Plan sessions
“Plan next Tuesday around den building, and add bow saws to the kit.”
“Add a taster on 14 November at Oak Wood, 10 till 12.”
Claude and ChatGPT
Run your forest school from Claude or ChatGPT.
Connect the Forest School App to Claude or ChatGPT and ask in your own words: who's booked on Saturday, what's in Thursday's plan, write up what Mia did at the fire. It's done in your Forest School App, as you.
- What it does
- Claude or ChatGPT reads and changes your sessions, plans, groups, records, observations and bookings, with what your role allows on the website.
- Who it's for
- Leaders and owners who already use Claude or ChatGPT for planning, letters and admin.
- What it costs
- Nothing extra. It comes with your Forest School App account. You need your own Claude or ChatGPT account.
- What it never sees
- Safeguarding records and incident forms, whatever your role.
Things to ask
Ask in your own words.
Write up the day
“Write up what Mia did at the fire today: she lit it with a flint and steel on her third go.”
“Mark Ivy as away on Thursday.”
Bookings
“Who's booked on Saturday Sprouts, and how many places are left?”
“Move Ivy's place to next Saturday.”
“Give Arlo the waiting-list place on Saturday.”
Money owed
“Who still owes for the autumn term?”
“Send the Hart family a link to pay.”
“The Thorns paid £40 in cash.”
Groups and records
“Add Tuesday Toadstools as a group and put Mia and Ivy in it.”
“Does anyone in Saturday Sprouts have a nut allergy?”
Policies and risk
“What does our lost child policy say?”
“Add wasps near the log pile to the woodland walk risk assessment.”
You asked
Autumn term
Who still owes for the autumn term?
- Ivy Hart£40 to pay
- Arlo Finch£96 to pay
- Mia ThornPaid
Shall I send the Hart and Finch families a link to pay?
How it works
Connect it once, in a couple of minutes.
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Add the address
In Claude, add a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add a custom MCP server. Paste forestschool.app/mcp.
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Sign in
Sign in to the Forest School App. You'll see which forest school it's for and what it will be able to do.
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Choose Allow
Then ask. It answers from your records, and anything you change shows on the website and in the field app.
What it can't do
It never sees safeguarding records or incident forms.
Whatever your role, owner and safeguarding lead included. They stay on the website, for the people who should see them.
It works as you
Claude or ChatGPT can do what your role can do on the website, in the forest school you connected, and nothing more. A volunteer's connection can read the session plan and the risk assessments. Bookings and money are for whoever sees them on the website. Each person on your team connects their own, with their own role.
Photos follow consent
A photo added from a chat goes through the same consent check as one taken in the wood. A photo of a child without photo consent is kept for your own records and never shared with a family.
It can send a link to pay, never take a payment
Ask it who still owes and it can send the family a link to pay, by email, or give you the link to send however you like. It can note a payment made in cash or by bank transfer. Card payments and refunds stay on the website. See forest school booking software for how bookings and payments work.
Questions
What leaders ask before they connect.
Where do my records go when I ask something?
The records it needs for your question are sent to Claude or ChatGPT under your own account with them, for example a child's name or a session plan. What happens to your conversations there is set by that company's privacy policy and your own settings. Our privacy policy has the detail.
How do I disconnect it?
Go to Me → Connected apps and choose Disconnect. It stops at its next request. An owner can disconnect anyone on the team, or turn AI apps off for the whole forest school, under Staff & helpers.
Which Claude and ChatGPT plans does it work with?
Claude: any plan that can add a custom connector, on the website, the desktop app or the phone app. On Team or Enterprise, an owner of your Claude organisation adds it first. ChatGPT: it depends on your plan. On some, ChatGPT can read your records but not make changes, and on a work or school workspace an admin may need to add it first.
Does it cost extra?
No. It comes with your Forest School App account. You need your own Claude or ChatGPT account.
Can I use it in Claude Code?
Yes. Run claude mcp add --transport http forestschool https://forestschool.app/mcp,
then type /mcp and sign in when your browser opens.
I run more than one forest school. Which one does it see?
The one you're in when you sign in. To connect another, switch to it on the website and connect again.
Ask Claude or ChatGPT about your next session.
Set your forest school up free for 30 days, no card needed, then connect the AI app you already use.