Yes. You approve access through a secure Pickleheads sign-in, and you can disconnect anytime. Email addresses and phone numbers never leave Pickleheads, and we don't store the contents of your conversations.

Tap Request Access and fill out the short form. We're rolling out access in waves, and you'll get an email with setup instructions as soon as it's your turn.

Connect Pickleheads to your favorite AI tool.

Q: What is the Pickleheads MCP?

It's a way to link your Pickleheads account to an AI tool like ChatGPT or Claude. Once they're linked, your AI can work with your Pickleheads games, groups, leagues, and tournaments right in the chat.

Q: Which AI tools does it work with?

ChatGPT, Claude, and any AI tool that supports MCP connectors.

Q: Can it actually do things, or just answer questions?

Both. It can answer anything about your account: your groups, sessions, rosters, leagues, standings, and results. Creating and managing things, like setting up a round robin, is rolling out next. Early access members get answers first, with creation following close behind.

Q: What can it see from my account?

Your groups, sessions and rosters, leagues and standings, competition results, teams, and your own profile and settings. It only sees what you can already see in the app.

Q: Does it cost anything?

No. Connecting your AI is included on every plan, including Free. Anything you create through it follows your plan's limits, the same as in the app.

Create games, round robins, leagues, and tournaments in seconds. Manage invites, check sign-ups, ask it anything.

Add to your favorite AI tool in a minute:

ChatGPT

Create a round robin for next Tuesday at 8pm.

Which group? You run three. And how many courts do you have at 8?

Tuesday Dinks. Three courts.

Your last four Tuesdays averaged 13 players on 3 courts and you ran Gauntlet each time. Same again, or something different this week?

Same.

Ready to create. Tuesday Dinks, Aug 18, 8:00pm, 3 courts, Gauntlet, 16 spots with a waitlist. Create it?

Setup in under a minute. Three simple steps.

Step 1

Pick your AI.

Set up ChatGPT and Claude in just one click. Anything else that speaks MCP takes one copied connector link.

Step 2

Sign in and approve access.

Same Pickleheads login you already use. You'll see what it can reach before you say yes, and you can cut it off any time.

Step 3

Ask it to create anything.

Your connected agent can create games and round robins, or even a whole league! Just describe it and answer any questions.

The Pickleheads MCP has been extensively tested with Claude and ChatGPT. Other MCP clients will most likely work.

Skip the setup form. Ask it anything.

Your AI can see your groups, your sessions, your formats, and everyone who's played with you. Anything you'd normally build by hand or dig for in exports, you can now just ask for.

Ask it to create

Describe it, and it gets built.

Create a round robin for next Tuesday at 8pm.

Make a session for 10 players between 3.5 and 4.5 DUPR

Build a ladder league running August 10 to October 15.

Help me set up my mini tournament for this Saturday.

Ask it anything

Get quick answers to hard questions

Who keeps dropping out of my sessions at the last minute?

Which members of my group haven't played in six months?

Who came to the most sessions last month?

Who's played with us but still hasn't joined my group?

Set yourself up for success on the court.

Running an effective pickleball event comes with a dozen small decisions. Your AI knows which questions to ask, so you're setup for success when you're out on the court.

ChatGPT

· Picking a format

I've got 10 players for this Saturday. One's a 3.5, four are over 4.0, the rest are around 4.0. Help me pick the right format.

How many courts, and how long do you have them?

Two courts, two hours.

With that spread I'd avoid random partners, your 3.5 will have a rough morning. Two options:

Gauntlet keeps games close by moving winners up. Everyone plays everyone eventually.

Fixed partners pairs the 3.5 with one of your 4.0-plus players so the teams even out.

Which sounds more like your group?

Gauntlet.

Saturday, 2 courts, 2 hours, Gauntlet with 10 players comes to 7 rounds. Want me to set it up?

ChatGPT

· Picking a format

I've got 10 players for this Sat. Most are at or above a 4.0, but one's a 3.5. What format would be best?

How many courts, and how long do you have them?

Two courts, two hours.

I'd go with Gauntlet, it keeps games close by moving winners up.

Or you could do a Fixed Partner format. What do you think?

Gauntlet.

Done. View your session →

Claude

· League or ladder?

Set up my ladder league starting August 10 through October 15.

First thing worth sorting out. Do your players come every week, or is it more come-when-you-can?

Come when you can. Maybe half of them on a given night.

Then a ladder is the right call, and you probably don't want that October end date. A ladder holds your spot: play well in August, disappear for three weeks, and you come back on roughly the same step. Run it open-ended instead?

Yeah, open-ended.

Which nights? Ladders work well with two or three a week since players pick what they can make.

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Ready to create. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Aug 10, no end date, Up and Down the River, step floor set so one bad night can't sink anyone. Create it?

Claude

· League or ladder?

Set up my ladder league starting August 10 through October 15.

Do your players come every week, or is it more come-when-you-can?

Come when you can.

Then a ladder is the right call! Most organizers run them with no end date because it holds a players step no matter when they return. Run it open-ended instead?

Great, let's do open-ended!

What day and time? Or run multiple each week and let players choose.

Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-8pm.

Done. View your weekly ladder →

Connect your favorite AI tool.

One minute to connect. Describe your ideal session. Watch it get built.

Questions, answers, and info

What is the Pickleheads MCP?

Which AI tools does it work with?

Can it actually do things, or just answer questions?

What can it see from my account?

Is my data safe?

Does it cost anything?

How do I get access?

What it can reach

It sees what you see and can do what you can do, using your account. With a few exceptions, for your privacy and peace of mind.

Pickleheads AI cannot and will not:

See anyone's email or phone number

Delete groups or lists

Send messages

Access anything payment related

You're in control

You're handing your personal AI the keys to your Pickleheads account. Always read what it proposes before you approve it.

You can easily disconnect the Pickleheads MCP any time from your AI tool's settings.

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