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Connectors overview

A connector gives Lucy a defined set of tools in another service. Lucy does not get a back door. It gets the same access you would give a colleague who acts on your behalf, no more.

Admin, Connectors: the catalog, your own connectors and tool permissions.

I want Lucy to… Use
Read my mail, draft replies, book meetings Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace
Work with files in OneDrive, SharePoint or Drive The same connectors, the Files app
Query or act in our own systems Your own MCP server
Work with folders on my computer Desktop app and local files
Bring in current information from the web Web search

Your account, never a shared one

Each person signs in with their own account. Lucy acts as that person, with that person’s access, and the audit log says so.

Tokens stay in a vault

Access tokens are sealed in Lucy’s database with a key that is not in the database, never returned by any API, and never shown to the model, the worker or a sandbox.

Nothing reaches other people unasked

Sending mail or booking a meeting shows an approval card with the full content first. Nothing leaves until you click Allow once.

Admins can switch off, instantly

Turning an app off stops Lucy using it for everyone at once, without anyone connecting again.

A connector is switched on by an admin, then each person connects their own account from Settings → Connectors.

Settings, Connectors: the connectors your organisation allows and whether you have connected them.

Every tool is set to one of:

Level What happens Typical use
allow Lucy uses the tool without asking Reading, searching
ask A card appears in the chat before each call Anything that writes, sends or reaches other people
deny The tool is hidden from the model entirely Anything you never want

Who sets what. Admins set the level for everyone. A person can make a tool stricter for themselves and never looser. What Lucy does is the stricter of the two.

Sensible defaults. If an admin has not chosen, read-only tools are allow, and tools that write, delete or reach other people are ask. Defaults come from the tool’s declared behaviour, so a new tool is never silently trusted.

Two organisation settings control how open the catalog is. Both are off by default (fully managed):

Setting Off (default) On
Open catalog People connect only connectors an admin turned on People may also connect other curated connectors, with all their apps
Member servers Only admins add MCP servers People may add their own MCP servers, for themselves only

A connector an admin has explicitly turned off stays off for everyone, even with the open catalog on.