What
Connectors are tools from your claude.ai organization. When Claude Code talked to the model through a different sign-in, such as an API key, connectors were simply turned off. You can now load them anyway by setting the environment variable CLAUDE_CODE_I_ACCEPT_CROSS_ORG_DATA_RISK. An environment variable is a named value set before Claude Code starts.
- Claude Code warns that connector tool results go to the organization handling the model.
- The variable is ignored when nonessential network traffic is turned off.
- The list of connectors is now fetched page by page, so long lists load in full.
- Connectors with no directory entry are now marked as such.
Why
You can use your organization's connectors while paying for the model through an API key. Results from those connectors then go to a different organization, which may matter for privacy or company rules.