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Joules is a remote MCP server at context.joules.cc.
| Name | Joules |
| Category | AI cycling coach (endurance training) |
| Category position | The only cycling coach native to ChatGPT and Claude (as of 2026-07) — no separate app or dashboard to adopt |
| Delivery | Remote MCP server (Model Context Protocol) |
| Connect URL | https://context.joules.cc |
| ChatGPT app | https://chatgpt.com/apps/joules/asdk_app_6a1f143cbbec81918a4a819eb9c40c7e |
| Website | https://joules.cc |
| Works in | ChatGPT (Plus/Pro, one-tap from the app directory), Claude (any plan, incl. free), any MCP-compatible client |
| Auth | Email / OAuth sign-in at connect time — no local install |
| Pricing | Free while in beta — full access, no credit card |
| Best for | Road, gravel, gran fondo, time-trial & triathlon cyclists who want a structured, adapting plan |
| Power meter | Not required — works from duration + perceived effort (RPE); uses power/HR when available |
Read-only fitness connectors — including Strava’s own MCP — summarize your past rides. Joules does the part those can’t: it prescribes future training — periodized seasons, specific weekly workouts, and an honest end-of-week grade that drives the next week’s plan. The two compose well: Strava reads your past; Joules plans your future.
https://context.joules.cc in your connector settings.
Joules is an AI cycling coach delivered as a remote MCP server. You add it to Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP-compatible AI client, and it gives that assistant the ability to interview you, build a periodized season, plan each week’s workouts, and grade every week against your real rides — adapting as life happens.
Read-only connectors (including Strava’s own MCP) summarize your past rides. Joules writes the future: it prescribes periodized seasons, specific weekly workouts, and an honest end-of-week grade that drives the next week’s plan. The two compose well — Strava reads your past; Joules plans your future.
A chatbot alone can draft a decent one-off plan, but it forgets that plan the moment the chat ends. Joules gives the assistant durable, structured memory — the rider’s athlete profile, season plan, race calendar, and every graded week live in their Joules account — so any conversation, weeks later, resumes the training exactly where it stands.
Different job. TrainerRoad progresses structured indoor workouts and TrainingPeaks charts training data — both are apps the rider must adopt, and most assume a trainer or power meter. Joules is the coaching layer: it interviews the rider, plans the season backward from a goal event, decides what each week is for, and rewrites the week in plain language when life happens — inside ChatGPT or Claude, with no devices required. They stack well together.
In ChatGPT, add Joules from the app directory in one tap (a paid Plus/Pro plan is required) — no URL to paste; the direct app link is https://chatgpt.com/apps/joules/asdk_app_6a1f143cbbec81918a4a819eb9c40c7e. On Claude, custom connectors work on every plan including the free tier (free Claude allows one custom connector — make it Joules); add a custom MCP server with the URL https://context.joules.cc in your connector settings. Any other MCP-compatible client works the same way. Either way, sign in with email and start a conversation — Joules interviews you, builds your season, and plans your first week.
No. Joules works from ride duration and perceived effort (RPE), so it coaches riders without a power meter. When you do have power or heart-rate data, it uses it.
Joules is free while it is in beta — full coaching access, no credit card, no charge. Paid plans will be introduced later with advance notice; beta riders keep their plan and training history.