Claude adds 20 connectors
- Anthropic’s Claude now offers a broad connectors directory that links the assistant to outside business tools, while Mantle Chat is pitching a separate workspace that plugs into “Linear, Slack, Google Drive and 30+ more.” - Anthropic’s connector pages show apps such as HubSpot already live inside Claude, and Anthropic is separately promoting Google Workspace integration that searches Gmail, Calendar and Docs alongside the web. - The shift turns chatbots into software that can read live work systems through Model Context Protocol, Anthropic’s open standard for connecting models to business data. (anthropic.com)
Claude is turning from a standalone chatbot into a front end for other software. Its connectors directory now lets users link the assistant to outside tools and data sources. (claude.com) On Claude’s connectors page, Anthropic says the assistant can work with “tools, databases, and applications” through connectors powered by the Model Context Protocol, or MCP. The directory lists business apps from Airtable and Asana to Apollo.io and HubSpot. (claude.com) HubSpot’s connector page shows what that looks like in practice: Claude can query contacts, deals, companies and tickets based on a user’s existing permissions. Anthropic says the connector is used inside Claude and built by HubSpot. (claude.com) Google Workspace is part of the same push, though Anthropic is describing it through Claude’s research workflow rather than a public connector card. In a recent webinar listing, Anthropic said Claude can search Google Mail, Calendar, Documents and the web to produce cited answers. (anthropic.com) (resources.anthropic.com) The plumbing behind this is MCP, which Anthropic introduced in November 2024 as an open standard for connecting AI assistants to content repositories, business tools and development environments. Anthropic said MCP is meant to replace one-off integrations with a single protocol. (anthropic.com) That matters because connector rollouts change what an assistant can answer. Instead of relying only on prompts and uploaded files, Claude can pull from live systems where sales, support, documents and calendars already sit. (anthropic.com) (claude.com) A second company, Mantle Chat, is chasing the same idea from the collaboration side. Its site says teams can build agents, run tasks on schedules or triggers, and connect tools they already use, including “Linear, Slack, Google Drive and 30+ more.” (mantle.chat) Mantle is also building around MCP, but with a different pitch. A separate Mantle site says it gives “any MCP-compatible client” access to enterprise data, reads data in place without copying it, and offers audit logs, encryption and no training on customer data. (mantleai.dev) Security and compliance are part of the sales pitch because these connectors touch systems that already hold sensitive work data. Anthropic’s Trust Center says Claude for Enterprise is covered by controls including SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001, while connector providers present their own terms during authentication. (trust.anthropic.com) (claude.com) The race now is less about adding another chat box than about owning the layer between models and company software. Anthropic is expanding Claude’s own connector ecosystem, while Mantle is arguing that the same connected workflows should work across Claude, GPT and Gemini. (claude.com) (mantle.chat)
