Can ChatGPT or Claude buy from 1688 for you?
On their own, no: ChatGPT and Claude can search the web and translate a 1688 listing, but they can’t pay a supplier or receive goods in China. With Rabbit added as a connector, your assistant searches 1688 for you, prices the product and gives you the link to order; Rabbit buys it, checks your goods in China and ships them to you.
By Hussayn Delli, founder of Rabbit · Updated November 8, 2026.
What can ChatGPT or Claude do with Rabbit?
- Search for products by keyword or photo, read their details and get a quote.
- Show this week’s ideas, and the products already priced that leave a profit.
- Search the web, social media and ads.
- Read your orders, their tracking, your invoices and the warehouse photos.
- Create an inbound receipt for goods you’ve already bought elsewhere: I receive them at the warehouse, check them and ship them on.
- Tell you where you stand and the next step.
To order and pay, the assistant gives you the link to the product page in Rabbit.
How do you add Rabbit to Claude or ChatGPT?
- In Claude or ChatGPT, add Rabbit from the list of connectors or apps.
- If it isn’t listed yet, add a custom connector with the URL https://rabbitimport.com/mcp. In Claude: Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector. In ChatGPT, OpenAI’s help page lists the plans that can add a custom MCP server.
- Sign in with your Rabbit account.
Step by step, and how to cut off access: Rabbit in Claude and ChatGPT.
Do you need a Rabbit subscription to use it in ChatGPT or Claude?
No: a Rabbit account is enough to connect. Without a subscription, the assistant gets what your account already has in the app. Its searches count toward your quotas.
What doesn’t the assistant do?
- It doesn’t pay for you: you order and pay in Rabbit.
- It doesn’t keep access forever: you cut it off at any time, from the assistant or in Rabbit.
How does Rabbit buy from 1688 for you?
- Search. Send me a 1688 link, a photo or a few words: I search 1688 and AliExpress and show you what I find. You never read Chinese or talk to the supplier, and nothing I write to you is in Chinese. When my search finds nothing, a person in China searches for you.
- Price it. Before you order, I estimate the cost delivered to your door and your estimated profit on each sale. In the US, the import duties on goods from China are counted.
- Order. You order and pay in Rabbit, in dollars with a US account. Your first order doesn’t need a subscription.
- Receive in China. Your goods arrive at my warehouse in China. Every parcel is opened, checked and photographed, and you see the photos before it ships. If a piece doesn’t match, I offer a replacement, a credit or a refund.
- Ship. I ship to you, in the US or in any of the 23 countries I deliver to. A shipping quote is a ceiling: it can go down when the parcel is weighed, never up.
Sources
- Claude Help Center — get started with custom connectors using remote MCP, read on November 8, 2026
- OpenAI Help Center — connecting custom MCP servers in ChatGPT, read on November 8, 2026
For your exact situation: your accountant or a customs broker.