Chat about your Garmin stats right in ChatGPT or Claude
Garmin users who rely on their watches for detailed tracking of steps, sleep, heart rate variability, and training metrics may soon have an easier way to make sense of all that information. Rod Trent, the Microsoft VP who also builds fun side projects, just dropped news about something called Garmin Chat Connector. It let’s you ask questions about your stats right in ChatGPT or Claude.
Basically your data, but you can just talk to it
Right now, even though AI tools are getting really capable, there’s still no straightforward way to connect them to your Garmin data. That will almost certainly change sooner rather than later. Chances are that within a year or two we’ll see some kind of built-in integration. Until that happens, though, there may be a workaround or two that could do the job.
Trent had already developed the Garmin Chat Desktop tool on Windows. The problem is, that setup lives on your PC. Getting the same thing working smoothly on other platforms has been a pain because the mobile apps from OpenAI and Anthropic don’t let you point them at a local server the way the desktop versions do.
So instead of grinding out a whole new mobile app, Rod went the smart route. Garmin Chat Connector is a cloud version that runs as a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. You get your own private URL protected by a token, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude on your phone as a custom connector, and boom -you’re chatting with your real Garmin data from anywhere.
Right now it works with the mobile apps for ChatGPT and Claude since they’re the ones that let you plug in your own MCP endpoint. If other AI apps add that feature later, they’ll probably play nice too.
Stuff you can actually ask it
Once everything is linked up, the interaction should feel pretty natural. You can pose everyday questions and get answers based on your personal stats.
For instance, you might ask how your sleep went the previous night, what your Body Battery level suggests for the day’s training, or whether it’s time for a rest day based on recovery signals. Other possibilities include checking your current VO2 Max, reviewing runs from the past couple of weeks, seeing how much water you’ve logged, or requesting a quick overview of yesterday’s health numbers.
The connector makes 16 different data tools available, organized into five categories. These handle everything from pulling specific metrics to summarizing trends, analyzing recent activities, and providing recovery insights. The goal is to skip the usual scrolling through charts and menus in the Garmin Connect app and get straight to useful answers.
Where it stands and what’s next
The project remains in development, though Trent says the core work is finished and it’s nearing release. When ready, it will offer a public hosted instance so users don’t need to set up their own server. No self-hosting is required, and the focus is on keeping things straightforward.
Keep in mind this is a third-party effort from Trent, not an official Garmin product. It complements the desktop tool rather than replacing anything Garmin offers directly.
For anyone who already spends time digging into their watch data, this could make checking in on progress a bit more convenient. And if you’ve tried Garmin’s own AI feature, you’ll know it still has a long way to go.
Stay tuned for the official launch details on Rod Trent’s Substack.
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