What Are Integrations?

Integrations (also called connectors) give Claude the ability to read from and write to your external tools — Asana, Granola, Slack, and others. Without them, Claude can only work with information you paste directly into the chat. With them, Claude can pull your meeting notes automatically, create Asana tasks on your behalf, search your Guru knowledge base, and more.

Claude uses a standard called MCP (Model Context Protocol) to connect to external services. Each connector you add to Claude.ai is an MCP server running in the background.

Currently Available Integrations

Granola MCP Server
Connected
Meeting notes & transcripts — powers post-meeting workflows and status reports
Asana MCP Server
Connected
Task & project management — Claude reads and creates tasks, sections, projects
Guru MCP Server
Connected
Company knowledge base — Claude searches docs and drafts new cards
Gamma MCP Server
Connected
Presentation builder — Claude generates slide decks from project data
Slack MCP Server
Connected
Team messaging — Claude reads channels and posts notifications
Google Calendar MCP Server
Connected
Calendar access — read events, create meetings, and power scheduling automations
Gmail MCP Server
Connected
Email — Claude drafts, reads, and sends emails on your behalf
Google Drive MCP Server
Connected
File storage — Claude reads and searches documents, sheets, and files in Drive

Part 1 — Connecting via Claude.ai Setup

Step-by-Step: Adding a New Connector
  1. Go to claude.ai and sign in to your account.
  2. Click your profile icon or initials in the top-right corner of the screen.
  3. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
  4. Navigate to the Integrations tab in the left sidebar.
  5. Click Add Integration or Browse Connectors.
  6. Find the tool you want to connect and click it.
  7. Click Connect or Authorize. You will be redirected to that tool's login/permissions page.
  8. Log in and click Allow to grant Claude access.
  9. You will be redirected back to Claude.ai. The connector should now show as Connected.
  10. Test it: start a new chat and ask Claude something that requires that tool.
Re-authorizing a Disconnected Integration

Integrations occasionally disconnect if your password changes or OAuth token expires.

  1. Go to Settings → Integrations. Disconnected integrations will show a warning or "Reconnect" button.
  2. Click Reconnect next to the affected integration.
  3. Follow the authorization flow again.
  4. If reconnecting fails, try revoking the connection first, then add it again from scratch.
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Tip: If Claude says it cannot access Asana or another tool mid-conversation, this is almost always a disconnected integration. Go to Settings and check.

Part 2 — Google Workspace Setup Setup

Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Drive are connected via Claude.ai's native MCP connectors. Each requires a one-time authorization with your Google Workspace account.

Connecting Google Calendar, Gmail & Drive
  1. Go to claude.ai and click your profile icon in the top-right corner.
  2. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
  3. Click Integrations in the left sidebar.
  4. Find Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Drive in the connector list. Click Connect next to each one.
  5. You will be redirected to a Google sign-in page. Sign in with your Praxent Google Workspace account (yourname@praxent.com).
  6. Review the permissions and click Allow.
  7. Repeat steps 4–6 for each of the three Google integrations.
  8. Test each one: "What meetings do I have today?" (Calendar), "Find recent emails about Trust Center" (Gmail), "Find the SOC2 prep doc in my Drive" (Drive).
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Note: You must use your Praxent Google Workspace account (yourname@praxent.com), not a personal Gmail. If you see a permissions error, contact IT — your admin may need to approve the Claude.ai app in Google Workspace Admin Console first.

