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Connectors

Browse the connectors your organisation makes available, connect the ones you need, and use them in chat.

A connector is an external tool the assistant can use inside a conversation: an MCP server or a REST API that PrivateMind or your organisation has made available. Unlike a file, which you upload into a single conversation, a connector is reusable, you connect it once and attach it wherever you need it.

Where connectors live

Open Connectors from the sidebar app-nav (or go to /sources). There are three tabs:

  • Library, every connector available to you: the ones PrivateMind and your organisation curate, plus any your org has registered for itself.
  • Team, connectors another member or a team has shared with you.
  • My Connectors, the ones you've connected, with any personal key each one needs.

Connect a connector

Browse the Library and open the one you want, then click Connect. If it needs a personal key you'll be asked for it here, and it's stored against your account; many connectors are keyless and connect in one click. Once connected it moves into My Connectors and is yours to attach in any conversation.

Attach a connector in chat

From inside a conversation there are two ways to add one:

  • Click the + button beneath the message box and choose Connectors. Pick Library to find something new or My Connectors for one you've already connected. A connector you haven't connected yet shows a Connect button; once it's connected, Add to chat attaches it.
  • Or type @ in the composer and choose a connector from the popover.

Once attached, the assistant can call the connector's tools (for a REST API, make GET requests to it) whenever your question calls for it. An attached connector shows in green while it's active.

The Connectors panel

Open the Connectors panel at the top right of a conversation to see what's attached, alongside the conversation's model and token budget. Each connector row shows its name and type, a switch to toggle it active for this chat (off = the assistant ignores it, the attachment stays), and an options menu to Remove from this chat or Delete connector (which removes it from your connectors entirely).

Keep a connector on by default

A connector in My Connectors can be marked auto-attach, so it joins every new conversation without you picking it each time. Projects do the same for a set of connectors scoped to one project.

Registering your own connectors

Browsing and connecting is for everyone. Registering a new connector, your organisation's own MCP server or REST API, is an org-admin task on a separate page. See Custom connectors.

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