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Ask AI, and set up GiftWell from Claude or ChatGPT

Published October 27, 2026

In this release

  • Ask AI
  • Giving as shares
  • Private chats
  • Set up from Claude or ChatGPT

Pastors can now ask their church a question in plain words. The answer comes from your real list and Planning Center, not from a guess.

Ask AI

Press the round button at the bottom right of any screen, or press ⌘K and choose Ask AI. Ask about gifts, groups, serving and giving. Answers come back as cards, charts and the names behind them. When an answer needs something from Planning Center that hasn't been read yet, Ask AI reads it right there in the chat and shows its progress. It runs on your church's own AI key.

Giving as shares

Ask what share of giving comes from people who lead with Giving. You get shares of people against shares of giving. Ask AI never shows an amount, a named person's giving, or whether someone gave.

Private chats

Your chats are yours alone. Search, open or delete a past one.

Set up from Claude or ChatGPT

On Getting started, Copy for Claude or Copy for ChatGPT hands your AI a setup prompt. It signs in to GiftWell with your own account and works through the setup steps with you, with the same role you have.

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