# The AI Assistant for Your Tesla

> Turn Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant into a voice for your Tesla — climate, charging, security, and status from plain English, composed with your calendar and the weather.

Your Tesla already has an app. What it doesn't have is an assistant — something
you can *talk to* in plain English that knows your calendar, watches the
weather, and runs your car's climate, charging, and security on your behalf.
mytesla.io turns the AI you already use — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any
MCP-compatible assistant — into exactly that.

## What "AI assistant for your Tesla" actually means

There are three levels of "AI + Tesla," and they're easy to confuse:

1. **Voice buttons.** Siri Shortcuts or the Alexa "My Tesla" skill map a phrase
   to a single command. Useful, but rigid — one phrase, one action.
2. **In-car chat.** Tesla's own "Hey Grok" answers questions and sets
   navigation from the driver's seat. It lives *in the car*, and today it
   doesn't run your climate or charging remotely.
3. **A real assistant.** You ask for an *outcome* — "make sure the car's cool
   when my last meeting ends" — and the assistant decides which commands to
   run, when, and combines them with everything else it knows about your day.

mytesla.io is the third kind. It's a [Tesla MCP server](/tesla-mcp-server):
a hosted service that exposes 40 Tesla Fleet API commands as tools your AI can
call. You bring the assistant; we give it hands.

## What you can ask it

Because it's your AI doing the reasoning, requests can be vague, conditional,
or composed with other tools you've connected:

- "How's my car — is it locked, and am I charged enough for my commute?"
- "Cool the cabin to 70°F before my 8 AM meeting." *(uses your calendar)*
- "If tomorrow's high is over 85°F, start cooling 15 minutes before I leave."
  *(uses weather + calendar)*
- "Charge to 100% by 7 AM Saturday, but only on off-peak rates."
- "Where did I park? Flash the lights and tell me which level."
- "Turn on Sentry Mode and set a 70 mph speed limit while my kid has the car."

The assistant reads your car's live state before it answers — "is it locked?"
is checked, not guessed.

## Why an assistant beats the app

| The Tesla app | An AI assistant (mytesla.io) |
|---|---|
| One car, one screen, taps only | Plain English, voice, or chat — from the AI you already use |
| No calendar or weather awareness | Composes with your calendar, the weather, your routines |
| You decide *when* to tap | You describe the outcome; it decides when to act |
| Fixed features | Any combination of 40 tools, in one request |

## Which assistants work

Anything that speaks MCP over Streamable HTTP with OAuth 2.1:

- **[Claude](/control-tesla-with-claude)** — Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Claude Code
- **[ChatGPT](/control-tesla-with-chatgpt)** — Pro/Team/Enterprise/Edu with Developer Mode
- **Cursor** and **VS Code** — one-click MCP install
- Any custom agent that supports the protocol

## Setup takes about 3 minutes

1. Create a mytesla.io account (six-digit email code — no password).
2. Connect your Tesla on Tesla's own consent screen, then approve a virtual
   key on the car's screen once.
3. Pick a plan — Driver is $4.99/month (500 credits), Driver Max is
   $9.99/month (1,500 credits).
4. Paste `https://mcp.mytesla.io/mcp` into your assistant's connector settings
   and approve the OAuth popup.

Full walkthrough: [setup guide](/docs).

## FAQ

**Is this an official Tesla assistant?**
No. mytesla.io is an independent service operated by Embay, LLC, built on
Tesla's official Fleet API. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or
sponsored by Tesla, Inc.

**Can the assistant drive the car?**
No. There is no "drive" tool. It controls climate, charging, locks, alerts,
navigation sharing, and a few security toggles — nothing that moves the car.

**Do I need a specific AI subscription?**
You need an assistant that supports connectors/MCP. Most do on their paid
tiers; see the per-assistant guides for exact requirements.

**How is this different from Grok in my Tesla?**
Grok lives in the car and (today) handles questions and navigation. mytesla.io
works from wherever your assistant is — your laptop, your phone — and runs
climate, charging, and security remotely, composed with your other tools. See
[mytesla.io vs Hey Grok](/tesla-ai-vs-grok).

## Next steps

- [What is a Tesla MCP server?](/tesla-mcp-server)
- [25+ things you can do with Tesla + AI](/tesla-ai-use-cases)
- [Control your Tesla with Claude](/control-tesla-with-claude) ·
  [with ChatGPT](/control-tesla-with-chatgpt)
- [Get started at mytesla.io →](https://mcp.mytesla.io/signup?src=guide-ai-assistant&plan=driver)