How ChatGPT Connectors Bring Your Work Tools into One Chat (Watch Demo)
ChatGPT is becoming the front door to your entire workday. With Connectors, you can link ChatGPT directly to tools you already use like Google Drive, Gmail, Calendar, GitHub, SharePoint, and more. This means you can instantly access, summarise, and interact with your files, meetings, messages, and even code all within one chat window.
For busy teams across legal, marketing, data, finance or product, this unlocks a powerful new way to get things done faster, with fewer clicks.
What Are Connectors in ChatGPT?
Connectors let ChatGPT securely read and work with information from your everyday tools without switching tabs. ChatGPT respects your existing permissions, so it only accesses content you can see. And it cites its answers so you can check the source.
Let’s say you connect your Google Drive or Gmail account. You can now ask:
“Summarise the FY25 pricing strategy deck”“What did the client say in their last email?”“What’s on my calendar next Tuesday?”
Instead of searching, scrolling, and copying you just ask and get a useful answer in seconds.
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Examples: What You Can Do with ChatGPT Connectors
You can also mix sources in one prompt:
“Summarise our 2024 OKRs from Drive and list any calendar events tagged ‘Q1 planning’.”
Note: Features and access to connectors vary depending on your ChatGPT plan (Plus, Pro, or Enterprise).
How to Get Started with Connectors
Getting started is simple, no setup or coding required.
Go to Settings ▶ Connectors in ChatGPT
Connect the tools you use (Google, Microsoft, GitHub, etc.)
Grant access via secure login (only data you can access will be visible)
Ask your question in plain English, and ChatGPT will handle the rest
Watch the Demo
Want to see it in action? Here’s a quick walkthrough to learn how to connect GitHub to ChatGPT and get ChatGPT to take meaningful action on your codebase.
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