Use Settings > TEC-CoWork Connect for services your organization makes available, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Slack, Notion, and Linear. This is the recommended setup for everyday integrations.

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Before you start

Connect requires signing in to an TEC-CoWork account and joining an organization that has Connect enabled. This is separate from signing in to an LLM provider such as ChatGPT.
  1. Open the TEC-CoWork desktop app.
  2. Click Sign in, or open Settings > TEC-CoWork Connect and choose Sign in.
  3. Complete sign-in in your browser and return to TEC-CoWork.
  4. Choose the TEC-CoWork organization you want to use if prompted.
If Connect is not available for your organization, ask an organization admin to enable it.

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Connect an account

  1. Open Settings > TEC-CoWork Connect.
  2. Find the service under Needs your sign-in.
  3. Click Connect and approve access on the provider’s sign-in page.
  4. Return to TEC-CoWork. The service moves to Ready to use automatically.
Some connections are managed by your organization. If a service is not listed, ask an organization admin to publish it from the TEC-CoWork Cloud Connections dashboard and grant you access.

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Ask your agent to use it

You do not need to know an MCP server name or tool name. Ask for the outcome you want, for example:
  • “Summarize my five newest emails.”
  • “Find the Q3 launch page in Notion.”
  • “What meetings do I have tomorrow?”
The agent searches the live capabilities available to your signed-in account, then executes an exact match. If an account still needs attention, it should send you back to Settings > TEC-CoWork Connect with the action to take instead of telling you to add an MCP server.

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Connect, Connections, and MCP servers

  • Connect is the member-facing page in the desktop app for signing in to services and checking connection readiness.
  • Connections is the organization-admin dashboard in TEC-CoWork Cloud for publishing a service, choosing whose account it uses, and granting member or team access.
  • TEC-CoWork Connect MCP is the hosted endpoint that lets external MCP clients use capabilities from an TEC-CoWork organization.
  • Add an MCP server is the advanced path for a custom or local server that your organization does not provide through Connect.
If you are building a custom integration, continue with Add an MCP server. If you are an organization admin, see Sharing MCP connections with your team.