Clara on your tablet

Two ways in, one key. The browser way works on any account and takes two minutes. The ChatGPT way lets you just talk to her — it needs a paid ChatGPT plan.

Before you start: Frank gives you one key. It looks like ck_… and it is about 35 characters long. It is the only credential you need — same key for the browser and for ChatGPT. Keep it the way you keep a bank PIN.

Way 1 — the browser (2 minutes, works on any account)

  1. On the Boox, open the browser and go to clara.phibel.app/portal
  2. Paste your key into the field and tap Open. The tablet remembers it — you do this once.
  3. Tap the browser menu → Add to home screen. Now Clara has her own icon.

You get six tabs: Ask (talk to her), Briefing (this week's cards, with the three buttons to decide them), Lesson, Waiting, Team, Log.

Boox tip: the page is built black-on-white with no animation, so it stays sharp on e-ink. If typing feels laggy, switch the screen to the faster refresh mode (Speed or A2) while you write, and back to Normal to read.

Way 2 — inside your own ChatGPT

This adds Clara as your own private GPT. You build it once in a browser; afterwards it lives in the ChatGPT app on the Boox like any other chat.

You need a paid ChatGPT plan (Plus or above). Custom GPTs with connections are not available on the free plan, and the builder only exists on the website — not inside the phone or tablet app. So: build it in the browser once, then use it in the app forever.

A · Build it (in a browser — the Boox browser or a laptop)

  1. Go to chatgpt.com and log into your own private account.
  2. In the left sidebar, open GPTs, then tap + Create.
  3. At the top, switch from Create to the Configure tab. Ignore the chat-based builder — the fields are faster.
  4. Name: Clara
  5. Description: My twin. She measures my projects and never invents a number.
  6. Instructions: copy the block below and paste it into that field.

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  7. Turn off Web Search, Canvas, Image Generation and Code Interpreter. Clara answers from her own measurements; the extra tools only invite guessing.
  8. Scroll to the bottom, under Actions tap Create new action.
  9. Authentication → choose API KeyAuth Type: Bearer → paste your key → Save.
    (If it asks for a header name instead, that is the Custom type — switch to Bearer, or type exactly X-API-Key as the header name. A blank header name silently breaks the connection.)
  10. Schema → tap Import from URL → paste https://clara.phibel.app/openapi.jsonImport. You should now see about 18 actions listed underneath.
  11. Privacy policy: https://clara.phibel.app/privacy
  12. Top right: CreateOnly meSave.

B · Use it on the Boox

  1. Open the ChatGPT app on the tablet and log in with the same account.
  2. Tap the sidebar → GPTsClara. Tap the ⋯ menu and Keep in sidebar, so she is one tap away.
  3. Write your first message: What waits for me?
  4. The first time she reaches out, ChatGPT asks Allow clara.phibel.app? — choose Always allow, so it stops asking.

Things worth trying

If something does not work

Where else Clara lives

Telegram, in your chat with the mahelya bot — she sends the Monday briefing there. The browser and ChatGPT do not replace it; they are the same Clara, reading and writing the same files. Decide a card in ChatGPT and it is decided in Telegram too.

Open Clara · What is stored