StreamLive ProWhat ChatGPT and Claude can access: permissions explained
Every permission ChatGPT or Claude can get on your StreamLive Pro account, what each one allows, which tools need it, which you can leave off, and how to change them.
When you connect ChatGPT or Claude to StreamLive Pro, you approve a list of permissions on a StreamLive Pro screen titled "Allow access to your account?". Each permission opens a group of tools: reading your lives, changing them, cutting Shorts, publishing, reading results and chat. Seeing your stream key is a separate, sensitive permission that is off unless asked for. The assistant never gets your password, payment details or the power to connect networks.
The approval screen
You see it once, when you connect an assistant (steps in Use StreamLive Pro from ChatGPT and Claude). It shows:
- The app's name and what it wants: "wants to act on your StreamLive Pro account". If the app gave its name itself and it was not verified, the screen says so; make sure you know the app.
- Signed in as your account, with Switch account if you have more than one.
- A list of permissions with checkboxes. "See your account name, plan and this month's usage" is always on and cannot be unticked. The stream key permission is marked "Sensitive. You can leave it off."
- Where you return after approving, and a reminder that you can disconnect at any time in Settings.
- Allow and Cancel.
If the screen says the app runs on this computer (localhost), approve only if you started this sign-in yourself just now.
Every permission
| Permission | What it allows | On by default |
|---|---|---|
| read:account | See your account name, plan and this month's usage | Always |
| read:streams | See your lives, connected channels and connection health | Yes |
| write:streams | Schedule, edit, cancel and end lives | Yes |
| read:clips | See the Shorts cut from your recordings | Yes |
| write:clips | Cut new Shorts from one of your recordings | Yes |
| publish | Publish and schedule posts to your connected channels, only after you confirm in the chat | Yes |
| read:analytics | See performance summaries | Yes |
| read:comments | Read the chat of your lives | Yes |
| control:cameras | See and move the network cameras your StreamLive Pro Studio computer finds (PTZ) | Yes |
| read:stream_keys | See your stream key (RTMP). Anyone holding it can broadcast as you | No, only when asked for |
Two more permissions exist only for StreamLive Pro's own apps: uploading videos to your library and pairing a phone as a camera. ChatGPT, Claude and other outside apps cannot get them. The camera permission works only with StreamLive Pro Studio, the desktop app, which is not released yet.
Which tools need which permission
| Permission | Tools it opens |
|---|---|
| read:account | Account and plan details, help search, go-live readiness (with read:streams) |
| read:streams | Connections, list and details of lives, podcast feed status, network cameras |
| write:streams | Start a live now, schedule, change, cancel and end lives |
| read:clips | List Shorts, list posts, the result of a post |
| write:clips | Cut Shorts from an ended live |
| publish | Publish a Short, change or cancel a scheduled post |
| read:analytics | Results summary |
| read:comments | Live chat |
| read:stream_keys | Server address and stream key for OBS |
The full list of tools is in StreamLive Pro MCP tools: full list for ChatGPT and Claude.
What no permission allows
- Connecting or disconnecting a social network.
- Paying, changing the plan, or seeing payment details.
- Seeing or changing your password, email or two-step sign-in.
- Going past your plan's limits: every call runs through the same checks as the website.
- Publishing, ending a live or cancelling without your approval in the chat.
More on this: What ChatGPT and Claude cannot do in StreamLive Pro.
Changing permissions later
There is no switch per permission after you connect. To give or take away a permission, disconnect the assistant and connect it again, then tick what you want on the approval screen. Disconnecting: Disconnect ChatGPT or Claude from StreamLive Pro. If an assistant lacks a permission for something you ask, the tool answers "Missing permission" with its name, for example "Missing permission: read:analytics. Reconnect and approve it to use this."
How long access lasts
The assistant holds a short access pass that it renews in the background. It stays connected while you use it. Access ends at once when you disconnect it, change your password, or sign out of all devices. An assistant you have not used for about a month may ask you to connect again.
Every call an assistant makes is recorded on our side: who, what and when, not the content of your chat.
Frequently asked questions
Does ChatGPT get my StreamLive Pro password?
No. You sign in on the StreamLive Pro site and approve permissions. The assistant receives a pass for those permissions only.
Can I connect an assistant that can only read?
Yes. Untick the permissions that change things on the approval screen, such as changing lives and publishing. Account details stay on.
Why is the stream key permission off by default?
Anyone holding a stream key can broadcast as you. So it is never part of the default request, and you can leave it off.
How do I change what an assistant can do?
Disconnect it in Settings and connect it again, then tick the permissions you want.
Do permissions give the assistant more than my plan allows?
No. Every call runs with your plan's limits, exactly like the website.
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