Connect a chatbot¶
You can use ARD directly from a chatbot to find tools, skills, MCP servers, and agents for a task — and decide what to install. The agenticresourcediscovery/connectors repository provides ready-made connectors for Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Gemini.
The connectors are client-side only. A discovery service such as Agent Finder exposes the search interface; the connector just points your chatbot at an endpoint you choose. Nothing is installed automatically.
What it does¶
Once connected, ask your chatbot to find a capability for a task. It will:
- Ask which Agent Finder endpoint(s) to search (you stay in control of where results come from).
- Query those endpoints.
- Present a ranked list of matching resources — name, type, description, publisher, endpoint, and relevance score (relevance only, not a trust or safety rating).
- Never auto-install. Only after you pick a result does it show you how to add that resource yourself.
Two ways to connect¶
- Skill — a portable instruction bundle that drives the flow over the HTTP
POST /searchinterface. Best for the quickest start. - MCP — add an Agent Finder remote MCP connector so the chatbot gets a native search tool, paired with the Skill for the behavior above.
On Claude Code, the skill installs in two commands (the connectors repo is a plugin marketplace):
/plugin marketplace add agenticresourcediscovery/connectors
/plugin install find-agentic-resources@ard-connectors
Per-platform setup¶
Pick your platform; each links to the exact files and steps.
| Platform | Skill | MCP connector | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | skill | remote MCP | Native remote connectors across claude.ai, Desktop, mobile |
| ChatGPT | skill | remote MCP | Skills + Developer-mode MCP are plan-gated |
| Microsoft Copilot | agent instructions | remote MCP | Copilot Studio / M365 Copilot or GitHub Copilot |
| Gemini | gem | remote MCP | MCP via Gemini CLI / API; the consumer app has neither |
Endpoints¶
There is no built-in default Agent Finder. You choose which discovery services
to trust by editing the connector's agent-finders.json — a list of endpoints it
presents and asks you to pick from. The shipped entries are placeholders; replace
them with discovery services you trust. The connector never queries an endpoint
you didn't choose.
See the connectors repository for the full instructions and the shared interaction contract.