Capabilities
AI connector capabilities, by what is actually documented
Most connector lists tell you a connection exists. This page organises the same dataset by capability — what a connection can retrieve, change or render — and shows how much of each capability is genuinely documented by the vendor rather than assumed.
At a glance
Connector Scout tracks 9 capability axes across 48 documentation-verified connection records on 3 AI platforms. Capability status is read from each record's matrix, never inferred, and availability controls such as plan and region are kept separate so an empty field is never read as a verified answer.
- Capability axes
- 9
- Verified records
- 48
- Platforms compared
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
- Availability facets tracked separately
- 7
- Most recent verification
- 2026-09-09
The capability taxonomy
Capabilities describe what a connection does. They are deliberately narrower than “integration”, because vendors document each of these separately and they do not move together.
Search, retrieval and indexing
- Search / retrieval
- The assistant can query the connected tool and find matching content on demand, at the moment a question is asked.
- Records with documented Search / retrieval
- Sync / indexing
- Content is indexed ahead of time rather than fetched only on demand. This is a governance decision as much as a speed one: an index of your content exists.
- Records with documented Sync / indexing
- Deep research
- The connected tool can be used inside a multi-step research run, not just a single chat turn. Vendors document this separately from ordinary chat access, and it often requires selecting the connector explicitly.
- Records with documented Deep research
Read and write actions
- Read
- Content the user is already permitted to see can be brought into the conversation and reasoned over.
- Records with documented Read
- Create
- New objects can be created in the connected tool — records, drafts, issues, events.
- Records with documented Create
- Delete
- Objects can be removed. This is the axis vendors document least often, and an unconfirmed delete is not the same thing as a documented refusal to delete.
- Records with documented Delete
- Send / dispatch
- Something leaves the system on the user's behalf, or a side-effecting operation is triggered — sending mail, posting a message, running an action.
- Records with documented Send / dispatch
Surfaces inside the assistant
- Interactive UI
- The connected tool renders its own interface inside the assistant rather than returning text only.
- Records with documented Interactive UI
Documented coverage by platform
Counts are over documentation-verified records only. “Not documented” means the record's matrix has no row for that capability at all — a gap in vendor documentation, not a negative finding.
| Capability | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini | Documented as usable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search / retrieval | 16 of 16 records16 supported | 16 of 16 records15 supported · 1 limited | 15 of 16 records11 supported · 4 limited · 1 not confirmed | 47 of 48 |
| Sync / indexing | 2 of 16 records2 limited · 2 not supported · 8 not confirmed · 4 not documented | 2 of 16 records2 limited · 13 not confirmed · 1 not documented | 0 of 16 records1 not supported · 3 not confirmed · 12 not documented | 4 of 48 |
| Deep research | 5 of 16 records4 supported · 1 limited · 1 not confirmed · 10 not documented | 0 of 16 records16 not documented | 0 of 16 records16 not documented | 5 of 48 |
| Read | 16 of 16 records16 supported | 16 of 16 records16 supported | 16 of 16 records13 supported · 3 limited | 48 of 48 |
| Create | 12 of 16 records5 supported · 7 limited · 4 not confirmed | 14 of 16 records10 supported · 4 limited · 1 not supported · 1 not confirmed | 10 of 16 records9 supported · 1 limited · 3 not supported · 3 not confirmed | 36 of 48 |
| Update | 9 of 16 records3 supported · 6 limited · 7 not confirmed | 13 of 16 records9 supported · 4 limited · 1 not supported · 1 not confirmed · 1 not documented | 6 of 16 records5 supported · 1 limited · 3 not supported · 6 not confirmed · 1 not documented | 28 of 48 |
| Delete | 2 of 16 records2 limited · 1 not supported · 12 not confirmed · 1 not documented | 3 of 16 records2 supported · 1 limited · 1 not supported · 10 not confirmed · 2 not documented | 2 of 16 records2 limited · 3 not supported · 10 not confirmed · 1 not documented | 7 of 48 |
| Send / dispatch | 1 of 16 records1 limited · 3 not confirmed · 12 not documented | 2 of 16 records2 supported · 6 not confirmed · 8 not documented | 2 of 16 records2 supported · 1 not confirmed · 13 not documented | 5 of 48 |
| Interactive UI | 1 of 16 records1 limited · 1 not confirmed · 14 not documented | 6 of 16 records5 supported · 1 limited · 3 not confirmed · 7 not documented | 0 of 16 records16 not documented | 7 of 48 |
What each status means
The same five values are used on every record page, so a status always means the same thing.
