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Spin the wheel inside Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor

Add one address to your AI assistant and it can pick names fairly, split teams and run certified draws anyone can check. The NameWheel wheel spins right in the chat.

NameWheel MCP is a free remote MCP server at https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp. It gives Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and other AI assistants eight NameWheel tools: fair random picks with the wheel shown in the chat, random teams, wheel links, and TrueSpin™ certified draws with a permanent public proof page. Picks, teams and checks need no account; certified draws need a free NameWheel account.

Add it to your assistant Watch it spin

Updated 3 October 2026 · Open source (MIT) on GitHub

Server address

https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp

YouPick who presents first: Ava, Ben, Cleo, Dan.

Using NameWheel spin_wheel

CleoPicked at random from 4 names

Works inClaudeChatGPTCursorVS CodeClaude CodeCodexWindsurfGemini CLI

8Tools for your assistant

500Names on one wheel

$0To spin, split and check

20Certified draws a day, free account

Live demo

Watch it spin, live

This is the exact view your assistant shows. The buttons call the real NameWheel MCP server, the same one Claude and ChatGPT use, and the wheel draws its real answer.

Names, one per line or with commas Title

Up to 30 demo calls a minute from your address. Spins and teams are worked out on the server and the names are not stored.

Your assistantLIVE

Spin the wheel for Period 3 cold call: Ava, Ben, Cleo, Dan, Ella, Finn, Grace, Hugo

Using NameWheel spin_wheel

Set up

Add it to your assistant

One address works everywhere, and nothing is installed on your computer. Pick your app. Spins work at once; you only connect a free NameWheel account for certified draws.

Claude

Web, desktop and mobile

Open Settings, then Connectors.
Choose Add custom connector and paste the address.
Ask for a spin. For a certified draw, Claude shows Connect.

URL

https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp

Claude Code

In a terminal

BASH

claude mcp add --transport http namewheel https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp

Run /mcp inside a session to connect your NameWheel account with the sign-in flow.

ChatGPT

Web, in Developer Mode

Open Settings, then Apps, and turn on Developer Mode.
Create an app and paste the address.
Ask ChatGPT to use NameWheel in a chat.

URL

https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp

Cursor

Press the button, or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json

Install in Cursor

JSON

{ "mcpServers": { "namewheel": { "url": "https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp" } } }

VS Code

With GitHub Copilot; or edit .vscode/mcp.json

Install in VS Code

JSON

{ "servers": { "namewheel": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp" } } }

Codex CLI

In a terminal

BASH

codex mcp add namewheel --url https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

JSON

{ "mcpServers": { "namewheel": { "serverUrl": "https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp" } } }

Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json

JSON

{ "mcpServers": { "namewheel": { "httpUrl": "https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp" } } }

Any other app, or your own machine

Streamable HTTP at the address below, or the open source server over stdio

To use your account without the sign-in flow, send your key as Authorization: Bearer nw_live_... or x-api-key: nw_live_.... To run the server yourself, clone github.com/namewheel/mcp and start node dist/stdio.js: picks, teams and draw checks then run on your own computer.

Prompts

Things to ask, ready to copy

You never type tool names. Ask in plain words and your assistant picks the right NameWheel tool. Press Copy, paste into your chat and swap in your own names.

In the classroom Fair turns, no favourites.

Cold call, fairly

Use NameWheel to pick one student to answer the next question from my class list: Amira, Ben, Chloe, Diego, Ella, Farah, Gabe, Hana, Ivan, Jade. Show me the wheel.

spin_wheelFree

Reading groups of four

Split my class into random reading groups of 4 with NameWheel and list each group: Amira, Ben, Chloe, Diego, Ella, Farah, Gabe, Hana, Ivan, Jade, Kofi, Lena.

make_teamsFree

Presentation order

Use NameWheel to put these presenters in a random order with no repeats, all six of them: Amira, Ben, Chloe, Diego, Ella, Farah.

spin_wheelFree

A wheel for the projector

Make a NameWheel link with my class list already loaded, so I can spin it on the projector: Amira, Ben, Chloe, Diego, Ella, Farah, Gabe, Hana.

open_wheel_linkFree

At work Rotas and decisions nobody can argue with.

