{"version":"2.1.312","anchor":"connector-detail-tool-description-trimmed","canonical_anchor":"connector-detail-tool-description-trimmed","heading":"Shorter instructions for the tool that looks up connectors","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.312\/e\/connector-detail-tool-description-trimmed","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.312","markdown":"### Shorter instructions for the tool that looks up connectors\n\nThe description Claude reads for its connector lookup tool was rewritten, and the wording about reconnecting connectors is gone\n\n**Unclear.** Whether the guidance about reconnecting connectors moved somewhere else or was dropped is not stated.\n\n**What**\n\nConnectors link Claude to outside services through claude.ai. Claude has a tool for looking them up, and each tool comes with a written description that tells Claude how to use it. That description has been replaced. It used to have several versions, including one about connectors that need to be reconnected. The text that remains ends with this hint: \"If a result looks relevant and is not installed, tell the user they could connect it via claude.ai; this tool does not itself connect anything.\"\n\n**Why**\n\nThis may change what Claude tells you about connectors, especially ones that need reconnecting.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}