Pricewatcha in Claude & ChatGPT

Connect Pricewatcha to your AI assistant and ask about prices in plain language. You can search products, track shop URLs and view price history, no Pricewatcha account required and nothing to install locally. The Pricewatcha connector for Claude is approved by Anthropic and listed in the official Connector Directory; the Pricewatcha plugin for ChatGPT is approved by OpenAI and available in the official Plugins store.

What you can do

• You can search for products, for example refurbished iPhones below a target price you define.
• You can track a shop URL to start automatic price monitoring for that product.
• You can ask for price history to see trends and the current price over time.
• You can check the status of ongoing track jobs when capture takes a little longer.

Setup in Claude

The Pricewatcha connector is approved by Anthropic and listed in the official Connector Directory. These steps apply to Claude.ai in the browser and to the Claude desktop app, the flow is the same in both.

1. Select Connectors under Customize in the left sidebar, or go directly to claude.ai/new#settings/customize-connectors.
2. Click Add and choose Browse connectors to open the Connector Directory.

3. Search for Pricewatcha and select the Community connector.

4. Open the Pricewatcha listing and click Connect. On first connect, Claude may briefly prompt you to complete OAuth sign-in.

5. Pricewatcha then appears in your connector list, with read-only tools such as search_products and get_price_history, plus write tools such as track_product and create_price_alert.
6. Optionally, open Tool permissions in the connector settings and choose when Claude may call tools. For everyday price checks, Always allow on read-only tools works well; for track_product, pick what fits your comfort level.

Setup in ChatGPT

The Pricewatcha plugin is approved by OpenAI and available in the official Plugins store. You install it directly from there.

1. Open Plugins in the ChatGPT sidebar and search for Pricewatcha.

2. Open the Pricewatcha listing and click Install plugin.

3. Confirm the connection on the authorization screen with Connect Pricewatcha. ChatGPT may briefly open a Pricewatcha sign-in page to complete OAuth.

Example prompts

• “Find me a refurbished iPhone 15 Pro under €550.”
• “Track this product URL and show me the price history.”
• “Search for Samsung Galaxy S24 refurbished and compare the cheapest offers.”

MCP server URL

Pricewatcha provides a remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) endpoint. In Claude, Pricewatcha is listed in the Connector Directory, you do not need to paste a URL. In ChatGPT, Pricewatcha is available as an approved plugin in the Plugins store (see above). The URL is useful if you connect other MCP clients.

Common questions