Standup order

Pick today's standup order with NameWheel: Sam, Priya, Lucas, Mei, Omar. All five, in random order.

spin_wheelFree

Code review buddy

Use NameWheel to pick who reviews my pull request from Sam, Priya, Lucas and Mei. Omar wrote it, so leave Omar out.

spin_wheelFree

Hackathon teams

Split these people into 3 random hackathon teams with NameWheel and call them Red, Blue and Green: Sam, Priya, Lucas, Mei, Omar, Jo, Rafa, Ines, Kenji.

make_teamsFree

Where we eat

We can't agree on lunch. Let the NameWheel wheel pick one: ramen, tacos, falafel, pizza, the salad bar.

spin_wheelFree

At home and with friends Settle it with a spin.

Chores for the week

Split these six chores into 3 random groups named Mia, Leo and Zara with NameWheel: dishes, laundry, bins, vacuuming, plants, groceries.

make_teamsFree

Movie night

Spin the NameWheel wheel for tonight's movie: Paddington 2, Spirited Away, Inside Out, The Princess Bride.

spin_wheelFree

Game night sides

Split us into two random teams for game night with NameWheel: Noor, Ali, Sara, Tom, Lina, Yusuf, Maya, Ben.

make_teamsFree

What can this do?

What can the NameWheel connection do without an account, and how many certified draws do I have left today?

check_planFree

Certified draws and checks For results other people need to trust.

A draw anyone can check

Run a NameWheel certified draw titled "Year 9 reading award" with these names: Amira, Ben, Chloe, Diego, Ella. Remind me first that the names will be public on the proof page.

certified_drawFree account

Lock the list first

Freeze this entry list on NameWheel now, titled "Office parking spot, October": Sam, Priya, Lucas, Mei, Omar. Tomorrow I'll ask you to run the certified draw on it.

freeze_listFree account

Is this result real?

Check this NameWheel draw and tell me in plain words whether it is genuine and who won: namewheel.org/v/DG5J6VD7

verify_drawFree

My draws

List my last five NameWheel certified draws with their proof links.

my_drawsFree account

Tools

Eight tools, in plain words

Your assistant reads these descriptions and picks the tool. Five work without an account.

You say	NameWheel does	Needs
"Pick someone from this list"	`spin_wheel` picks one or more winners with a cryptographic random number generator and spins the wheel in the chat.	Free
"Split us into 3 teams"	`make_teams` makes random teams, or groups of a set size, shown as cards.	Free
"Give me a wheel to project"	`open_wheel_link` makes a namewheel.org link with the names already on the wheel.	Free
"Is this draw genuine?"	`verify_draw` recomputes a certified draw and checks the sealed commitment and NameWheel's Ed25519 signature.	Free
"What can you do here?"	`check_plan` gives the limits for this connection and the certified draws left today.	Free
"Run a draw people can check"	`certified_draw` runs a TrueSpin draw sealed before the spin and publishes it on a permanent proof page.	Free account
"Lock this list before the draw"	`freeze_list` freezes the entry list in public at namewheel.org/f/CODE.	Free account
"Show my draws"	`my_draws` lists your certified draws and frozen lists with their proof links.	Free account

TrueSpin™

How a certified draw works

Certified draws are for results other people need to trust: a class award, a team decision, a giveaway. Five steps, and every one is public.

Sealed before the spin

NameWheel's server makes a 32 byte secret and publishes only its SHA-256 fingerprint, the commitment. Changing the secret later would break the fingerprint.

Your side adds randomness

The connection adds its own random value, plus any words you give it, so the server alone cannot steer the result.

Plain math picks the winner

HMAC-SHA256, keyed with the secret, over the added randomness and the fingerprint of the entry list. The first 8 bytes, read as a number, divided by the number of entries: the remainder is the winner.⁸

Revealed and signed

After the spin the secret is published and the whole record is signed with NameWheel's Ed25519 key, so nothing in it can change unnoticed.⁷

A permanent proof page

namewheel.org/v/CODE shows every entry, the winner and every value above, with a button that recomputes the draw in the browser. It also lists every draw the same account ran on the same list, so re-running until a favourite wins is visible.

