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9<Tip>Claude starts delivering work before you connect anything. On Slack content alone, it can [catch a team up on a channel or thread](/docs/claude-tag/users/use-cases/catch-up), [triage a request channel](/docs/claude-tag/users/use-cases/triage-requests), [turn a discussion into a doc](/docs/claude-tag/users/use-cases/create-artifacts), and [track a project from channel history](/docs/claude-tag/users/use-cases/track-projects). Connections multiply what it can do from there; each one adds a system Claude can act in beyond Slack.</Tip>
9<Tip>Claude starts delivering work before you connect anything. On Slack content alone, it can [catch a team up on a channel or thread](/docs/claude-tag/users/use-cases/catch-up), [triage a request channel](/docs/claude-tag/users/use-cases/triage-requests), [turn a discussion into a doc](/docs/claude-tag/users/use-cases/create-artifacts), and [track a project from channel history](/docs/claude-tag/users/use-cases/track-projects).</Tip>
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1111## Your first Access bundle
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4545Six categories cover most of the work teams hand to Claude. Any service with an HTTP API can be added; start with the categories that match what your teams already do.
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47Read-only connections are most useful in combination: an answer that joins the ticket, the deploy, and the error rate needs all three systems connected. Connecting many systems read-only is a different decision from granting write access anywhere.
47Read-only connections are most useful in combination: an answer that joins the ticket, the deploy, and the error rate needs all three systems connected.
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4949| Connect | Examples | Recommended access | What it adds |
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214214## Attach plugins
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216A connection grants access; a plugin teaches Claude how to use it well. A plugin is a packaged set of skills: reusable instructions for working with a specific tool or following a specific process. Attach a plugin to the same Access bundle or scope that carries the connection, so the credential arrives with directions for using it.
216A plugin is a packaged set of skills: reusable instructions for working with a specific tool or following a specific process. Attach a plugin to the same Access bundle or scope that carries the connection, so the credential arrives with directions for using it.
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218A Datadog API key, for example, makes the API reachable, and a Datadog plugin tells Claude which endpoints answer which questions. Once you turn a plugin on for a bundle or add it to a scope, sessions in the channels that bundle or scope covers pick up the plugin automatically. Nobody in those channels has to turn that plugin on. A channel member can also add a plugin available to your organization, by asking Claude in the channel or from the channel's [Configure page](/docs/claude-tag/users/good-habits#configure-claude-for-a-channel), unless an admin has [restricted editing to admins](/docs/claude-tag/admins/attach-to-scope#restrict-who-can-set-channel-instructions).
218A Datadog API key, for example, makes the API reachable, and a Datadog plugin tells Claude which endpoints answer which questions. Once you turn a plugin on for a bundle or add it to a scope, sessions in the channels that bundle or scope covers pick up the plugin automatically. A channel member can also add a plugin available to your organization, by asking Claude in the channel or from the channel's [Configure page](/docs/claude-tag/users/good-habits#configure-claude-for-a-channel), unless an admin has [restricted editing to admins](/docs/claude-tag/admins/attach-to-scope#restrict-who-can-set-channel-instructions).
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220220Anthropic provides plugins for common tools and processes, and you can add your own from a [skills repository](/docs/claude-tag/admins/skills-repo). To give Claude organization-wide skills, package them as a plugin.
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