AI Glossary / Infrastructure
Connectors.
Also known as: connector, integrations
Connectors are pre-built integrations that plug an agent into your outside apps: Gmail, Slack, Drive, Notion, Calendar. Instead of wiring up each app by hand, the connector is ready to go.
They also change how an agent gets things done. When an agent does Computer use, it doesn't start by clicking around your screen. It checks for connectors first, and if one exists for the app it needs, it uses that API directly. That's faster and more reliable than driving a browser or controlling your full screen.
For an agent reaching into another app, a connector is the first and best path. The browser is the fallback, not the default.