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Claude (in the browser, with connectors switched on)
The same web assistant with connectors you switched on — a drive, a code host, a cloud account. Each connector is a boundary (the vendor holds the token, scoped as you scoped it) and each one is a row you granted by clicking. DERIVED from the assess library's web tree; which connectors is yours to name.
Anthropic · surface web · variant connectors-on · profile version 2026-09-05 · reaches 5 of 23 capabilities, 3 of which cannot be undone. Edit this profile · the file.
| Capability | Undo | Claude.aiconnectors on |
|---|---|---|
| filesystem — files and directories | ||
| Read the project it is working onread.file.project | yes | ● |
| Change the project it is working onwrite.file.project | with-effort | · |
| Read any file the account can reachread.file.host | no | ○ |
| Change any file the account can reachwrite.file.host | with-effort | · |
| Delete files anywhere the account can reachdelete.file.host | no | · |
| Read a retained record: shell history, past sessionsread.record.history | no | · |
| process — programs and their execution | ||
| Run programs as the accountexecute.process.host | with-effort | · |
| Run programs inside its own sandbox onlyexecute.process.self | yes | · |
| network — endpoints and hosts | ||
| Reach a permitted list of hostssend.endpoint.allowed | no | · |
| Reach any host on the internetsend.endpoint.world | no | · |
| identity — credentials and who the agent can act as | ||
| Read credentials stored where it runsread.credential.host | no | · |
| Act in accounts with the credentials it holdsauthenticate-as.credential.tenant | no | ○ |
| Change its own permission settingsgrant.credential.self | yes | · |
| communication — messages to people | ||
| Send a message to anyonesend.message.world | no | · |
| Read mail or chat it is connected toread.message.tenant | no | ○ |
| code — repositories and what lands in them | ||
| Commit to the repository it was pointed atwrite.repository.project | with-effort | · |
| Push to a code host (any branch it can reach)write.repository.tenant | with-effort | ○ |
| Sign commits with the key it holdsauthenticate-as.credential.signing | no | · |
| Publish packages, images or pages under the name it holdscreate.record.world | no | · |
| money — budgets and spend | ||
| Spend money or tokens against an account it holdswrite.budget.tenant | no | · |
| schedule — things that outlive the turn | ||
| Create something that outlives the turn where it runs (a cron, a service)create.schedule.host | yes | · |
| Create something that outlives the session, on the platform (a routine, a scheduled trigger, a new session)create.schedule.tenant | yes | · |
| browser — what a browser extension or automation can see and do in your browser | ||
| Read every page you visitread.record.browsing | no | · |
What host, tenant and world mean here
| Reach | Here, it means |
|---|---|
| host | what the drive connector is scoped to; not your machine |
| tenant | the accounts you connected, as you scoped them |
| world | the vendor's egress |
What it cannot reach, and why
| What | Why | Source |
|---|---|---|
| your machine's files | a browser tab; the connector reaches a drive, not a disk | assess/library.json (web: home) |
The grant, tool by tool
Two tools in one session reach different things, which is why the unit of mapping is the tool and not the product. Each row carries the control on the path and the tier of evidence behind it.
conversation and uploads
| Capability | Control | Evidence | What is on the path |
|---|---|---|---|
Read the project it is working on read.file.project | ● none | derived | — |
connectors
| Capability | Control | Evidence | What is on the path |
|---|---|---|---|
Read any file the account can reach read.file.host | ○ boundary | derived | the connector's scope, held by the vendor · a drive connector: your other files, as scoped |
Push to a code host (any branch it can reach) write.repository.tenant | ○ boundary | derived | the connector's scope · a code-host connector |
Act in accounts with the credentials it holds authenticate-as.credential.tenant | ○ boundary | derived | the connector's scope · a cloud connector acts as you |
Read mail or chat it is connected to read.message.tenant | ○ boundary | derived | the connector's scope · a mail or chat connector reads your mail |
What narrows it
For each capability in the grant: the specific setting or arrangement that narrows it, what it costs, and the tier the control reaches afterwards. Guidance is free and stays free.
| Capability | The setting | What it costs | Tier after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act in accounts with the credentials it holds | scoped, short-lived tokens issued to the agent rather than your own; read-only where read is all it needs | an hour per service, and rotation | boundary |
| Read any file the account can reach | run the agent in a container with only the project mounted, or under a separate user account | an afternoon, then ongoing friction (container) · days, and it fights you (account) | boundary |
| Read the project it is working on | none: this is what it is for | nothing | none |
| Read mail or chat it is connected to | a connector scoped to one folder or label, or none | the agent answers about less | boundary |
| Push to a code host (any branch it can reach) | a branch protection rule at the host — the agent cannot edit it — and a pre-push hook in the clone for the earlier, cheaper refusal | minutes; and a review step before anything deploys | boundary (host rule) · setting (hook) |
Against the mandates
What a reasonable person wanted from this setup, and the gap: ▲ excess is what it can do that they did not want; ▼ shortfall is what they wanted that it cannot do.
| Mandate | Excess | Shortfall |
|---|---|---|
| Chat, with connectors switched on | ▲ 1 | ▼ 0 |
Sources
assess/library.json (surface web)
A derived row is an inference from what this kind of program architecturally is. It is a claim, and the most useful pull request on this page is one that replaces a claim with a probe run — how.