⚙️ Montis.icu Coach First-Time Setup

Follow these steps to connect your Intervals.icu account and generate your first training report in montis.icu Coach App. The entire setup takes less than one minute.

Montis uses one shared Intervals.icu connection. Browser App, Gemini App, ChatGPT, and MCP clients authenticate differently, but all resolve back to the same Montis Intervals connection where required.

🚀 Setup — Choose Your Interface

🤖 ChatGPT Setup

Step 1 — Open the Montis.icu Coach

Open the Montis.icu Coach App inside ChatGPT (best in web browser not Mobile app first time), click on this link in a web browser Montis.icu Coach V5 and type or click "run a weekly report" and the following sign in prompt will appear, click sign in. This starts the Montis ChatGPT connection flow. ChatGPT signs in to Montis, and Montis then resolves your shared Intervals.icu connection securely. If your Intervals.icu connection is missing or expired, Montis will ask you to reconnect Intervals.icu.

Step 2 — Connect your Intervals.icu account

When prompted, click OK - to Connect Intervals.icu and approve access, do not uncheck any items. This allows the coach to read your training data securely and create new calendar events.

Step 3 — Return to ChatGPT

After authorization, you will be redirected back to ChatGPT, it will flash up a green message stating "connected" (this can take up to a minute!, if it fails it will show a red banner briefly).

Step 4 — Run your first report

Click always allow to stop this prompt on every request.It will now continue to show your report.

🧠 Claude Setup (MCP)

If you use Claude, you can connect Montis directly using Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Step 1 — Add Montis MCP Server

{
  "url": "https://montis.icu/mcp",
  "client_id": "intervals-mcp"
}

Add this configuration in your Claude MCP / connector settings.

Step 2 — Authorize Intervals.icu

You will be prompted to connect your Intervals.icu account. Approve access to continue.

Step 3 — Use Montis Tools

Once connected, Claude can call Montis tools directly.

MCP connects Claude directly to the Montis engine — no chat wrapper.

Step 4 — Open new Claude chat

In the chat just ask for any of the tools, like a weekly report. (Different concept to a ChatGPT GPT app), tools are available in any chat.

run Weekly Report
run Wellness Report
get Activity for yesterday

⚙️ Gemini Setup

Step 1 — in a web browser (recommeded CHROME, EDGE or BRAVE) goto Gemini App, geminiapp.montis.icu and connect

Step 2 — Authorize Intervals.icu for Montis

You will be prompted to connect your Intervals.icu account. Approve access to continue.

Step 3 — Use Montis App!

⚠️ Common Setup Issues

Athlete profile missing or account not connected

This means the OAuth connection was not completed.

1. Reopen the Coach link above and start with step 1. Try a different web browser or clear cache/cookies if you are having issues
2. Click sign in to connect Intervals.icu
3. Approve Intervals.icu authorization when prompted
4. In ChatGPT, click Always allow only for Montis tool calls if you want to avoid repeated tool prompts
5. Run check connection
6. Run the report again

STRAVA activities are not available via the API

This means your activities exist only in Strava, and Intervals cannot access the required training metrics.

To fix this, connect a direct recording source:

• Garmin
• Wahoo
• Zwift
• TrainerRoad
• Upload FIT files directly

Explanation: Why Strava-only accounts don’t work →

📊 Data Requirements

The coach works best when your account has:

• Activities with time, distance, and training load
• A connected device or training platform
• Optional wellness data for recovery analysis

🧪 Run a Data Quality Check

If your report looks incorrect, empty, or missing activities, run a quick data quality audit.

After you have connected. In ChatGPT or Claude, type:

run data quality report

This report checks:

• If your athlete profile is connected correctly
• If activities are available
• If training load, heart rate, and power data exist
• If wellness data is present
• If any sources are missing or incomplete

The report will return a data quality score and highlight actions to fix any issues.

For a demo ask "run a weekly report demo test". This will return a sample demo report.