Claude Connectors List: Every Connector and What It's Good For

Last updated Nov 9, 2026. We refresh this list every month against Anthropic's connectors directory and the Claude Help Center. Every connector below appears in that directory on the date above. Counts change weekly, so treat them as a snapshot.

Claude connectors are integrations that let Claude read from and act in other apps. They run on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Anthropic's directory now carries more than a thousand of them. The directory grew by 45 listings between November 2 and November 9 alone. The trouble is that a thousand-item catalog is hard to scan. This page covers every category in the directory, picks the connectors that matter most in each one (116 in total, chosen from the directory's own popularity ranking plus notable new listings), says what each is actually good for, and shows how to add them on each plan. For the long tail, the full directory is one click away.

Claude connectors at a glance

Source: Anthropic's connectors and plugins directory, read November 9, 2026. Many connectors sit in more than one category, so the category counts add up to more than 1,096. Desktop extensions aren't assigned a category in the directory data.

The three kinds of Claude connectors

Everything in this list falls into one of three types. Knowing which one you're looking at tells you where it runs and who can add it.

• Web connectors are remote MCP servers that the service runs for you. Anthropic says they're available to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and the mobile apps (Claude Help Center). Most of this page is web connectors.
• Desktop extensions are local MCP servers packaged as one-click installs for Claude Desktop. They can reach things on your own computer, like files and apps, and they're available to all users on Claude Desktop (Claude Help Center).
• Custom connectors are any remote MCP server you add yourself by URL, listed or not. They work on Free, Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise, and Free accounts are limited to one (Claude Help Center).

Directory listings also carry review labels. A Verified connector has had its tools tested by Anthropic for quality and compatibility. A Community connector was screened but not reviewed in depth. Anthropic is clear that verification "isn't a security audit" (Claude docs), so the label tells you how closely it was checked, not that it's safe for your data.

Productivity, docs and project management

473 listings, the biggest category. These are the connectors most teams add first, because they hold the files, tasks and meeting notes Claude needs for context.

Email, chat and meetings

94 listings. Good for summarizing threads and drafting replies, with Claude acting under your own account permissions.

Sales, CRM and marketing

174 listings. Strong for account research, pipeline reviews, SEO research and campaign reporting.

Data and analytics

269 listings. Useful when the answer lives in a warehouse, product analytics tool or the open web.

Developer tools

153 listings. Most also work in Claude Code, so the same connection serves chat and the terminal.

Design, video and creative

59 listings. Several are Interactive, which means they render a live interface inside the chat.

Ecommerce and shopping

43 listings. Store operators get order, product and listing work; shoppers get consumer search.

Finance, payments and accounting

184 listings, from small-business bookkeeping to institutional market data.

Legal

74 listings, mostly research tools and document systems law firms already use.

Health and life sciences

36 health and life sciences listings plus 16 consumer health listings, with some overlap. Anthropic built several of these itself.

Education

30 listings for teachers, trainers and learners.

Travel, media and everyday life

Travel (25), media and entertainment (23), nonprofit (16) and other (39) round out the directory.

Desktop extensions

Desktop extensions run on your machine instead of a vendor's server, which makes them the right pick for local files, local apps and anything you'd rather not send to a third party. They only work in Claude Desktop. In the app, go to Settings > Desktop app, select Manage next to Extensions, then Browse extensions (Claude Help Center).

Anthropic notes that local MCP servers set up in Claude Desktop use your local network and aren't available in Cowork or on claude.ai (Claude Help Center). If you need the same tool everywhere, look for a web version of it.

What about GitHub?

GitHub isn't a directory listing. It's a built-in integration you'll find under Customize > Connectors > GitHub Integration. It's available on every plan, including Free, and lets you add a repository to a chat or project so Claude can read file names and contents. It doesn't see commit history, pull requests or issues. For editing code and opening pull requests, Anthropic points you to Claude Code instead (Claude docs).

