Use AskCradle inside your AI assistant

Already ask Claude, ChatGPT or another AI assistant about your baby? Connect AskCradle and it will answer from our reviewed guides, link you to the page it used, and check urgent questions first. It takes about two minutes. No sign-in, no membership, and nothing about you or your child is stored. The connection is read-only: the assistant can read the guides, not change anything.

The one thing you need: this address

https://www.askcladle.com/mcp

Assistants call this a connector, a custom connector or a remote MCP server. They all mean the same thing. If a step asks about sign-in or authentication, choose none.

Claude (claude.ai, the desktop app and the phone app)

On claude.ai or in the desktop app, open Settings and then Connectors.
Choose Add custom connector.
Name it AskCradle and paste the address above. Select Add.
In a new chat, open the tools menu (the + or sliders button) and make sure AskCradle is switched on.

Connectors you add on the web also work in the Claude phone app. Some plans limit how many custom connectors you can add.

ChatGPT

Open Settings and then Apps & Connectors (on some plans, Connectors).
If you don't see a button to add your own, open Advanced settings and turn on Developer mode.
Choose Create, name it AskCradle, paste the address above, and set authentication to No authentication.
In a chat, pick AskCradle from the tools or + menu.

Which ChatGPT plans can add custom connectors changes from time to time; if your plan can't, use the no-setup option below.

Other assistants

Any assistant or app that supports MCP connectors can use the same address: look for "add a connector", "add an MCP server" or "custom tools" in its settings. Muse connects through its MCP connector flow: add https://www.askcladle.com/mcp as a remote MCP server.

No setup at all

If your assistant can read web pages, just tell it: "Use the guides at askcladle.com/llms.txt to answer, and link the page you used." Every guide also has a plain-text copy: add .md to the end of any guide's address.

Then try asking

Using AskCradle, how do I pace a bottle feed for my 3-week-old?
Should I wake my newborn to feed? She's 6 days old.
My baby lost 8% of his birth weight. Is that normal?
What questions should I bring to the 4-month checkup?
My toddler only eats crackers. What does AskCradle suggest?

The assistant will answer in its own words, say it's from AskCradle and link the guide.

What the connector does

Four tools, all reading the reviewed guide library:

search_guides — find the guides that match a parent’s question.
read_guide — read one guide in full, with its when-to-call line and sources.
list_guides — list every guide, by stage: pregnancy, newborn, baby, toddler, preschool, family.
get_help — check whether a message needs urgent help, and who to call.

If a message could be urgent — a fever in a young baby, trouble breathing, something swallowed, heavy bleeding, warning signs in pregnancy — the assistant is told to check get_help first and lead its reply with who to call. That is part of the connector, not an option.

For developers: Claude Desktop config and Claude Code

It speaks MCP over HTTPS (Streamable HTTP). It is free, public and read-only. In Claude Desktop you can also add it by hand: open Settings → Developer → Edit Config and add this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "askcradle": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.askcladle.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Save the file and restart Claude Desktop. In Claude Code, from a terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http askcradle https://www.askcladle.com/mcp

AskCradle publishes it to the official MCP Registry as io.github.pdhimal1/askcradle, so apps and directories that read the registry can find it by name. To try the tools without an assistant, open the MCP Inspector and connect to the address above with the Streamable HTTP transport.

Questions

Is the AskCradle connector free?

Yes. It is free, needs no account or sign-in, and has no paid tier. The guides it reads are the same free guides on askcladle.com.

What does AskCradle see when my assistant uses it?

Only the search words or message the assistant sends to look up a guide. Cradle answers from its guides and keeps nothing; see the privacy page for the hosting provider's standard request logs.

Can the connector change anything or post for me?

No. All four tools are read-only: they search, list and read the guides and check for urgent questions. Nothing is written, sent or bought.

Is it medical advice?

No. AskCradle is general information for parents and can't examine a child. The assistant is asked to link the guide it used and to tell you when a guide says to call your doctor, midwife or emergency services.

Also useful

llms.txt — the whole library as an index for AI assistants, with a link to every guide.
Using AI for parenting questions — what AI assistants are good and bad at, and how to keep your family's details private.
When to call — who to call and the warning signs, for people rather than assistants.

Cradle is general information, not medical advice, and it can’t examine a child. An assistant using it should say so, link the guide, and tell the parent to call their doctor, midwife or emergency services when a guide says to. Menu names in Claude and ChatGPT change now and then; if a step doesn't match, look for "Connectors" in settings. Something not working, or a guide that needs fixing? Contact us.