Why a tool

Why not just ask the AI to pick?

A chatbot can name a winner, but a language model is not a random number generator, and nobody can check its pick afterwards.

Chatbots have favourites

In a 2024 study, GPT-4 and Llama 3 leaned towards heads when asked to flip coins, most of all on the first flip, and avoided long runs the way people do.¹ Asked for a number from 1 to 100, one test found GPT-3.5 Turbo kept choosing 47, Claude 3 Haiku 42 and Gemini 1.0 Pro 72.²

Nobody can check a chat pick

Ask again and you get a new answer. There is no record of what was drawn, from which list, or how many times someone asked before sharing the result.

NameWheel does the drawing

The assistant only passes the names. spin_wheel uses the server's cryptographic random number generator (Node.js crypto.randomInt)³, so every name has the same chance. certified_draw goes further: sealed, signed and public.

Free

Free without an account, more with one

No card, no trial. A free NameWheel account adds the tools that publish something in your name.

Without an account

Free

Nothing to sign up for

spin_wheel, make_teams, open_wheel_link, verify_draw and check_plan
30 calls a minute and 500 a day per connection
Up to 500 names on a wheel, 80 characters each
On claude.ai and ChatGPT, guests share one daily allowance per app; when it runs out, your assistant asks you to connect a free account

With a free account

Free account

Email code or Google, no card

Everything on the left, with no per-connection limit
certified_draw: up to 20 certified draws in any 24 hours, each with a public proof page
freeze_list and my_draws
Connect through your assistant's sign-in, or paste a key

Website extras such as hosted draw videos and your logo on the wheel are part of NameWheel PRO. A signed PDF certificate of a certified draw is $9 once, from your dashboard.

Free key

Get your key in one press

Your assistant asks for it when you connect, or you can put it in a config. Make it here and it is copied for you.

It can run certified draws, freeze lists, read your plan and list your own draws
It cannot change your account, your payments or your data
Delete it in your dashboard, Settings, and everything that used it disconnects

Checking whether you are signed in…

Up to 5 keys per account. Manage them in your dashboard.

Privacy

What is kept, and what is public

Your assistant's own provider handles your conversation under its policy. NameWheel only receives what the assistant sends to a tool.

Spins and teams

Worked out on the server and answered. The names are not stored. Request logs keep the tool, the number of entries and the caller's address for 30 days, never the names.

Certified draws

Stored and published on their proof pages by design, permanently, like certified draws made on the website. Use names you are happy to publish.

Your key

NameWheel's database keeps only its SHA-256 fingerprint. Connected assistants get short tokens tied to it; delete the key and they stop working.

Full details: privacy policy, AI assistants section.

Compare

Asking the chatbot vs using NameWheel

Same question, three ways to answer it.

	Ask the chatbot	NameWheel spin_wheel	NameWheel certified_draw
Where the randomness comes from	The model's next words	A cryptographic random number generator	A sealed server secret plus your connection's randomness
Every name has the same chance	Not guaranteed	Yes	Yes
Wheel shown in the chat	No	Yes, in apps that show MCP Apps	Yes
Anyone can check it later	No	No	Yes, on a public proof page
Record kept	None	None	Permanent
Account	None	None	Free NameWheel account

FAQ

Questions

What is the NameWheel MCP server?

It is a remote Model Context Protocol server at https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp. It lets AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code use NameWheel: fair random picks with the wheel shown in the chat, random teams, wheel links and TrueSpin certified draws with a public proof page.

Is it free?

Yes. Picks, teams, wheel links and checking draws need no account. Certified draws, frozen lists and your draw history need a free NameWheel account. Website extras such as hosted draw videos are part of NameWheel PRO.

Which apps does it work in?

Any app that supports remote MCP servers over Streamable HTTP, including Claude (web, desktop and mobile), Claude Code, ChatGPT in Developer Mode, Cursor, VS Code with GitHub Copilot, Codex CLI, Windsurf and Gemini CLI. The spinning wheel shows in apps that support MCP Apps views, such as Claude and ChatGPT; other apps show the same result as text.

