Your research already lives somewhere: Zotero collections, Google Drive folders, Notion pages, scientific databases, and the apps your team uses every day. Connectors let Anara search those sources and, when supported, take approved actions in them.
Some connectors import content into your Anara library. App connectors work with live data in the connected service. You can use both kinds alongside files already in Anara.
Where to find connectors
Go to Settings > Connectors. Each connector shows whether it is connected or disconnected, with a button to connect or manage it.
Available connectors
Reference managers
Zotero — Import PDFs and files from your Zotero collections. Available on every plan. How to connect Zotero.
Mendeley — Import selected PDFs from your Mendeley library. Available on every plan. How to connect Mendeley.
Lab and research platforms
Benchling — Query your Benchling notebooks, projects, and registries. Requires a Plus plan or higher.
Synapse — Browse and import files from Synapse projects. Requires a Plus plan or higher.
Cloud storage
Google Drive — Import files from selected Google Drive folders. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect Google Drive.
OneDrive — Import files from your OneDrive. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect OneDrive.
Dropbox — Search and access files stored in Dropbox. Requires a Pro plan or higher.
SharePoint — Import files from SharePoint. Requires an Enterprise plan. How to connect SharePoint.
Productivity tools
Notion import — Import pages and databases into your Anara library. Requires a Pro plan or higher. Choose how to connect Notion.
Slack — Search channels and messages in Slack. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect Slack.
Microsoft Teams — Search channels and messages in Teams. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect Teams.
App connectors
App connectors work with live data instead of importing a copy into your library. They require a Plus plan or higher.
BioRender — Search BioRender's library of vetted scientific icons and templates for figures and grant proposals.
Granola — Find and use context from your meeting notes and transcripts.
Atlassian — Search and update Jira work and Confluence knowledge.
Hugging Face — Research models and datasets and work with your repositories and jobs.
Notion — Search pages, databases, and workspace knowledge through Notion's hosted connector, with approved updates. This is separate from the Notion import connector above.
Airtable — Read schemas, records, and comments and make approved updates.
PostHog — Investigate product analytics, feature flags, experiments, and errors.
Zapier — Use actions you have configured in your Zapier MCP server.
Social
X (Twitter) — Search public posts on X. Requires a Max plan or higher.
Science databases
Requires a Plus plan or higher. No account login required.
PubMed — Search peer-reviewed biomedical literature.
bioRxiv / medRxiv — Search biology and health science preprints.
ClinicalTrials.gov — Search registered clinical studies.
Structural biology and drug discovery
Requires a Plus plan or higher. No account login required.
Protein Data Bank (PDB) — Search 3D protein and nucleic-acid structures.
ChEMBL — Search bioactive compounds, targets, and assays.
Open Targets — Search target-disease associations and evidence.
Connect an app
Go to Settings > Connectors.
Find the app under Available and click Connect.
If the provider asks, sign in and authorize Anara.
Return to Anara. The app appears under Connected.
Connect your own MCP server
On a Pro plan or higher, you can connect another service that provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.
Go to Settings > Connectors.
Under MCP servers, click Add server.
Paste the server URL. Anara detects whether it uses OAuth or another authentication method.
Click Connect and complete sign-in if prompted.
Tip: Open More options only when the provider gives you a bearer token, custom headers, a different transport, or a specific server name.
Use connectors in chat
Once a connector is active, type @ in the chat input and select it under Sources. You can combine connected sources with Library and Web in the same request.
Import connectors search the content synced into Anara. App connectors query the connected service live, so you do not need to resync them before asking a question.
Tip: You can also ask naturally, such as “Find the latest meeting notes in Granola” or “Check this experiment in PostHog.” Anara can discover the relevant connected app.
When Anara wants to change something
Read-only actions can run directly. If an app action may change data, Anara pauses and shows exactly what it wants to do. Review the action and select Allow once to continue, or deny it to leave the external service unchanged.
If a connector is not working
Not appearing as a source? Confirm it appears under Connected in Settings > Connectors, then refresh the page.
Asked to reconnect? The provider's authorization may have expired or may need additional permissions. Reconnect from the card in chat or from Settings, then send your request again.
Imported content feels outdated? Click Resync on connectors that import content. App connectors query live data and do not have a resync step.
Your own MCP server connects but exposes no tools? Check that the URL is the MCP endpoint supplied by the provider, then disconnect and add it again.
Still stuck? Use the Support menu in the bottom left sidebar to contact us.