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What is a connector?

A bridge that lets Claude read or use one of your apps (Drive, Notion…).

A connector links Claude to another app: Google Drive, Notion, your calendar, GitHub… Once connected, Claude can fetch your documents or prepare actions in that app, with the rights you give it. Technically, many connectors use a standard called MCP.

What it's for

  • Stop copy-pasting your documents into the conversation by hand.
  • Let Claude work on your real files, under your control.

How to do it

  1. 01In Claude, open settings, Connectors section.
  2. 02Pick the app and sign in on its official page (never by pasting a password into the chat).
  3. 03Start read-only or on a test folder, then test.

Example

With the Google Drive connector, you ask “Summarise the last 3 meeting notes”: Claude reads them and answers.

Be careful

  • Give as few rights as possible: read-only first.
  • A key or credential goes into a local file (.env), never into the chat.

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