Make charts with ChatGPT, Claude and Claude Code

1. Connect MakeYourChart to your AI

MakeYourChart is an MCP connector, the standard way AI apps plug into other tools. There's no account or key to set up. Add this URL:

https://makeyourchart.com/mcp

Claude (web, desktop and mobile)

Open Customize → Connectors (on older versions, Settings → Connectors), click +, choose Add custom connector, name it MakeYourChart and paste the URL. Leave the advanced settings empty. Works on every plan, including Free. Team and Enterprise owners add it under Organization settings → Connectors.

ChatGPT

On chatgpt.com open Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings and turn on Developer mode (paid plans). Click Create, name it MakeYourChart, paste the URL and pick No authentication. In a chat, click +, choose Developer mode and switch MakeYourChart on.

Claude Code

Run this once in your terminal. Every project can then make charts.

claude mcp add --transport http makeyourchart https://makeyourchart.com/mcp

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Codex

Run this once in your terminal.

codex mcp add makeyourchart --url https://makeyourchart.com/mcp

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Cursor, Windsurf and other editors

Add this to the editor's MCP settings (in Cursor, ~/.cursor/mcp.json). VS Code uses "servers" in place of "mcpServers" and adds "type": "http".

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "makeyourchart": {
      "url": "https://makeyourchart.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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2. Ask for a chart

Say what you want to show and where the numbers are. The AI gathers and shapes the data, then sends back a link. Open it and the chart is already playing in the editor, ready to tweak and download as an MP4.

Public data

Make a bar chart race of the 10 most populous countries from 1960 to today using World Bank data. Add captions for China's one-child policy and India passing China.

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A file you attach

Here's our Stripe export. Make a running total of revenue by plan, by month, in our brand colors #FF5A1F and #111827.

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Your database (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor)

Query the orders table for revenue per product per month in 2025 and make a line race. Title it 2025 in one chart, square format for LinkedIn.

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A code repo

Go through this repo's git history and make a bar race of commits per contributor per month since the first commit.

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A web page

Turn the table on the Wikipedia page for the best-selling music artists into a ranking chart, with the source line.

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Charts from your own data

Coding assistants like Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can read the files in a project and run queries against a database you've given them access to. Ask for the chart and they write the query, run it and send the result to MakeYourChart. If you'd rather write the query yourself, return one row per date and item, like this, and paste the result into the editor:

-- one row per month and product: the editor reads Date, Name, Value directly
SELECT to_char(date_trunc('month', created_at), 'YYYY-MM') AS date,
       product_name AS name,
       sum(amount) AS value
FROM orders
GROUP BY 1, 2
ORDER BY 1;

A plain export works too. Lists of sales, sign-ups or donations with any number of columns are added up for you. See how to format your data for every layout the editor reads.

No connector? Copy this prompt

In any AI chat, including the free versions of ChatGPT and Claude, paste this prompt with your data (or a description of the data you want). Copy the table it sends back into the Data box in the editor.

Turn the data below into a CSV for an animated chart on makeyourchart.com.

Rules:
- First row is the header. First column is the time: years (2020), months (2024-03) or dates (2024-03-15).
- Then one column for each thing being compared (a country, a product, a person). Keep names short and spelled the same every time.
- Plain numbers only: no $, %, commas or units in the cells. Leave a cell empty if a value is missing. Never make numbers up.
- If there are no dates, use two columns: Name, Value.
- Keep the 5 to 15 most important items. Leave out totals and averages.
- Reply with only the CSV in one code block, then one line saying where the numbers come from.

Data: [paste your data or attach a file, or describe what you want, like "the 10 biggest companies by market cap each year since 2000"]

What makes a chart look great

5 to 15 items, 10 or more dates

That's what gives a race its overtakes. Two dates make a slide, not a race. Monthly or yearly steps both work.

Lead with the hook

Title it with the surprise (“The year TikTok passed Instagram”), not the dataset name.

Name the source

A source line at the bottom makes people trust the chart and share it. Ask the AI to include it.

Three or four captions

Short notes that pop up at key moments (a crash, a launch, an overtake) keep people watching to the end.

Your brand

Give the AI your brand hex colors and it applies them. Pro adds your logo or @handle in place of the watermark.

Pick the shape for where it goes

9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, 4:5 for the Instagram feed, 1:1 for LinkedIn, 16:9 for YouTube and slides.

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