4 ways to automate ChatGPT with Zapier MCP

Lots of AI tools give you ways to take action in other apps, and I've tried a handful of them. The problem is they're almost always locked to one ecosystem, or they connect to just one app at a time, which defeats the purpose. I'd get something working, then hit a wall the moment I needed it to reach into a different corner of my stack. Zapier MCP is different. One connection gives ChatGPT (or any MCP-compatible client) governed access to more than 9,000 apps in Zapier's directory and over 30,00