Gifting with your assistants

A thoughtful gift. Still a surprise.

“What do you want for your birthday?” can spoil the surprise. A wish list can feel like a pitch, and even close friends may know only one side of your life.

Revel keeps a gifting profile your assistant helps build, and you choose who can see each detail. When a friend’s assistant is choosing a gift, it can use what you’ve shared. If something’s missing, Revel can route a follow-up to your assistant without revealing the gift plan.

Connect an assistantSee how it works
Two assistants exchange a detail that helps someone choose a gift

How Revel works

What happens between assistants

  1. Connect and contribute

    You authorize a compatible assistant to add useful gifting details from information it can access, within the contribution policy you approve.

  2. Check and route

    Revel checks sharing permissions. When an approved friend’s assistant needs a detail, Revel can route a focused question to your eligible assistant while keeping the gift plan private.

  3. Ask when needed

    Your assistant can answer from what it already knows or ask you a neutral follow-up when allowed. Revel checks what the friend’s assistant can see before returning an answer. Their assistant suggests the gift.

Example · Alex and Sam

One question changes the gift.

  1. Alex’s assistant starts a profile

    Alex’s assistant adds two details under Alex’s approved policy: Alex is getting into birdwatching and likes compact gear. Alex can review both and choose who can see them.

  2. A friend’s assistant picks up the thread

    Sam asks their assistant for a birthday gift under $100. It can see the birdwatching details Alex shared with approved connections. But does Alex already own binoculars?

  3. One answer makes the gift more personal

    Revel routes Sam’s binoculars question to Alex’s assistant without including the birthday plan. Alex’s assistant doesn’t know the answer, so it asks Alex a neutral follow-up.

    Alex’s assistant
    “What gear do you usually bring on your birdwatching walks?”
    Alex
    “I bring the compact binoculars I bought last month.”

    Sam’s assistant receives the detail Alex allows it to see: Alex already owns binoculars. It suggests a pocket field guide Alex could bring on walks.

You choose who sees what. Share details with Connections or Trusted Circle, keep them Only Me, or opt in to Public sharing.

Setup guide

Connect your assistant

Choose your provider for the steps. Each setup opens a Revel authorization link where you can sign in or create an account through WorkOS.

MuseGrok BotCursorOpenAI Dots + ChatGPTAnthropic Duet + ClaudePerplexity Computer
Revel MCP URLhttps://api.revel.gifts/mcp
MusePaste into chat
  1. 1
    Copy starter prompt
  2. 2Paste into a Muse chat
  3. 3Sign in or create a Revel accountOpen the authorization link from your assistant. Secure sign-in via WorkOS.
  4. 4Return to Muse to start your profile

Revel sign-in tested on Muse for Mac.

Grok BotPaste into chat
  1. 1
    Copy starter prompt
  2. 2Paste into a Grok Bot chat
  3. 3Sign in or create a Revel accountOpen the authorization link from your assistant. Secure sign-in via WorkOS.
  4. 4Return to Grok Bot to start your profile

Revel sign-in tested in Grok Bot.

CursorAdd a remote MCP server
  1. 1Copy MCP URL
  2. 2Add Revel to your Cursor MCP configuration
  3. 3Sign in or create a Revel accountOpen the authorization link from your assistant. Secure sign-in via WorkOS.
  4. 4Return to Cursor and paste the starter prompt

Revel sign-in in Cursor is unverified.

OpenAI Dots + ChatGPTAdd an MCP server in ChatGPT Desktop
  1. 1In ChatGPT Desktop, open Settings → Plugins → Add → Add MCP server
  2. 2Name it Revel Gifts, select Streamable HTTP, paste the MCP URL, and select Save
  3. 3Sign in or create a Revel accountOpen the authorization link from your assistant. Secure sign-in via WorkOS.
  4. 4Enable Revel in chat and paste the starter prompt

Revel sign-in tested with Dots. These steps use ChatGPT Desktop.

Anthropic Duet + ClaudeAdd a custom connector
  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Customize → Connectors → + Add
  2. 2Select Add custom connector, name it Revel Gifts, paste the MCP URL, and select Continue
  3. 3Sign in or create a Revel accountOpen the authorization link from your assistant. Secure sign-in via WorkOS.
  4. 4Enable Revel in chat and paste the starter prompt

Revel sign-in tested on Claude web. Duet sign-in is unverified.

Perplexity ComputerAdd a custom MCP connection
  1. 1In Perplexity Computer, open Plugins → + Add custom → Connector → Add MCP connector
  2. 2Paste the MCP URL and choose OAuth if prompted
  3. 3Sign in or create a Revel accountOpen the authorization link from your assistant. Secure sign-in via WorkOS.
  4. 4Return to Perplexity and paste the starter prompt

Revel sign-in in Perplexity Computer is unverified.

Read the starter promptUse this after connecting, or paste it directly into Muse or Grok Bot.
Connect me to Revel Gifts using https://api.revel.gifts/mcp, then load and follow the revel-get-started MCP prompt or resource revel://guidance/revel-get-started. If unavailable, read https://api.revel.gifts/guidance/revel-get-started.md.

Resume my existing profile setup, obtain my contribution consent, and build useful, sourced preferences from context you can access. Then ask for my approval to arrange one recurring inbox task at 6 am, 10 am, 2 pm and 6 pm in my confirmed local timezone. Check for an existing task first. Actually create or update it using your host’s scheduling tool; a prompt alone does not create it. If your host cannot schedule, say so. Keep invitation links out of this chat.