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Connect Clam to Claude

Add Clam to Claude once, and Claude can work with your email inside the limits of one Shell. One connector covers Claude on web, mobile and Desktop.

Before you start

You need a Clam account with a Shell. Haven't made one yet? The Quickstart takes about 10 minutes. Everything below starts on your Shell's Install tab in the console, under Claude.

Connect Claude

Three ways in. Start with the first; the others are for when it doesn't fit.

Recommended

The quickest way. Clam is listed in Claude's connector directory.

Open Clam in Claude

Or, in Claude, go to Customize › Connectors › Discover and find Clam.
Open Clam in Claude
Click Connect, then sign in to Clam

Use the Google account your Clam invite went to.
Pick your Shell and click Allow

Clam's page is titled "Let Claude use a Shell". Claude gets that Shell's rules, and nothing else.
Turn Clam on in a chat

Click + in the message box, choose Connectors, and switch Clam on.

Back on the Install tab, click Check connection after Claude's first request.

For a second Shell (a connector covers one at a time), or when Clam isn't in Claude's directory.

Open Connectors

In Claude, go to Customize › Connectors.
Open Claude connectors
Add a custom connector

Click Add custom connector at the top right.
Paste the name and the link

Fill in both fields with the values on your Shell's Install tab, under Claude, then click Add. Leave Advanced settings as they are. Each Shell has its own name and link.
Click Connect, sign in to Clam, then Allow

Clam is now in your connectors. Click Connect, and Clam asks to connect your Shell to Claude. Click Allow.

Try it

With the starter policy from the Quickstart, ask Claude:

On a Team or Enterprise plan? An Owner adds Clam for the organization first. Then each member connects with their own Clam account.

Remove access

In Claude, go to Customize › Connectors, select Clam, and click Disconnect.

In Clam, click Remove access next to Claude on the Shell's Install tab. Claude stops at its next request; a downloaded file's key stops at once. Clam's removal is the one that counts: Remove access.

If it doesn't work

Something else? See Common issues & solutions.

Clam isn't in Claude's directory

Add it by address instead, with Add custom connector above. On a managed workspace, ask your admin whether third-party connectors are allowed.

Clam's sign-in won't let me in

We're in early access, so only invited accounts can sign in. Use the Google account your invite went to, or request an invite.

Claude says the Shell is paused

A paused Shell blocks every request. Open it in the Clam console and click Resume.

The Install tab says Claude is set to another Shell

A connector covers one Shell at a time. Remove its access there and connect again here, or add this Shell as a custom connector.