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Apollo.io + Claude / ChatGPT
Apollo builds and maintains its own connector, and it runs on Apollo MCP. It handles prospect search, enrichment, email and phone validation, contact updates, sequences, tasks and team analytics.
Every field below was confirmed in vendor docs on Oct 28, 2026.
📘 Read our setup guide: How to connect Apollo.io to Claude (and any MCP client)
| Category | Sales intelligence & engagement |
|---|---|
| Built by the vendor? | Yes |
| Claude | Directory connector Claude: Customize > Connectors > search 'Apollo.io' > Connect > Authorize. Apollo labels it beta. It works on any Claude plan, including free. |
| ChatGPT | Directory app/plugin Apollo says to find it in ChatGPT's connectors or plugins directory and sign in with OAuth. |
| Setup type | Directory listing |
| Read-only or read/write | Read/write It creates and updates contacts, sends one-off emails, builds sequences and adds contacts to them, and manages tasks. In Claude you can set each action to Always allow, Approval required or Blocked. |
| Admin setup needed? | No Each user sets it up for themselves. There's no team or admin install. |
| Plan / requirements | You must sign in to Apollo with a work email. Some actions use credits. Apollo requires you to turn off model training in your AI account before you connect. |
| MCP / connector URL | https://mcp.apollo.io/mcp (Streamable HTTP, OAuth 2.0) |
| Last verified | Oct 28, 2026 |
Sources
- Apollo KB: Integrate Apollo with Claude (updated Oct 26, 2026)
- Apollo docs: Apollo MCP
- Apollo: MCP product page
Vendors change these integrations often. Always check the vendor's docs before you roll anything out to your team. See a mistake? Tell us.
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