Use Fairfolio with AI

Connect Fairfolio to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Gemini, then ask it to search 20,037 real ISEF and CWSF projects by meaning, not just keywords. Free, no account, no key.

Web setup ChatGPT (Web)

Open ChatGPT Plugins
Choose Create. If asked, turn on developer mode first.
Enter these details:

Name
Fairfolio

MCP server URL
https://fairfolio.org/mcp

Authentication
None
Select Scan tools, then Create.

Custom connectors need a paid ChatGPT plan.

Web setup Claude (Web)

Open Claude Connectors
Choose Add custom connector.
Name it Fairfolio and use this connector URL:
```
https://fairfolio.org/mcp
```
Select Add. Fairfolio will then be available from the connectors menu in a chat.

Web setup Grok (Web)

Open Grok Connectors
Choose New connector, then Custom.
Name it Fairfolio, leave authentication empty, and use this MCP server URL:
```
https://fairfolio.org/mcp
```
Grok scans the tools and adds Fairfolio to the connectors menu in a chat.

Custom connectors need a paid Grok plan.

Web setup Gemini (Web)

Open Gemini
Go to Settings & help, then Connected apps.
Under Custom apps for Spark, choose Add a custom app and paste this MCP server URL:
```
https://fairfolio.org/mcp
```
Select Next, then type @Fairfolio in a Spark task to use it.

What it can do

search_projects: Find projects by meaning, or browse by fair, year, category and award. Ask it “has anyone done my idea?” and it will actually answer.
get_project: The full record for one project: abstract, awards, competition history, source link.
find_similar_projects: Neighbours of a project you already found, by embedding similarity.
find_open_gaps: Topic-relevant CWSF projects and the students’ own “What’s Next?” sections as evidence for possible follow-up work.
corpus_stats: What the corpus actually covers, so an assistant does not guess.

Limits

30 requests per minute per address, and at most 25 projects per call.
500 calls a day without a token. Sign in to create a free token and send it as an Authorization: Bearer header for 5,000 a day — 10 times the anonymous limit.