How the relay actually works
Here is the honest part first, because it is the whole point. There is no direct link between Strava and Wellness Project, and there is no Strava MCP server. Strava is an app and a platform, not a wearable, and on iPhone it can write the runs and rides you record into Apple Health, the health hub already built into your phone.
Wellness Project reads that hub. It takes the workouts Strava deposited into Apple Health, structures them into one continuous training history, and serves that history to Claude and ChatGPT over a single MCP connection. So the real chain is Strava to Apple Health, then Wellness Project, then Claude or ChatGPT. We never connect to Strava directly, and we will not claim to.
The cleaner path is often the device underneath
Worth saying plainly: the Strava relay is partial. Strava is a social and analysis layer that usually sits on top of a device actually doing the recording, whether that is a Garmin watch, an Apple Watch, or a bike computer. That underlying device can typically write a fuller, more detailed workout straight to Apple Health, including heart rate and route data, without Strava in the middle.
So if your goal is the richest possible training history in your AI coach, connect the device to the hub. Point a Garmin or Apple Watch at Apple Health or Health Connect, let it write the workout directly, and keep Strava for the kudos and the segments. The relay through Strava is a fine fallback when the app is your only writer, but the device path is the one to reach for first.
Set it up in four steps
The setup is short because your phone does the work. Name the hub first, let Wellness Project read it, then point Claude or ChatGPT at your account.
Sync Strava into your phone hub
In the Strava app on iPhone, open settings and enable the Apple Health connection so Strava writes your runs and rides into Apple Health, the hub on your phone. On Android, know that Strava write support into Google Health Connect is limited, so consider connecting the recording device (like a Garmin) to Health Connect instead. The hub is the intermediary that actually holds your workouts.
Let Wellness Project read the hub
In the Wellness Project app, grant Apple Health or Health Connect permission. It reads the workouts Strava wrote there and structures them into one training history: distance, pace, duration, and heart rate, keyed to your baseline. This is a read of the hub, not a connection to Strava.
Add the MCP connector to Claude or ChatGPT
Add the Wellness Project connector to Claude (via MCP) or ChatGPT (via the plugin). One connection covers everything in your hub, not just Strava. Claude and ChatGPT are the two AI integrations Wellness Project supports today.
Ask about your training
Ask Claude or ChatGPT whether your weekly mileage is ramping too fast, how this build compares to last month, or whether your easy days are actually easy. It answers from your structured history, not a single activity.
That is the whole flow. No Strava login on our side, no real-time promise we cannot keep. Freshness tracks whenever Strava syncs to your hub, and Wellness Project reads it from there.
The platform caveat, stated plainly
iOS and Android are not equal here. On iPhone, Strava can write to Apple Health and the relay works, though it carries what Strava chooses to write. On Android, Strava support for Google Health Connect is limited, so the relay may not fire cleanly and you are usually better off connecting the recording device to Health Connect directly.
Either way, this is a relay, not a live feed. There is no webhook and no real-time push on our side; your workouts appear after Strava syncs to the hub. Whichever platform you use, you add exactly one connector to Claude or ChatGPT and read everything in one place.
Put your Strava training in front of an AI that remembers the whole build.
Sync Strava to Apple Health, store it in Wellness Project, and let Claude or ChatGPT read your runs and rides against your history. Free during early access.