> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bowerlabs.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connectors: let Bird search the tools your lab already uses

> A connectors framework so Bird can do federated search across Drive, Notion, Slack, Linear, GitHub, and more — without copying anything into your knowledge base until you ask.

**Shipped 2026-05-04 · Integrations**

Most of what your lab knows doesn't live in your notebook. It's spread
across Drive folders, Notion pages, Slack threads, Linear tickets,
GitHub repos, and a handful of other places. Bird is now allowed to
read all of them, on your behalf, while you ask questions.

## What's new

A new **Connectors** tab in Account Settings lets you OAuth-connect the
tools you already use. Once a tool is connected, Bird can search it
during a chat and ground its answer with citations — alongside the
notes already in your Bower workspace.

You can connect any of:

* **Storage** — Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Dropbox,
  OneDrive, Box
* **Communication** — Slack, Microsoft Teams
* **Notes and wikis** — Notion, Airtable
* **Project management** — Linear, Asana, Monday

Each connection is **per user, per workspace**. Your colleague's Drive
isn't visible from your account; your home workspace's Slack isn't
pulled into your work workspace. OAuth tokens are bound to the person
who authorised them — the provider does the access control, so Bower
can't accidentally surface a file you weren't allowed to see.

## Federated search by default, ingestion only on request

Connecting a tool doesn't copy anything into Bower. Bird searches the
provider live, returns results with clickable links, and only writes a
result into your knowledge base when you explicitly ask — *"save this
Google Doc as a note."* Until then, Bird just reads.

Saved items keep their provenance, so you can always trace a note back
to the connector and source URL it came from.

## How credentials are kept safe

* **Bower never sees your password.** OAuth runs through the provider's
  standard sign-in screen.
* **Tokens never live in Bower.** A managed gateway holds the OAuth
  token; Bower stores only an opaque connection id so it knows which
  token to ask the gateway to use.
* **Read-only by default.** The gateway is filtered to read tools only.
  Bird can't write back to your connected tools.
* **Disconnecting actually disconnects** — the connection is revoked at
  the gateway and the token is destroyed. Anything previously saved into
  your knowledge base stays put.

## Picking which connectors are active in a chat

Connecting a tool makes it *available*. To use it in a particular chat,
open the **connector picker** in the composer and tick the connectors
you want active for that thread. Scoping a chat to "just Slack and
GitHub" makes Bird's answer faster and more focused. The picker
remembers your selection per chat.

## Tier limits

| Plan    | Connected tools |
| ------- | --------------- |
| Starter | 2               |
| Pro     | 10              |
| Team    | Unlimited       |

Connectors aren't yet available in Restricted-mode workspaces — our
gateway provider's BAA isn't signed yet. Server-side enforced.

## Related docs

* [Connectors](/integrations/connectors)