Request for early access to MCP App publishing (fully working app)
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March 21, 2026
Hi,
I’ve built a fully functional ChatGPT App using a custom MCP server hosted at:
The app is already working end-to-end inside ChatGPT (DEV mode) and includes:
- OAuth authentication via Auth0 (RS256 JWT validation)
- MCP tools (search_restaurants)
- Interactive UI widget rendered inside ChatGPT
- NLP-based query interpretation (e.g. “where to eat ceviche” → category mapping)
- MongoDB backend with real restaurant data
Full flow: User → Widget → MCP → NLP → MongoDB → structured results → ChatGPT UI
The application is deployed on a public domain and fully operational.
I’m currently using ChatGPT Plus and would like to request early access to the app publishing / review flow to submit it to the directory.
Happy to provide a demo or any additional details if needed.
Thanks!
Example of the app running inside ChatGPT (DEV mode).
First image shows successful restaurant results retrieved from MongoDB after NLP-based query interpretation. Second image shows the fallback case when no results are found.
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