Why this matters

Connecting everything at once means you can't tell what's working. One connection, tested properly, teaches you more.

The 20-minute experiment

1. 1In Claude, click your name at the bottom left, then Settings, then Connectors
2. 2Choose Gmail or Google Drive, whichever you actually live in, and click Connect
3. 3Sign in and grant read access only. Skip anything asking for write or delete
4. 4Ask a question only that tool could answer, then open the source yourself to check

Using the connector, find the most recent thing I wrote about this topic and quote it back to me with the file name.

• Connectors page open
• One app connected, read access only
• Answer quotes something real, with a source
• You opened the source and the quote was accurate