Build Stepper workflows by asking Claude or ChatGPT
You know what should happen when an order is paid, a deal closes or it's 9am on Monday. Wiring up the trigger, the app steps and the field mapping is the slow part. Describe it to your assistant instead. It builds the workflow in Stepper, tests each step against your connected apps, and publishes it when you say so.
Stepper is made by Paperform, so in Claude and ChatGPT you add the Paperform connector. It includes Stepper.
Your assistant
When a Stripe payment fails, email the customer and post it in #billing.
Stepper · built a draft workflow
Payment failedTrigger · Stripe
Email the customerEmail · update your card
Post in #billingSlack · name and amount
Want me to test the Slack step with a recent payment? It will post a real message.
Test itChange something
What you can ask for
It can't connect your accounts for you. When a workflow needs an app you haven't connected, it gives you a link to connect it in Stepper.
Build
When a Shopify order is paid, add a row to my Google Sheet and email me a summary.
Your assistant builds the workflow, picks the right sheet and columns with you, and shows you what each step would write.
Test
Try the Google Sheets step with the last order.
It runs that step on sample data, so the test can write a real row or send a real message. It asks you first when it would, and you see the result before the workflow goes live.
Fix
Why did my onboarding workflow fail yesterday?
It reads the run, tells you which step failed and why, and suggests the change.
Start a workflow from almost anything
Tell your assistant what should kick it off. It picks the trigger and sets it up with you.
On a schedule
Every hour, every weekday at 9am, or on the first of the month.
From a webhook
Any system that can send a web request can start a workflow.
From your apps
Hundreds of apps can start one: a paid Shopify order, a new HubSpot deal, a failed Stripe payment, a new email in Gmail or row in Google Sheets.
From Paperform and Papersign
A form submission, a partly finished form, or a document event in Papersign.
Skill Sets or the MCP server?
Stepper has two MCP servers. Pick the one that fits the job.
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Skill Sets
MCP server
What it's for
Giving an AI agent a curated, permissioned set of app actions it can call
Building, testing, publishing and fixing Stepper workflows
You set up
Which apps and actions the agent may use
Nothing beyond signing in
Also covers
Paperform forms and Papersign documents, if your team uses them
Want an agent to work in one app, with only the actions you allow? These guides set up a Skill Set for each app, step by step, and say when the app's own MCP server is the better choice.
Everything opens in the visual editor. Each workflow your assistant builds is a normal Stepper workflow. Open it, read every step, and change it by hand whenever you like.
You approve what goes live. Your assistant is set up to check with you before it publishes or runs a workflow, or tests a step that sends something real. Your AI app also asks you to allow each action, unless you've chosen to always allow it.
Your account, your sign-in. You connect by signing in and approving access. No password goes to the assistant.
Disconnect any time, from your assistant's settings.
Connect it
Stepper is made by Paperform, so the connection is called Paperform, and it includes Stepper. Until it's listed in Claude's
and ChatGPT's directories, add it as a custom connector. It takes about a minute, and you
sign in to approve access.
Select Add to Claude. Claude opens Add custom connector with the name and server URL filled in. (Or go to Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector and paste the server URL below.)
Check the details and select Add.
Select Connect, sign in with your Stepper account and approve access.
Start a chat and describe the workflow you need.
https://api.paperform.app/mcp
On the Free plan you can add one custom connector. On a Team or Enterprise plan, an Owner
adds it under Organization settings → Connectors, then each member
connects with their own sign-in.
ChatGPT
Business, Enterprise and Edu workspaces, on the web
Name it Paperform, paste the server URL below, and choose OAuth for authentication.
Select I understand and want to continue, then Create as a plugin.
Install the plugin, sign in with your Stepper account and approve access. In a chat, type @ and choose Paperform.
https://api.paperform.app/mcp
In a Business workspace, an admin or owner adds it. On Enterprise or Edu, admins can also let selected members add it. Other ChatGPT plans can't add custom MCP servers yet.
Other apps
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http paperform https://api.paperform.app/mcp
Any app that supports remote MCP servers: use the server URL. It's streamable HTTP with OAuth sign-in.
https://api.paperform.app/mcp
You sign in to your account and approve access when you connect. You can create an account in the same window.
Questions
Which plans include it?
Every Stepper plan, including Free.
Does it use my credits or steps?
Yes, the same as any other workflow. Workflows your assistant builds are normal Stepper workflows, and their runs use credits as usual.
What if it gets something wrong?
Your assistant checks with you before anything goes live, and you can open every workflow in the visual editor. AI can misread a request, so check the steps and the data each one writes before you approve.