Foundations

Your own AI, working in Apron Desk as you

Already live in ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor? Give that AI the same hands Maître has. It books, updates, plans and drafts in your workspace as you, with your permissions, and every action says so.

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aprondesk.com/settings/ai-access

Settings

Connect an AI

Let Claude, Cursor or another AI work in this workspace as you.

Connect an AIMaître

Connected AIs3

ChatGPTSigned in · Last used 2 minutes agoFull accessDisconnect

Claude on Ray's laptopClaude Code · Last used 4 minutes agoFull accessak_mcp_7Hq2…Revoke

Cursor, office MacCursor · Last used yesterday · connected by Ana RuizRead-onlyak_mcp_Ln9c…Revoke

Same permissions as the person, nothing more. Revoke and the AI is cut off at once.

Paste into Claude CodeShown once

claude mcp add --transport http apron-desk https://aprondesk.com/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer ak_mcp_7Hq2••••••••••••"

Then ask it: "What is on this week in Apron Desk?"

ActivityExternal AI access

Ray via ChatGPTchanged guests 88 to 140 on Alvarez wedding14:02

Ray via Claude Codeadded Sam Osei to Saturday 16:00 to 23:0014:03

Ana via Cursorlooked up the Pemberton timelineYesterday

Big changes ask first. Bulk actions still go to the owner by email.

Sample workspace. Not a real client.Your own AI, with your hands. Every action says who, and via which AI.

What’s inside

Works with ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf, over the open Model Context Protocol
The AI has your permissions and nothing more; a staff member's AI cannot see what a staff member cannot
Every action lands in the activity feed and audit log as you via that AI
Big changes ask you first, exactly as Maître does; bulk actions still go to the owner by email
Read-only keys for looking without touching
ChatGPT deep research can search and fetch your records; the runbooks Maître follows are on the prompt menu
One click revokes; the AI is cut off at once. Off for the whole workspace until an owner turns it on

You do not switch apps to run the business

Settings, Connect an AI gives you a key and the exact thing to paste, checked against each client's own instructions. ChatGPT and Claude.ai take no key at all: add Apron Desk as a connector, sign in, click Allow. Two minutes later you are asking ChatGPT what is unconfirmed for the weekend, telling Cursor to move the Patel wedding to 120 guests, and getting the Saturday crew planned without opening a browser tab.

ChatGPT and Claude.ai: sign in and allow, no key
One command for Claude Code
A few lines for Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf
Pick 'Close out an event' or 'Run payroll' from the prompt menu and the AI has the steps

As you, never as an admin

The key acts as the person who made it, in that workspace, with their role. There is no service account with more power than anyone on the team. Bulk actions still queue for the owner's email approval, and the same ask-first rules that hold Maître hold your AI: it describes the change, you say yes, then it runs.

Activity feed reads 'Ray via Claude Code changed guests 88 to 140'
Audit log keeps the key that acted
Owners and managers see and revoke everyone's keys

Off by default, and off means off

External AI access is a workspace switch that starts off. Turn it off again and every connected AI is signed out that second, not at its next refresh. Remove a member and their keys die with their membership.

Maître woven through

Maître sets it up, and knows who is connected

Ask Maître how to connect Cursor and it hands you the exact config. Ask it to mint the key and it shows the key once, like the page does. Ask who is connected, and to revoke the one you no longer use.

“How do I connect Cursor?”

MaîtreMaître returns the steps and the exact lines for ~/.cursor/mcp.json, with a placeholder where the key goes.

“Mint me a read-only key for Cursor”

MaîtreMaître asks you to confirm, mints it, shows it once with the snippet, and reminds you it cannot be shown again.

“Which AIs are connected? Disconnect ChatGPT”

MaîtreMaître lists keys and signed-in apps with last-used times, confirms, and disconnects; ChatGPT asks to reconnect on its next call.

$50 of Maître work included monthly, metered at what the model costs us. Overage is off unless you turn it on. Read more on the Maître AI page.

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We build custom features for individual customers starting at $10/month. If your idea is broadly useful to other catering operators, we may waive the monthly fee entirely and add it to the standard catalog. The first conversation is free and we’ll tell you which path applies.

How it works

Pairs well with

Integrations + API + webhooks

Stripe Connect for payments. QuickBooks Online invoice push for accounting. Mailchimp for marketing. iCal feed for personal calendars. Documented REST API + signed webhooks for the developers. And your own AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor) can work in your workspace as you.

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Multi-location

Three kitchens? Apron Desk knows which event ships from which one. Reports filter by location.

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Permissions + workspace setup

Owners see everything. Managers see operations but not billing. Staff see only what they need to do their shift.

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Public storefront (drop-off ordering)

Custom branding + white-label

One plan, every feature

$425/month covers all 29 features.

Unlimited seats · every integration · $50/mo of Maître AI included · 14-day free trial · no credit card.

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Maître sets it up, and knows who is connected

“How do I connect Cursor?”

MaîtreMaître returns the steps and the exact lines for ~/.cursor/mcp.json, with a placeholder where the key goes.

“Mint me a read-only key for Cursor”

MaîtreMaître asks you to confirm, mints it, shows it once with the snippet, and reminds you it cannot be shown again.

“Which AIs are connected? Disconnect ChatGPT”

MaîtreMaître lists keys and signed-in apps with last-used times, confirms, and disconnects; ChatGPT asks to reconnect on its next call.

$50 of Maître work included monthly, metered at what the model costs us. Overage is off unless you turn it on. Read more on the Maître AI page.