ChatGPT + Barndoor: Governed MCP Access | Barndoor

Govern ChatGPT's models, tools, and cost with Barndoor

Enable your team to use ChatGPT and build AI agents, governed by Barndoor so every tool, model, and token ChatGPT touches is scoped, approved, and logged.

How ChatGPT connects through Barndoor

Barndoor gives you one universal endpoint to your MCP servers for ChatGPT — connect once, use with all connected MCP servers and approved models.

  1. IT connects your tools at the org level. Authorize ChatGPT once in Barndoor.
  2. IT or security define the policy. Which tools, people, and agents; what needs approval; what data is masked; what models are accessed; virtual keys, metering, token budgets.
  3. Point ChatGPT at the Barndoor endpoint. One connection governs every tool, model, and agent action.
  4. Give your teams an approved catalog. Of the AI clients and models they’re approved to use.

Why govern ChatGPT with Barndoor

Barndoor is the AI Gateway, helping every business use AI and agents securely, reliably, and with control. It governs what ChatGPT can access, what it can do with that access, and which models it runs on.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I add a new MCP server for ChatGPT after initial setup?
IT or security adds the new MCP server to the approved catalog and sets its policy, and it becomes available to ChatGPT and every other connected AI client immediately, no per-client reconfiguration needed.

Why do I need an AI gateway if I already have ChatGPT?
ChatGPT handles the model interaction, but it doesn't enforce org-wide policy, cost limits, or audit logging on its own. That's what a gateway adds in front of it. Without one, every person or agent using ChatGPT is a separate, ungoverned point of access to whatever models and tools they can reach. An AI gateway makes that access centrally scoped, approved, and logged instead.

How does Barndoor protect against unapproved models or tools?
It blocks the request at the gateway before it reaches the model or tool, rather than ChatGPT itself deciding to allow or deny it.