Connect your AI to Remove Special Characters

Free connector. No account, nothing to install.

Let your favourite AI assistant build cleaning profiles for you from a plain description. Connect it once, then just say what you want cleaned and it hands back a one-click install for the app. Nothing installs until you confirm it.

Easiest way

Just ask your favourite AI

Already have an AI assistant open? Paste this message into the chat. It connects itself and walks you through anything it needs, so there are no settings to hunt for.

Please connect to this MCP server so you can build text-cleaning profiles for me, then walk me through any steps: https://mcp.removespecialcharacters.app/mcp

Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Grok and any assistant that supports MCP connectors. No connector, or your assistant will not add one? Build a profile by chat instead, no setup needed.

Prefer to connect it yourself?

The connection URL

Every assistant below asks for the same thing: a custom HTTP (streamable) MCP server at this URL. Paste it wherever your assistant adds connectors.

https://mcp.removespecialcharacters.app/mcp

Chat assistants

Step by step, no install needed

Claude (desktop or web)

Open Settings, then Connectors.
Click Add custom connector.
Paste the connection URL and save.

ChatGPT

Open Settings, then Connectors.
Add a custom MCP server and paste the connection URL.
Custom connectors need a paid ChatGPT plan with connectors enabled.

Grok

Go to grok.com, then Connectors.
Choose New, then Custom.
Paste the connection URL and save.

Microsoft 365 Copilot: add it in Copilot Studio. Edit or create an agent, go to Tools, Add a tool, choose Model Context Protocol, then paste the connection URL. This route needs Copilot Studio.

Coding tools

For editors and CLIs

Claude Code

Run this once in your terminal:
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user removespecialcharacters https://mcp.removespecialcharacters.app/mcp

Cursor

Open Settings, then MCP, then Add new server.
Choose the http type and paste the connection URL.
Or click Add to Cursor inside the Windows app for a one-click add.

VS Code (Copilot agent)

Open the Command Palette and run MCP: Add Server.
Choose HTTP and paste the connection URL.
Or click Add to VS Code inside the Windows app.

Codex CLI

Run this once in your terminal:
codex mcp add removespecialcharacters --url https://mcp.removespecialcharacters.app/mcp

Gemini CLI

Add the server to your settings.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "removespecialcharacters": { "httpUrl": "https://mcp.removespecialcharacters.app/mcp" } } }

Windsurf

Add the server to mcp_config.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "removespecialcharacters": { "serverUrl": "https://mcp.removespecialcharacters.app/mcp" } } }

What happens next

Once it is connected

Describe the profile

Say something like "Build a profile that turns headings into filename-safe slugs and lowercases them." Plain words are enough.

It builds and hands it back

The assistant assembles the rules and returns a one-click install link that opens the Windows app to confirm.

You stay in control

Nothing is added without your OK. If the app is not installed, the link offers a download and a way to get it.

FAQ

Connecting your AI, answered

Is the AI profile builder free?

Yes. The connector is free, needs no account and installs nothing on your machine. It only helps an assistant you already use build a profile you then confirm in the app.

Does my text get sent to the AI?

No. The connector only helps the assistant assemble a profile (which rules to apply). The actual cleaning happens locally in the Windows app or in your browser on this site. The assistant never needs your real text to build the profile.

Do I need the Windows app?

You need the app to run the finished profile on a hotkey. When the assistant hands you an install link, it opens the app to confirm the profile. Do not have it yet? Get it on the Microsoft Store.

Which assistants work?

Any assistant that supports MCP connectors: Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot (via Copilot Studio), Grok, plus coding tools like Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and Windsurf. Any other MCP client works too: add a custom HTTP (streamable) server.

Back to the full text cleaner, or get the Windows app.