Claude Basics · Part 3: Give Claude more reach

Connecting your tools

Lesson 9 of 144 min readWorks on Free

In this lesson

  • What a connector is
  • How to add one
  • What to think about before you do

What a connector does

Until now Claude has only known what you typed or uploaded. A connector lets it reach into the apps you already use. Anthropic's help page gives three examples: Linear to create issues, Slack to send messages, and Google Drive to search your files.

Once an app is connected, you ask in plain words:

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