Connect Everything
This is where Claude stops being a chatbot and starts being a coworker. When it can read your email, check your calendar, and search your Drive, it actually knows what's going on in your life without you having to explain everything from scratch.
The Must-Haves
These are the connectors I use every single day. Set these up first.
Gmail
"What emails came in while I was in meetings?" "Draft a reply to that thread from Sarah about the timeline." "Find every email about the Q2 budget." This is the connector that saves me the most time. Claude reads your inbox, drafts replies in your voice, and finds things faster than you can search.
Official setup guide →Google Calendar
"What's on my calendar today?" "Find a free slot for a 30-minute meeting this week." "Prep me for my 2pm meeting." Calendar context means Claude can plan your day, prep you for meetings, and help you find time without you manually checking anything.
Connect Google Calendar →Google Drive
"Pull up that product brief from last month." "Summarize the Q1 report." "Find every doc related to the onboarding project." Claude can search, read, and reference your Drive files. No more digging through nested folders.
Setup guide (3 methods) →Slack
"What happened in #product while I was out?" "Draft a message to the team about the launch delay." "Find that link someone shared about the new API." If your team lives in Slack, this connector means Claude can catch you up in seconds instead of you scrolling through hundreds of messages.
Official Slack setup →The Power Move: Zapier
Connect 8,000+ Apps
Zapier is the wildcard connector. It bridges Claude to basically any app you can think of. Want Claude to update a Notion database? Post to Discord? Send a text message? Create a Trello card? Zapier makes it possible. This is where things go from "useful" to "my friends think I'm a wizard."
Other Connectors Worth Knowing About
There are 38+ connectors available as of March 2026. GitHub, Linear, Jira, Notion, Confluence, and more. If you use it at work, there's probably a connector for it. Check the full list at claudecowork.im/integrations.
Further Reading
Part of Josh's Cowork Guide.