CharGen works inside Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants. Add it once, and your assistant can read your campaigns and make NPCs, maps and art in them. Reading is free on every account.
https://api.char-gen.com/mcpNo API key and nothing to install. You sign in to CharGen and allow it.
The party is heading to the docks tonight. Give me a smuggler NPC with a grudge and add her to my campaign.
chargen_generate_npcfree
chargen_link_generationBlackreach Harbour
Done. Meet Vess Kariel. She runs contraband out of the Saltway docks and has not forgotten what the harbourmaster took from her. She is in your campaign, portrait included.
Open Add CharGen to Claude. It opens Claude's connector form with the name and the server address filled in. Click Add.
https://api.char-gen.com/mcpSign in with your CharGen account when Claude opens the CharGen sign-in page.
CharGen shows what Claude asks to do: read your campaigns, generate content and edit notes. Click Allow.
Start a new chat. If CharGen is off, turn it on from the + button, under Connectors. Then ask about your campaign.
Works on Claude's Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans. The Free plan allows one custom connector.
Claude wants to connect to your CharGen account
Signed in as you. Claude is requesting permission to:
“Recap my last session and list every unresolved thread.”
Reads your session recap and story tracker. Needs read.
“Create a level 6 smuggler NPC who fits the dockside faction in my campaign, with a portrait.”
Uses the free NPC generator. The portrait is free on the default art style. Needs generate.
“Search my gallery for the tavern art and render a night-time version of it.”
Finds the picture in your gallery, then renders a new version with your Gold. Needs read and generate.
“Who has my party met in Blackreach Harbour, and who might betray them?”
Reads your relationship graph and campaign notes. Needs read.
“Generate a one-shot dungeon for four level 3 players and add it to my campaign.”
Uses the free dungeon generator, then writes it into your campaign. Needs generate and write.
227 tools. Each one does one job, so your assistant picks the right one.
Read your campaign32 tools
Campaigns, sessions and recaps, transcripts, the world graph, the timeline, quests, parties, folders and your gallery.
Free on every plan
chargen_get_session_recapMake D&D content28 tools
NPCs, monsters, taverns, dungeons, quests and 23 more, each with its own tool and a portrait.
Free (a paid art style costs its Gold)
chargen_generate_npcPictures8 tools
Every image model in CharGen at the same prices as the app, and pixel sprites of characters, effects and items.
Monthly allowance on Elite and Ultimate, or Gold
chargen_generate_imageFilms, speech and music25 tools
Video from text or a picture, talking portraits, speech, music and sound.
Gold, with a price first
chargen_quote_text_to_videoEdit pictures26 tools
13 edits: remove or replace a background, upscale, swap a face, restore old photos. Each one gives a price first.
Gold, with a price first
chargen_edit_image_upscaleWorkflows79 tools
26 workflows: reference sheets, tarot cards, wanted posters, sprite sheets.
Gold, with a price first; a reference sheet can be free
chargen_run_recipe_tarot_cardChange your campaign29 tools
Track entities, update quests and recaps, merge duplicates, rename speakers, file into folders.
Any paid plan; folders on every plan
chargen_update_questA read-only connection cannot change or spend anything. CharGen checks this on every call. With generate, films, sound, edits and workflows give a price first, and CharGen tells your assistant to wait for your yes.
Use the CharGen API to make NPCs, pictures and films from your own product. Its live_ and test_ keys also work on this server, paid from your API credits.
No. Campaign and library reads are free on every CharGen account, including the free tier. Media-model and recipe discovery need a paid plan. Plans are on char-gen.com/pricing (read 6 November 2026).