Connections allow your OpenAssistant assistant to access and interact with the tools and services you already use.

Once connected, your assistant can use information from those services, take actions, complete workflows, and answer questions using data from your connected platforms.

To access Connections, navigate to: app.openassistant.us/connections

Connections extend what your assistant can do. For example, connecting your calendar allows your assistant to check your availability and schedule meetings. Connecting a CRM can allow it to look up customer information or update records. Connecting a project management tool can allow it to review projects, create tasks, and track work.

Instead of navigating between applications yourself, you can ask your assistant what you want accomplished and it can work across the services you've authorized.

Connections do not automatically give your assistant unrestricted access to a service. What it can access and do depends on the account you've connected, the permissions you've granted, and your OpenAssistant settings.

Calendar read and write permissions are required for scheduling.

These permissions allow your assistant to:

During onboarding, you'll be prompted to connect a calendar and grant the permissions required for scheduling.

We strongly recommend connecting your contacts. Contact access helps your assistant:

Inbox access is optional. You can grant inbox permissions when you want your assistant to work more broadly with your email, such as reviewing conversations, finding messages, drafting replies, or helping organize your inbox.

Without inbox access, your assistant can still work with email conversations where it is explicitly included. For more information, see How OpenAssistant Works with Email.

You can connect additional supported Google, Microsoft, or Apple email and calendar accounts. This is useful if you:

You can manage which calendars are used for availability and scheduling from your OpenAssistant settings.

OpenAssistant can use your preferred video conferencing service when creating meetings.

If you use Zoom, connect your Zoom account and select Zoom as your preferred video conferencing option in your calendar settings. Your assistant can then include your Zoom meeting information when creating invitations.

Otherwise, your assistant can use the conferencing option associated with your connected calendar, such as Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, where available.

OpenAssistant can connect with a growing collection of third-party applications and services.

Available integrations include:

The available integration catalog will continue to expand. Check the Connections page in OpenAssistant for the latest available services.

Different connections give your assistant different capabilities. You can also combine multiple connections within the same task or workflow.

Using supported meeting-note services such as Granola, your assistant can:

Example:

Review my meeting notes from yesterday and create a list of action items.

Using tools such as GitHub and Linear, your assistant can:

Example:

Summarize everything that changed in GitHub this week and highlight anything that needs my attention.

Using services such as Salesforce, Attio, and Stripe, your assistant can:

Example:

Show me our largest open opportunities and summarize recent activity for each account.

Using services such as Notion, Asana, and Monday, your assistant can:

Example:

Create a summary of our active projects and their current status.

Using services such as AWS, your assistant can work with available infrastructure and operational information.

Example:

Review recent infrastructure alerts and summarize anything that needs attention.

Using services such as Gusto, your assistant can work with available payroll and employee information based on the permissions you've granted.

Example:

Summarize upcoming payroll dates and outstanding HR tasks.

Google Maps is automatically available to OpenAssistant assistants.

Your assistant can use Google Maps to:

Example:

Find a coffee shop halfway between me and Sarah for next week's meeting.

In addition to built-in integrations, OpenAssistant supports connections through MCP (Model Context Protocol).

MCP allows OpenAssistant to work with additional tools, services, and internal systems beyond the integrations available by default.

This gives you another way to extend what your assistant can access and do as the MCP ecosystem grows.

To add an integration:

For a new connection, it can be helpful to start with a simple request before using it in a more complex task or recurring workflow.

For example:

Check my connected work calendar and tell me what events I have tomorrow. Don't create or change anything.

You can manage your connected services from the Connections page.

If you use multiple accounts with the same provider, make sure you've connected the account you actually want your assistant to use.

Before disconnecting a service, consider whether any active tasks or recurring workflows depend on it. Future work that requires the disconnected service may not be able to complete until the connection is restored or an alternative is configured.

We're constantly adding and improving OpenAssistant integrations. Some integrations are currently in Beta and may not yet support every possible workflow or use case. Capabilities can also vary between integrations.

The best way to understand what a connection can do is to try it. Start with a simple task, review the result, and expand into more complex workflows as needed. The Connections page in OpenAssistant is the best place to see which integrations are currently available to your account.

Review your calendar settings to confirm which calendars should be checked for conflicts and which calendar should receive new events.

Make sure Zoom is selected as your preferred video conferencing option in your calendar settings.

Check whether the task or workflow depends on the service you disconnected. Reconnect the service or update the workflow to use another available connection.

Try a smaller, more specific request first.

If the issue continues, contact OpenAssistant support and include the connection involved, what you asked the assistant to do, what you expected to happen, what actually happened, and any relevant screenshots.