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This guide is for people who already use Spinnable and want to try Spinnable ID with a worker they’ve hired.

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Why do this

Until now, every Spinnable worker ran on the Spinnable engine. We build and run the engine that does their thinking, planning and writing, and their work uses Work Credits from your Spinnable plan. Now a worker can run on a different engine: your own Claude or ChatGPT plan.

Far fewer Work Credits

The thinking happens on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for. The worker’s replies run on your plan, so they use far fewer Work Credits.

Same worker

They keep their name, face, email address, WhatsApp, memory and conversations. People who work with them notice no change.

Reach them from Claude or ChatGPT

Add Spinnable ID to Claude or ChatGPT, then just say “Ask Léa to email the supplier”, and they do it. Claude or ChatGPT can also share what it knows about you, so your worker starts from it.

Switch back any time

Move the worker back to the Spinnable engine in the same place, whenever you like.
Engines are in beta. After a switch, the worker’s replies may read a little differently or take longer. If something doesn’t work as expected, switch back to Spinnable.

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Before you start

  • You’ve already hired the worker, and you’re their owner or a co-manager.
  • You have a Claude or ChatGPT plan.
  • For ChatGPT: you can turn on device code sign-in in your ChatGPT settings. On a ChatGPT Business or Enterprise plan, an admin of that plan has to turn it on.
There are three parts:
  1. Change the worker’s engine. The worker thinks with your Claude or ChatGPT plan.
  2. Add Spinnable ID to Claude or ChatGPT. You can reach the worker from inside Claude or ChatGPT.
  3. Share what Claude or ChatGPT knows about you. The worker starts from what your AI already knows, instead of from scratch.
Part 1 and Part 2 each work on their own. Part 3 needs Part 2.

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Part 1: Change the worker’s engine

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Open the worker's engine settings

In the Spinnable app, open the worker. Open the ⋮ menu at the top right and choose Engine.
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Choose ChatGPT

Under Choose the engine your worker works with, select ChatGPT, then click Switch to ChatGPT to confirm.
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Click Connect

The panel shows ChatGPT plan: Not connected. Click Connect. A window opens with four steps.
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Turn on device code sign-in in ChatGPT

Open chatgpt.com/settings/security in a browser such as Chrome or Safari. The ChatGPT app doesn’t show this setting. If the app opens instead, copy the link and paste it in your browser.On the Security and login page, scroll to App security at the bottom and turn on Enable device code sign-in for Codex, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
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Copy your code

Back in Spinnable, click Copy code.
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Paste the code in ChatGPT and approve

Click Open ChatGPT. Choose your account and workspace, paste the code and click Continue. ChatGPT confirms you’re signed in.Paste the code only on that page: it connects your worker to your ChatGPT plan.
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Wait for Connected

The Spinnable window updates on its own. This can take up to two minutes, so keep the page open. When it’s done, the panel shows ChatGPT plan: Connected.
ChatGPT says device codes are off? Go back to the settings page and check the toggle is on. It only appears in the browser, not in the app.

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Check it works

Send the worker a message, for example “Hi, how are you?”. When the reply comes back, the worker is thinking with your Claude or ChatGPT plan.

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Part 2: Add Spinnable ID to Claude or ChatGPT

This lets Claude or ChatGPT talk to your worker. You can be in a chat and say “Ask Léa to send me an email saying hi”, and Léa sends it from her own address. Each connection reaches one worker. To reach another worker, add another connection.
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Open Plugins

In the ChatGPT app, open Customize, then Plugins.
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Add a custom MCP server

Click Add at the top right and choose Add custom MCP server. Fill in:
  • Name: Spinnable ID
  • Server URL: https://connect.spinnable.id
  • Authentication: OAuth
3

Create it

Tick I understand and want to continue, then click Create as a plugin.
4

Connect and pick your worker

Click Connect. A Spinnable page opens: ChatGPT wants a Spinnable ID. Sign in to Spinnable if asked.Under Pick the worker ChatGPT takes on, tick the worker and approve. Workers that run on Claude or ChatGPT are listed first. You then go back to ChatGPT.

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Check it works

In a new chat, ask: “Ask Léa to send me an email saying hi” (use your worker’s name). The first time, Claude or ChatGPT asks for permission to use the Spinnable ID tool. Choose Allow once, or Always allow so it stops asking. A moment later, the email arrives from your worker’s own address.

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Part 3: Share what Claude or ChatGPT knows about you

Claude and ChatGPT already know a lot about you: what you’re working on, your preferences, the people you deal with. Your worker has their own memory and doesn’t see your Claude or ChatGPT chats. So share that context once, and your worker starts from it.
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Ask Claude or ChatGPT to share it

In a new chat, ask for it in your own words, for example:“Sync my memories from ChatGPT to Léa in Spinnable.”“Share with Léa what I’m working on, so Léa knows it.”
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Approve the request

Claude or ChatGPT asks for permission to use the Spinnable ID tool. Check what it’s about to share, then allow it. It only shares what you give or approve in that chat.
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Your worker picks it up

Claude or ChatGPT confirms it’s done. If you talk to your worker on WhatsApp, they message you there with what they took from it, and usually offer a first thing to do.
A ChatGPT chat. The person asks to sync memories from ChatGPT to Spinnable. ChatGPT uses the Spinnable ID tool and replies that it synced the relevant memories and context to Léa.

ChatGPT shares context with Léa through the Spinnable ID tool.

Do this again whenever something big changes, like a new project or a new role. Your worker adds it to what they already know.

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What you can ask from Claude or ChatGPT

Once connected, Claude or ChatGPT can:
  • Ask your worker about their tasks, your calendar or anything they track, or ask them to do something.
  • Send an email or a WhatsApp message from your worker’s own address or number.
  • Share context from your chat, so your worker knows what you’re working on.
  • Tell your worker something to remember about you.

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What changes, and what doesn’t

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Switch back or disconnect

Open the worker’s ⋮ menu, then Engine:
  • Switch back: select Spinnable and confirm. This signs the worker out of your Claude or ChatGPT plan.
  • Disconnect: click Disconnect to remove the sign-in but keep the engine. Scheduled work stops until a manager connects again, and the owner gets one email a day about it. Files and memory don’t change.
To remove the connection from Claude or ChatGPT, delete the Spinnable ID connector or plugin there.

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Troubleshooting

A worker can’t change engine in the middle of a reply. Wait a moment and try again.
Open chatgpt.com/settings/security in a web browser, not the ChatGPT app. On a Business or Enterprise plan, ask your ChatGPT admin to turn it on.
You can connect workers you own or co-manage. Check you signed in to Spinnable with the same account you use in the app.
Still stuck? Email support@spinnable.id.