Two lists
Connectors show up in two places:- Your connectors: every connector you’ve personally connected, including any you’ve since turned off. This list is yours alone, not a picture of what the whole workspace has connected.
- Available: connectors the workspace has approved that you haven’t connected yet.
Connect a tool
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Find it in Available
Open the available list and find the connector you need.
2
Check the button state
The button tells you what’s needed:
- Set up: you haven’t connected this one yet. Click it to start.
- Reconnect: the connection broke, often because a credential expired or was revoked elsewhere. Click it to fix the connection.
- Added: this connector doesn’t need authentication, so it’s already on. There’s nothing for you to do.
3
Use it in a thread
Once connected, bring it into a thread with
@ from the composer. See Thread and composer.Allow, ask, or block a tool
An administrator sets one of three choices for each connector: Allow, Ask, or Block. Allow lets a thread use it without stopping. Ask pauses the thread and shows an approval card before the action runs. Block prevents the thread from using it.If a thread stops on an approval card, the connector is set to Ask. See Approvals for what to do next.
Request a connector you don’t have
If a connector you need isn’t in your available list, you can still ask for it. Request it and it shows as Requested while an admin reviews whether to approve it for you.Using a connector outside Sidekick
Some connectors aren’t only usable inside a Sidekick thread. Where a connector supports it, the same governed connection can be reached from outside Sidekick through a gateway, so other tools you use can call on it under the same rules. Availability depends on the connector and your workspace’s configuration.Where to go next
Govern tools and connectors
How admins control which tools and connectors are available and how they’re gated.
Approvals
What to do when a tool pauses a thread for your approval.