Do I need to install anything?

No. It is a hosted server: you add its address to your app. Developers can also run the open source server on their own computer from github.com/namewheel/mcp.

Is the pick really random?

Yes. spin_wheel and make_teams use Node.js crypto.randomInt, a cryptographically secure random number generator, on NameWheel's server. The assistant only passes the names; it does not choose the winner.

How is a certified draw different from a normal spin?

A normal spin is fair but leaves no record. A certified draw is sealed before the spin with a published SHA-256 commitment, mixes in randomness from your connection, is signed with NameWheel's Ed25519 key and is published on a permanent proof page where anyone can recompute the winner.

Are the names in a certified draw public?

Yes. The title, every entry and the winner of a certified draw are published on its proof page permanently, so only use names you are happy to publish. Names in normal spins and teams are not stored.

How do I connect my NameWheel account?

When you ask for something that needs an account, your app shows Connect and a NameWheel page asks for your API key. Make one in one press on this page, or in your dashboard under Settings. In Claude Code, run /mcp to connect.

What can the API key do?

Only four things: run certified draws, freeze entry lists, read your plan and list your own draws. It cannot change your account, your payments or your data. Delete it in your dashboard under Settings to disconnect every assistant that used it.

Can I check someone else's draw?

Yes, with no account. Ask your assistant to check the code or the namewheel.org/v/ link with verify_draw, open the proof page and press the recompute button, or use the open source verifier at github.com/namewheel/truespin-verifier.

What are the limits?

Without an account, 30 calls a minute and 500 a day per connection, up to 500 names per wheel. A free account removes the per-connection limit and allows up to 20 certified draws in any 24 hours.

Is the code open source?

Yes. The server, the in-chat wheel and the sign-in flow are MIT licensed at github.com/namewheel/mcp.

Sources

Van Koevering, K. and Kleinberg, J. (2024). How Random is Random? Evaluating the Randomness and Humaneness of LLMs' Coin Flips. arxiv.org/abs/2406.00092
Gramener (2024). LLM Numerology: We Experimented with 3 LLMs to Find Out Their Favorite Numbers. blog.gramener.com
Node.js documentation: crypto.randomInt. nodejs.org/api/crypto.html
Model Context Protocol: extensions, including MCP Apps. modelcontextprotocol.io/extensions/overview
NameWheel TrueSpin specification. namewheel.org/truespin-spec
NameWheel MCP server source code (MIT). github.com/namewheel/mcp
RFC 8032: Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA). rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8032
RFC 2104: HMAC, Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication. rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2104

Put the wheel in your next chat

One address, nothing to install. Free without an account.

SERVER ADDRESS

https://mcp.namewheel.org/mcp

Add it to your assistant Get a free key

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and Gemini are trademarks of their owners. NameWheel is an independent product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. TrueSpin™ is a trademark of Outline Technologies LLC.

Spin the wheel inside Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor

Watch it spin, live

Add it to your assistant

Claude

Claude Code

ChatGPT

Cursor

VS Code

Codex CLI

Windsurf

Gemini CLI

Any other app, or your own machine

Things to ask, ready to copy

In the classroom Fair turns, no favourites.

Cold call, fairly

Reading groups of four

Presentation order

A wheel for the projector

At work Rotas and decisions nobody can argue with.

Standup order

Code review buddy

Hackathon teams

Where we eat

At home and with friends Settle it with a spin.

Chores for the week

Movie night

Game night sides

What can this do?

Certified draws and checks For results other people need to trust.

A draw anyone can check

Lock the list first

Is this result real?

My draws

Eight tools, in plain words

How a certified draw works

Sealed before the spin

Your side adds randomness

Plain math picks the winner

Revealed and signed

A permanent proof page

Why not just ask the AI to pick?

Chatbots have favourites

Nobody can check a chat pick

NameWheel does the drawing

Free without an account, more with one

Without an account

With a free account

Get your key in one press

What is kept, and what is public

Spins and teams

Certified draws

Your key

Asking the chatbot vs using NameWheel

Questions

Sources

More from NameWheel

Put the wheel in your next chat