upcoming events to show (7, 12 or 28)
Add, remove and reorder suggested content
Branding
Upload the community cover image, logo and favicon
Pick a theme preset, set your own brand color, or switch the theme style
Reset branding to the default
Show or hide menu items: Feed, Courses, Library, Newsletter, Events, Messages, Profile, Invite, People and Billing
Example prompts
"Turn on the welcome screen for new members with this video."
"Send new members to the Courses tab when they join."
"Change our brand color to #0E5EC2 and hide the Newsletter tab."
Good to know
Image sizes: About banner 1040×334, Home announcement image 695×254.
Logged-in non-members and logged-out visitors land on the About page by default.
Videos you uploaded in the app can't be put back through the MCP. Re-select them in the app.
Work through membership requests, posts waiting for approval and flagged content.
Review
See the full moderation queue and its counts: membership requests, pending posts, and flagged posts and newsletter comments
Open any item to read its full text, author and channel
Read a membership applicant's profile, requested plan and screening answers
Take action
Approve or decline membership requests
Approve or reject posts waiting for approval
Keep or remove flagged content
Handle several items in one go, with every decision listed for you to check before it runs
Example prompts
"What's waiting in the moderation queue?"
"Approve the membership requests that answered the screening question, and show me the rest."
Good to know
Removing content can't be undone.
Declining a paid membership request cancels the subscription without a refund. The assistant warns you first.
Ask for the numbers on your Analytics dashboard, for any date range, without building a report.
Growth and engagement
Total members, new members, active members, posts, comments, visits, membership requests and direct messages
Visits split by Web, iOS and Android
Several metrics in one question, for any date range (last 7, 28 or 60 days, or your own dates)
The change from the previous period, as a number and a percentage, like the dashboard
This week compared with last week
Day-by-day trends for members, active members, posts, comments, visits, membership requests and direct messages
Members
The Members Activity table: posts, comments and visit days per member, searchable and sortable
A single member's activity totals
Courses, library, newsletters and landing pages
Enrolments per course, course completion bands, each learner's progress and completed lessons
Views and access per library item
Newsletter views, unique views, leads, comments and likes
Landing page views, unique views and leads
Search, sort and page through any of these tables
Example prompts
"How did September compare with August for active members and posts?"
"Which courses have the most learners stuck below 25%?"
"Show me daily visits for the last 28 days."
Good to know: date ranges use UTC, the same as the dashboard. Library view history starts from when view tracking began.
A few things are still done directly in GroupApp rather than through your AI assistant.
Payments: Charge members, issue refunds, and move a member to a paid plan
Library: Upload or replace video, audio and PDF files
Schedule: Unschedule an email that's already scheduled
Courses: Delete a learning pathway
Home page: Reorder the Home page sections
Everything else on this page can be done by asking your AI assistant. New capabilities are added regularly and show up in your assistant automatically.
