# Chat, with connectors switched on

> A starting mandate for web: I connected my drive and my mail so it could answer questions about them. Reading is what I wanted. I did not want it sending mail, and I di…

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# Chat, with connectors switched on

I connected my drive and my mail so it could answer questions about them. Reading is what I wanted. I did not want it sending mail, and I did not want it pushing code anywhere — it is a chat window.

Status: **starting-point** · authored 2026-09-09 · the site, as a starting point — not measured, not surveyed; the first thing to argue with · [edit this mandate](https://github.com/SGit-AI/SGit-AI__Website__Game__What-Can-It-Do/edit/dev/data/mandates/chat-with-connectors.json)

## The delta

Against every profile this mandate applies to. ▲ is authority you did not ask for; ▼ is something you were counting on that is not there. The tally is at the bottom.

Legend: ▲ excess — it can, and you did not want it to · ▼ shortfall — it cannot, and you wanted it to · ✓ aligned — it can, and you wanted it to · – aligned — it cannot, and you did not want it to · ? it can, and the mandate does not say · · it cannot, and the mandate does not say

| Capability | Claude.ai (connectors on) |
|---|---|
| **filesystem** |  |
| Read the project it is working on | ✓ |
| Change the project it is working on | · |
| Read any file the account can reach — *here host means the connected drive, per the profile's own reach names — this is the want* | ✓ |
| Change any file the account can reach | · |
| Delete files anywhere the account can reach | · |
| Read a retained record: shell history, past sessions | · |
| **process** |  |
| Run programs as the account | · |
| Run programs inside its own sandbox only | · |
| **network** |  |
| Reach a permitted list of hosts | · |
| Reach any host on the internet | · |
| **identity** |  |
| Read credentials stored where it runs | · |
| Act in accounts with the credentials it holds — *unstated: it is how a connector works; the question is what it is used for, which is the two rows below it* | ? |
| Change its own permission settings | · |
| **communication** |  |
| Send a message to anyone | – |
| Read mail or chat it is connected to | ✓ |
| **code** |  |
| Commit to the repository it was pointed at | · |
| Push to a code host (any branch it can reach) | ▲ |
| Sign commits with the key it holds | · |
| Publish packages, images or pages under the name it holds | · |
| **money** |  |
| Spend money or tokens against an account it holds | · |
| **schedule** |  |
| Create something that outlives the turn where it runs (a cron, a service) | · |
| Create something that outlives the session, on the platform (a routine, a scheduled trigger, a new session) | · |
| **browser** |  |
| Read every page you visit | · |
| **The delta** | ▲ 1 · ▼ 0 |

## In words

- **Claude.ai — connectors on:** excess — Push to a code host (any branch it can reach). No shortfall.

## The mandate, row by row

| Capability | Position | Note |
|---|---|---|
| [Read the project it is working on](../../../map/capabilities/read.file.project/index.md) | want |  |
| [Read any file the account can reach](../../../map/capabilities/read.file.host/index.md) | want | here host means the connected drive, per the profile's own reach names — this is the want |
| [Read mail or chat it is connected to](../../../map/capabilities/read.message.tenant/index.md) | want |  |
| [Send a message to anyone](../../../map/capabilities/send.message.world/index.md) | do not want |  |
| [Push to a code host (any branch it can reach)](../../../map/capabilities/write.repository.tenant/index.md) | do not want |  |
| [Act in accounts with the credentials it holds](../../../map/capabilities/authenticate-as.credential.tenant/index.md) | unstated | unstated: it is how a connector works; the question is what it is used for, which is the two rows below it |

> **You cannot deny the excess rows.** The agent already has the access. What is left is how long you are prepared to live with each one and who says so — [what to do next](../../../what-next/index.md).

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