Source: Claude Connectors Documentation [What Is a Connector?] A connector links Claude to an outside app or service, like your calendar, your documents, or your emails. Once connected, Claude can find information there and take actions for you. [What You Need First] You need two accounts: a Claude account {claude(.)ai or the Claude desktop app} and one with the service you want to connect, whose provider may require its own account or paid plan. On Team and Enterprise plans, an Owner adds the connector. Members then connect. [Add Your First Connector] Go to Customize > Connectors > Discover, find your service, and select Connect to Claude. Sign in to the service and approve the access. Then check that it shows Connected under Your connectors. Some connectors skip sign-in and connect right away. [Switch It On Per Chat] You choose per chat whether Claude can use a connector. Select +, then Connectors, and turn the toggle on. Then ask for something the service holds, such as “Which meetings do I have with clients this week?”. [You Decide What Claude Can Do] Claude can ask for approval before using a tool. Allow once approves that single use. Always allow skips the prompt for that tool from now on. [Pause, Disconnect, or Remove] Turning a connector's toggle off stops Claude from using it in the current chat. The connector stays connected. Disconnect signs Claude out of the service, and you can sign in again later. Remove takes it off your account. If access is lost, select Reconnect.

| Source: Claude Plugins Documentation Do you explain the same job to Claude again and again? Reports, proposals, follow-ups, and more. A Claude plugin can package that work, and you can create one without writing any files. Read ahead to learn how. [What Is a Claude Plugin?] A plugin is one package of skills, commands, and connectors. It lives on your own account and is for you by default. Once saved, it is available in your chats, in Cowork, and in Claude Code as a synced plugin. Now, let’s create one. [Step 1: Open the Add Menu] Go to Customize > Plugins in claude(.)ai or the desktop app and select Add. Choose Create with Claude, which opens a conversation with the plugin request already filled in for you to send. [Step 2: Describe the Job] Explain the job as you would to a colleague. Say what the task is, when it comes up, and what a good result looks like. Claude will ask follow-up questions, such as which connectors to use. You can change any answer later. [Step 3: Save It] Claude writes the skills and commands, adds the connectors you chose, and shows the result as a file card. Select Save plugin. Your plugin then appears under Customize > Plugins, on the Yours view. [Test Before You Trust It] Before you rely on it, open the plugin and read its skills, commands, and connectors. Sign in to any bundled connector, then test it with a real request and check that Claude follows the plugin’s skills. You can disable or remove it from Customize > Plugins. [Your Weekly Challenge] Pick one task you repeat often. Send Claude a message with the task, when it comes up, and what a good result looks like. Build one plugin this week and test it on real work.

| Source: Claude Plugins Documentation Imagine adding a full set of tools to Claude with one click. That is what a Claude plugin does. It bundles skills, connectors, commands, and agents into one package, so that you set it up once and use it again and again. Read ahead to learn how it works. [The Four Parts] A plugin has four parts. Skills are instructions Claude follows. Connectors link Claude to outside tools. Commands are named actions you can run. Agents are helpers that take on part of a task. Together, they work like a toolbox you add to Claude in one step. [How to Add One] In claude(.)ai or the desktop app, open the Customize page and then select Plugins. Use Discover to browse and select Add. You can also add a marketplace, which is a Git repository of plugins, or upload a plugin as a .zip or .plugin file. [Connect Your Apps] Here is the step to remember. Adding a plugin does not sign you in to your apps. Open the plugin, go to its Connectors tab, and connect each one yourself. The skills load anyway, but a skill that needs an app cannot reach it until it shows Connected. [Use It Your Way] Using a plugin is simple. In chat, describe your task and Claude loads the right skill, or type / to pick one from the list. Agents work only in Cowork and Claude Code, not in chat. You can turn a plugin off or remove it at any time. [Stay Safe] Plugins in Anthropic’s directory get a security scan on every version, and a person reviews each new listing. Plugins you add from a link or upload are not reviewed by Anthropic. Add those only from sources you trust.

| Source: Claude Plugins Documentation You made a Claude plugin and want your team to use it. Inside your organization, you have two options. Share sends it to people you pick. Publish to org puts it in your organization's library. Both options need a Team or Enterprise plan. [How to Share] Go to Customize > Plugins, open your plugin, and select Share. Add each person by name or email, then confirm. You do not need an Owner, and nothing is reviewed. Share cannot reach the whole organization, so use Publish to org for that. [What Your Teammates Do] After you share, tell your teammates what to do. They open Customize > Plugins, find the plugin under Shared with you, and turn it on. Each person then connects the plugin's connectors with their own account. They can use it but cannot edit it. [Publish to Org] Publish to org adds your plugin to your organization's library. An Owner decides who can find and install it. What happens next depends on the Publishing setting: Requires review, Open (no review), or Off (members cannot publish). [Review and Updates] Under Requires review, you suggest how the plugin installs: Available to install, Installed by default, or Required. An Owner approves it, and you cannot approve your own. After it is published, later edits reach your organization only when you publish again. [Share Button Missing?] Share appears only on plugins you created or uploaded yourself. If it is missing, Skills may be off or a security scan may have blocked the plugin. If the dialog says "Direct sharing is turned off for your organization," ask an Owner to turn on Skill sharing. [Your Action Plan] Today, confirm you are on a Team or Enterprise plan, open your plugin, select Share, and add one teammate. Then ask your Owner which Publishing setting your organization uses. For someone outside your organization, send them the .plugin file to add with Add > Upload plugin.

Claude is like a smart new employee on day one. It is brilliant, but it cannot open your tools, and it does not know how you like things done. Three features fix this: connectors, skills, and plugins. Read ahead to learn each one. [Connectors] Connectors are the keys. A connector lets Claude reach a tool you already use, like your files, calendar, or issue tracker. • Without one, Claude cannot see your calendar. • With one, it can read your events and add new ones for you. [Skills] Skills are the instruction manual. A skill is a set of written steps that teaches Claude to do a task your way. Ask for a weekly report, and Claude follows your format and checklist. It opens the skill only when the task needs it. [Plugins] Plugins are the starter box. One plugin packs skills, connectors, shortcut commands, and helper agents into a single package. Install it once, sign in to its connectors, and share it with your team. It saves time when you need many pieces together. [Example] See them work together. You say, “Make my weekly sales report.” Claude reads the skill to learn your format, uses the connector to pull the sales data, and builds the report. A plugin can bring both pieces in one install. [How To Choose] Here is a quick way to choose. • Need Claude to reach a tool? Use a connector. • Need it to work your way? Use a skill. • Want both, or want to share with a team? Use a plugin. Set them up on the Customize page in claude.ai. [Why This Matters For Business] Teach Claude a client’s process with a skill, link it to their tools with a connector, then bundle both in a plugin so you can reuse it. That is how you work faster.