Install the Tako plugin from the OpenAI plugin directory, then search the live web and Tako’s graph of licensed data inside ChatGPT or Codex.
The Tako plugin searches the live web and a graph of licensed, continuously updated data in the same call. Ask in plain language, and Tako answers with the figure, its source, and a chart.The graph covers finance and markets, company KPIs, companies and the people at them, economics, website and app traffic, sports, weather, elections, prediction markets, demographics, energy, real estate, health, and more. Web search reaches the rest, so one question can draw on both.Install once from the OpenAI plugin directory. One listing covers both ChatGPT and Codex. Sign in with your Tako account when prompted, and the plugin creates its own API key, so you never paste one.
Go to Tako in the OpenAI plugin directory. The directory works on every ChatGPT plan, including the free tier, and doesn’t require Developer mode.
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Install and sign in
Click +, then approve the Tako sign-in. Approving creates an API key for you. Each host you connect gets its own key, which you can revoke at tako.com/console/api-keys.
Installing Tako from the plugin directory, approving the sign-in, and attaching it in a new chat.
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Start a new chat or Codex session
Skills load when a session starts, so an open session doesn’t see them. Start a new chat, then ask for a figure.The install sits on your OpenAI account, so Codex picks it up too. Sign in to Codex with the same account, then start a new codex session.
The plugin includes Tako’s ChatGPT tool set and its skill, so there’s nothing else to set up. One heavier tool, tako_search_advanced, isn’t in the listing. To reach it, to connect a different client, or to add Tako by hand, see MCP server.
Searches Tako’s data graph and the live web in one call. Returns knowledge cards, each with a headline value and an interactive chart, plus web results.
tako_available_data
Reports what data Tako holds for an entity or metric, and returns the canonical name to search on. Never charged.
tako_contents
Fetches a card’s data rows or a web page’s text, up to 10 URLs per call.
tako_graph_related
Lists what a graph node connects to: its metrics, entities, competitors, industry, and sources. Never charged.
tako_visualize
Builds a Tako chart from data you supply. Warning: the card is public and permanent, so don’t send sensitive data. The model confirms before it publishes.
tako_agent
Runs Tako’s Answer Agent on research that ranks, aggregates, or computes across metrics. Returns a cited answer and the chart cards it built.
tako_company_agent
Runs Tako’s Company Agent to build a list of companies or people that match a set of facts, such as a registry screen or a company’s directors. Returns a cited answer and the list cards it built.
ChatGPT renders the chart inline. Codex is a terminal, so it returns the data and a link to the chart.An agent run can take several minutes. Each agent call returns within 45 seconds, and the model calls again until the run finishes. If ChatGPT ends its turn before the run finishes, ask it to check again, and it picks up the same run.
The tools work across everything Tako covers. The tako-search skill tells the model to look things up with Tako, how to shape the query, and how to report the result.
Tako Search
Any lookup: current events, facts, figures, or pages on any topic, with a cited card when Tako’s graph has one
Skills load when a session starts, so start a new chat or codex session. If you added Tako as a custom connector, you have the tools but not the skill. Remove the connector, then install from the plugin directory to get both — two Tako connections give you two copies of every tool.
Tako asks you to sign in first
The ChatGPT surface, https://mcp.tako.com/mcp/chatgpt, requires a sign-in. Approve it once and the tools run. To try Tako without an account, add the https://mcp.tako.com/mcp endpoint in another client. See MCP server.
The tools don't appear
Restart the client so that it repeats the tools/list handshake. If a host stops authenticating, remove it and add it again to mint a new key. Tako keeps 10 MCP keys, so connecting an eleventh host removes the oldest.
tako_contents refuses a card
Export requires the card to be marked exportable: true in the tako_search result. Cards from license-protected sources — S&P Global, FactSet, Visible Alpha, CoinMarketCap — come back non-exportable. That's a licensing boundary, not an error, so retrying doesn't help: read the figure from the card's description, which carries the latest value and its range, and cite the chart. Cards from open sources such as FRED, OECD, BIS, and Fiscal.ai export normally. Web URLs are always fetchable.
A search hits a rate limit
A signed-in connection uses your account’s limits. See pricing for your plan’s rates. To check coverage without spending credits, use tako_available_data or tako_graph_related.