- Supported
- The vendor documents the capability for this specific connection.
- Limited / conditional
- Documented, but conditional — an older rollout note, a subset of object types, a plan or app version that not every user has.
- Documented as not supported
- The vendor's documentation states the capability is not available.
- Not confirmed
- Documentation is silent. This is not evidence of absence, and Connector Scout will not present it as one.
- Not documented in this record
- The record has no row for this capability yet, usually because the vendor publishes nothing about it.
Where each capability is documented today
Up to four verified records per capability, taken straight from the dataset.
Search / retrieval
- ChatGPT + Google Drive (supported)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft SharePoint (supported)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft OneDrive (supported)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft Outlook (supported)
Sync / indexing
- ChatGPT + Google Drive (limited / conditional)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft SharePoint (limited / conditional)
- Claude + Google Drive (limited / conditional)
- Claude + GitHub (limited / conditional)
Deep research
- ChatGPT + Microsoft SharePoint (supported)
- ChatGPT + Gmail (supported)
- ChatGPT + Google Calendar (supported)
- ChatGPT + GitHub (limited / conditional)
Read
- ChatGPT + Google Drive (supported)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft SharePoint (supported)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft OneDrive (supported)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft Outlook (supported)
Create
- ChatGPT + Google Drive (limited / conditional)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft SharePoint (limited / conditional)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft Outlook (limited / conditional)
- ChatGPT + Gmail (limited / conditional)
Update
- ChatGPT + Google Drive (limited / conditional)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft SharePoint (limited / conditional)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft Outlook (limited / conditional)
- ChatGPT + Dropbox (limited / conditional)
Delete
- ChatGPT + Google Drive (limited / conditional)
- ChatGPT + Microsoft Outlook (limited / conditional)
- Claude + Google Drive (supported)
- Claude + Microsoft Outlook (limited / conditional)
Send / dispatch
- ChatGPT + Microsoft Outlook (limited / conditional)
- Claude + Gmail (supported)
- Claude + Slack (supported)
- Gemini + Microsoft Outlook (supported)
Interactive UI
- ChatGPT + HubSpot (limited / conditional)
- Claude + Google Calendar (supported)
- Claude + Box (supported)
- Claude + HubSpot (limited / conditional)
What each vendor calls this
People search for “AI connectors”. Vendors use their own names, and the names carry real differences in who operates the connection.
ChatGPT
Vendor terms connectors, apps, plugins (Plugin Directory)
Searched as ChatGPT connectors
OpenAI documents connectors (first-party data connections, some with sync) separately from apps built on the Apps SDK. Both are listed in the Plugin Directory, and plan gating differs between them.
Claude
Vendor terms connectors, custom connectors, MCP servers, integrations
Searched as Claude connectors
Anthropic documents built-in connectors it operates separately from custom connectors, which are remote MCP servers registered by the customer. Operational responsibility differs, so records never present an MCP-backed integration as a first-party feature.
Gemini
Vendor terms Connected Apps, Gemini for Workspace, extensions
Searched as Gemini connectors
Google splits access between administrator-scoped Gemini for Workspace and narrower user-level Connected Apps. A capability documented by Google can still be unavailable to a user whose administrator has not enabled it.
Availability and control facets
These are not capabilities. They decide who may enable a connection and where it works, and they are recorded only where a vendor documents them per connection.
| Facet | What it decides | Documented |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication model | How the connection is authorised: a first-party connector the vendor operates, or a remote MCP server someone else runs. | 48 of 48 records |
| Supported surfaces | Which access modes the record documents — read, write, action — and therefore where the connection can be used. | 48 of 48 records |
| Account requirements | The account or license a user needs before the connection can be enabled at all. | 48 of 48 records |
| Permissions and scopes | The specific permissions the connection requests. Recorded only where the vendor enumerates them. | 0 of 48 records |
| Admin approval model | Whether an administrator must enable the connection before an individual user can use it. | 41 of 48 records |
| Plan availability | Which paid tiers document the connection. Left empty unless the vendor states it per connection. | 0 of 48 records |
| Regions | Geographic availability. Vendors rarely document this per connection, so it is usually empty. | 3 of 48 records |
An empty facet is a gap, not a verdict
Evidence and freshness
Every capability row on a record page links to the source that documents it.
Capability status is read from the record's structured matrix, and evidence is resolved from the sources that record already cites — first any source attached to that exact capability, then the sources that document the record's capability matrix as a whole. No source is ever attached to a capability it does not support. The most recent verification date in this dataset is 2026-09-09.
Questions about capability data
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