Connect email, calendar, files and more.
The full script, word for word — 182 words, about 1 minutes to read. Current as at July 2026. AI tools change quickly; if something looks different when you try it, check the product's own help pages.
Claude knows a lot about the world. Connectors let it into yours — your email, your calendar, your files — so answers come from your actual life, not general knowledge.
Connectors live here. Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive, Microsoft 365, and a growing list of the tools you already use. Connecting one takes a click and a sign-in — and you're always in control: see what's connected, disconnect any time.
Then you just ask, in plain language. What's on this week? Find the email about the invoice. Pull the numbers from that spreadsheet in Drive. Claude fetches what it needs from the connected tool and answers with your real information.
And it goes beyond reading. Connected tools let Claude act — draft the reply, set up the meeting, update the file — with you approving what goes out. Your tools, Claude's hands, your say-so.
Start with the one tool you live in — for most people that's email or the calendar. Connect it, then ask a question you couldn't have asked before. That's when Claude stops being a chatbot and starts being useful.