How to add connectors on each plan

Sources: Use connectors, custom connectors using remote MCP and desktop extensions in the Claude Help Center, checked November 9, 2026.

Add a directory connector (any plan)

1. Go to Customize > Connectors and click the + next to Connectors. You can also open the + menu in a chat (or type /), hover over Connectors and choose Manage connectors.
2. Browse by category or search, then open the connector.
3. Click Connect or Install and sign in to the service.
4. In a conversation, open + > Connectors and toggle on the ones you want for that chat.

On mobile you can browse and connect too, though Anthropic calls mobile installs a beta and says web and Desktop remain the main path for custom connectors (Claude Help Center).

Add a connector for a Team or Enterprise workspace

1. An Owner or Primary Owner opens Organization settings > Connectors.
2. They click Browse connectors, pick one and choose Add to your team.
3. Each member then connects with their own login, so Claude only sees what that person can see.

Owners can also restrict actions org-wide, for example letting Claude read Gmail but not send mail, by setting each tool to Always allow, Needs approval or Blocked (Claude Help Center).

Adding a custom connector

If a tool isn't in the directory but has a remote MCP server, you can still add it. On Pro and Max, Anthropic's steps are:

1. Go to Customize > Connectors.
2. Click + Add, then Add custom connector.
3. Name it and paste the remote MCP server URL, then click Continue.
4. Review the authentication Claude detected and choose how people sign in: Sign in now, Sign in when needed or No sign in.
5. If the server uses an API key or bearer token instead of OAuth, add it under Request headers, then click Add.

Two details catch people out. First, Claude connects to the server from Anthropic's cloud, not from your laptop, so the server has to be reachable on the public internet; one behind a VPN or firewall won't connect unless you allowlist Anthropic's IP ranges. Second, you can't edit a custom connector after adding it. You remove it and add it again (Claude Help Center).

A directory listing and a custom connector use the same technology. If you have a connector's URL, you can add it as a custom connector whether or not it's listed (Claude docs).

Example: a connector that carries expertise

Most connectors on this list move data or take actions. Callstand is a different kind of custom connector: it holds how you, a teammate or an expert does a piece of work, and Claude can ask it for a plan, a finished draft or a critique. You add it the same way as any custom connector, with one link in Claude or ChatGPT, or the link plus an API key in Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. Calls cost $0.50 each from prepaid credits, starting at $5, according to Callstand's How it works page on November 9, 2026. If you're deciding whether something belongs in a connector, a skill or a project, the Projects vs Skills vs Connectors guide walks through it.

How to choose which connectors to turn on

1. Start with where your work already lives. One file store, one inbox, one task tool. Google Drive or Microsoft 365, Gmail or Outlook, and Asana, Linear or Jira cover most of a typical day.
2. Add the system of record for your role. HubSpot or Salesforce for sales, Semrush or Ahrefs for SEO, Stripe or QuickBooks for finance, Sentry or Datadog for engineering.
3. Turn connectors on per chat. They're toggles for a reason. If you keep 10 or more active, Anthropic suggests switching Tool access to On demand so conversations keep more room (Claude Help Center).
4. Check who runs it. Anthropic doesn't run third-party connector servers or control how they handle data, and a developer can change a connector's tools after review (Claude docs). Read the permissions screen before you approve.
5. Pair connectors with instructions. A connector gets Claude to the data. It doesn't tell Claude what good looks like. That's what skills and expert connectors are for, and why teams that skip that step end up with prompt debt.

What changed this month

The count moved from 1,051 on November 2 (as noted in our Projects vs Skills vs Connectors guide) to 1,096 on November 9. Recent additions flagged as New in the directory include Check (payroll and tax filing, added November 4), New Relic (observability, October 30), Squarespace (domains and store management, October 29) and Flipsnack (flipbooks, October 26). Trending listings this week include Picsart Media Studio, Intuit QuickBooks Labs (beta), Scriptivox, Stewdio, Moneytree and Clio (Anthropic directory). We'll update this section at the next monthly refresh.

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