Part 3 — Integrations in Detail Reference

What Claude can do
  • Read your latest meeting notes and summaries
  • Search past meetings by topic or attendee
  • Extract action items, decisions, and follow-ups from transcripts
  • Feed meeting content into Asana tasks, Guru cards, or status reports
Example prompts
"What were the action items from my last meeting with Chris?"
"Summarize all meetings this week related to the Trust Center project."
"Run the meeting-to-asana skill on my latest Granola meeting."
What Claude can do
  • Search for tasks and projects by name or keyword
  • Create new tasks in specific projects and sections
  • Update task due dates, assignees, and completion status
  • Generate status reports by pulling open/completed tasks per project
Example prompts
"Show me all my incomplete Asana tasks due this week."
"Create a task in the IT project: Set up Google Calendar MCP, due March 7."
"What tasks are open in the SOC2 Type 2 project?"
What Claude can do
  • Search your Guru knowledge base using natural language
  • Retrieve full card content by topic
  • Draft new Guru cards from meeting decisions or process documentation
  • Update existing cards with new information
Example prompts
"What does Guru say about our BYOD policy?"
"Draft a Guru card summarizing the Trust Center decisions from my last meeting."
What Claude can do
  • Generate a presentation from a text prompt or outline
  • Pull content from Asana or Granola and build a status update deck
  • Export as PowerPoint or PDF
Example prompts
"Create a 5-slide status update deck for the Trust Center project."
"Build a presentation summarizing our AI adoption roadmap for the all-hands."
What Claude can do
  • Post formatted summaries or reports to a Slack channel
  • Read recent messages from channels for context
  • Send direct messages (used in nudge and briefing automations)
Example prompts
"Post this project status update to the #ops-team channel."
What Claude can do
  • Read your upcoming calendar events and daily/weekly schedule
  • Create new calendar events with title, attendees, time, and description
  • Check availability before scheduling meetings
  • Power the meeting prep brief automation
Example prompts
"What meetings do I have tomorrow?"
"Schedule a 30-minute call with Chris next Tuesday at 2pm."
"What is on my calendar this week related to the Trust Center project?"
What Claude can do
  • Search and read emails by sender, subject, or keyword
  • Draft email replies or new messages based on context
  • Send emails after your review and approval
  • Draft meeting follow-up emails from Granola notes automatically
Example prompts
"Draft a follow-up email to Paul summarizing the action items from my last meeting with him."
"Search my inbox for any emails about the Corsica onboarding from the past week."
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Tip: Claude will always show you a draft before sending. It will never send an email without your explicit confirmation.
What Claude can do
  • Search Drive for files by name or content
  • Read Google Docs and extract key information
  • Read Google Sheets data and summarize or analyze it
  • Reference Drive documents as context when creating tasks or reports
Example prompts
"Find the SOC 2 audit prep doc in my Drive and summarize the open items."
"Use the project brief in Drive to create an Asana project structure for Project Wallflower."

Part 4 — Using in a Conversation Tips

Be Specific About Which Tool to Use

✓ "From Granola, get my meeting notes from yesterday." ← explicit
✓ "In Asana, find the Trust Center project." ← explicit
~ "What are my tasks?" ← Claude will infer Asana, but may ask to clarify

Chain Integrations Together

"Read my latest Granola meeting, extract the action items, and create Asana tasks for each one in the Ops Tasks project."
"Get the open tasks in the Trust Center Asana project and use them to create a status update presentation in Gamma."
"Draft a follow-up email after my last meeting, pulling action items from Granola and open tasks from Asana."
"Check my Google Calendar for tomorrow, pull any relevant Asana tasks for those meetings, and send me a briefing email via Gmail."

When an Integration Is Not Responding

  • Check Settings → Integrations — look for any warning icons or Reconnect buttons.
  • Try revoking and re-adding the integration (takes about 2 minutes).
  • For persistent issues, check support.claude.com for known connector issues.

Quick Reference — Integration Settings

Action Where in Claude.ai Notes
Add a new integration Settings → Integrations → Browse Connectors Find and authorize new tools
Reconnect a broken one Settings → Integrations → [tool] → Reconnect Re-authorize after token expiry
Add custom MCP server Settings → Integrations → Add custom MCP server For self-hosted or n8n-powered connectors
Revoke access Settings → Integrations → [tool] → Disconnect Remove a tool's access entirely