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A Connector plugs Foundry into an external service. Once connected, the assistant can call that service inside chat — search Exa, generate speech with ElevenLabs, crawl pages with Firecrawl, build a Gamma deck. Open the connectors panel from the composer with +.
Connectors modal — all eight pre-installed connectors with descriptions and enable toggles.

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How it works

  1. Connect a service once — you paste your API key.
  2. The assistant can then call that service inside any chat where the connector is enabled.
  3. Calls happen through a sandbox proxy. Your API key never leaks into the chat or the model context — Foundry adds it server-side at call time.

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Two flavors

FlavorWhat it is
Pre-installed ConnectorsEight services that ship ready to wire up — Exa, Parallel, ElevenLabs, Firecrawl, Valyu, OpenRouter, Fal AI, Gamma. See Pre-installed Connectors.
Custom ConnectorsAny API-key-auth service you want to plug in. See Adding custom connectors.

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When you’d use a connector

  • “Generate a voiceover of this script in Rachel’s voice.” → ElevenLabs.
  • “Crawl this competitor’s pricing page and structure the tiers.” → Firecrawl.
  • “Turn this outline into a deck.” → Gamma.
  • “Spin up 4 model responses in parallel to compare.” → Parallel.

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Tips

  • Connect once, use everywhere. Connectors are per-account, not per-chat.
  • Toggle off when you don’t want them. The + menu lets you enable/disable per-chat so you don’t accidentally burn quota.

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Limits

  • All connectors today are API-key auth. OAuth flows aren’t yet wired up.
  • Some connectors meter usage on your account (you bring your own key, you pay your own bill).

Pre-installed connectors

The eight that ship with Foundry.

Zapier

Put Foundry into your Zaps.

Add a custom connector

Anything with an API key.

Skills

Skills often pair with a connector.