Assistants (MCP)
Access and Plus
Choose what AI assistants may do with your plan, Off, Read only or Read & write, and what Plus has to do with it.
Assistants start off, so nothing reaches your plan until you choose.
Choose an access level
- Open Bunplan on your Mac.
- Choose Bunplan → Settings (⌘,) and click Assistants.
- Under Access, choose Off, Read only or Read & write.
| Access | What an assistant can do |
|---|---|
| Off | Nothing. Every request is turned away. This is how Bunplan starts |
| Read only | Read your projects, tasks, steps, records, activity and this Mac's settings. It can't change anything |
| Read & write | Read, and change anything in your plan: projects, sections, tasks, steps, the timer, records and this Mac's settings. Every change is listed, with Undo |
The footer under the setting says it plainly: "Lets AI apps on this Mac, like Claude, read your plan and, if you allow, change anything in it, from projects to the timer. Changes show up below, and you can undo them. Bunplan itself sends nothing anywhere."
A new access level applies from the assistant's next request.
Only you can change access
Access is a setting in the app, and only you can change it. Assistants can't raise their own access, and they can't ask Bunplan to change it for them.
These are also off limits, whatever the access level:
- turning iCloud sync on or off
- buying, restoring or managing Plus
- erasing all data, importing or restoring a backup, or exporting files
- notification permission, the iPhone app icon, and settings on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
Assistants are part of Plus
Connecting assistants is part of Bunplan Plus, and the free trial includes it. Without Plus, the Assistants tab shows "AI assistants on your Mac" and Get Plus….
Bunplan checks Plus on every request, not only when the AI app connects. If Plus ends, assistants stop at once, and their requests get this answer:
Assistants are part of Bunplan Plus. You can start a free trial in Bunplan.
Your AI app can still see which tools and prompts Bunplan offers, so it can tell you what you'd get.