Connectors and MCP: Connecting Email, Documents, Meetings, and Custom Services

One-sentence goal: Use WorkBuddy connectors to connect the 6 built-in services such as QQ Mail, Tencent Docs, and Tencent Meeting, or mount custom MCP services, letting AI directly read and write your office data and saving you manual copy-pasting.

Preparation

• The client is installed and you are logged in; it is recommended to read the Advanced Handbook first.
• Decide clearly what to connect: QQ Mail, Tencent Docs, Tencent Lexiang, Tencent Meeting, TAPD, Tencent Drive, or any MCP service.
• Have the corresponding account at hand; it is needed for authorization login.
• Connect with confidence: the connector itself reading and writing external data does not consume credits; credits are only deducted when AI interprets and summarizes that data.

Step 1: Enable Connectors and Complete Authorization

Steps: The easiest way is natural-language installation—just say "Help me install the QQ Mail connector" in the input box, and WorkBuddy will guide you through the installation; follow the prompts when authorization is needed (QQ Mail uses in-app QR code scanning; for other services, follow the on-page prompts). There are also three interface entry points: the connector management page (left sidebar "Experts · Skills · Connectors" → Connectors tab, click the + in the top-right corner of a card), the + at the bottom-left of the input box when creating a new task → Connectors, and the connection guide card that automatically pops up above the input box while a task is running.

Expected result: The service shows "Connected", with a green dot next to the card name. Disabling is also easy: say "Help me uninstall the XX connector" in the conversation (replace XX with the connector name) to uninstall a custom connector, and a confirmation window will pop up; built-in connectors do not support uninstallation—you can only unbind them on the connector management page, or temporarily disable them via the + at the bottom-left of the input box → Connectors.

Step 2: Call External Data in Conversations

Steps: Take Tencent Docs as an example—click "Library" in the left sidebar, select Tencent Docs, complete authorization as prompted to import documents; the library supports semantic and keyword search. Then issue instructions directly in the conversation: "Summarize this week's unread emails in my mailbox" or "Upload this summary to Tencent Docs".

Expected result: AI reads and writes external data through connectors; artifacts can be uploaded to the cloud, and Markdown artifacts are created as Tencent Docs smart documents by default. When loading an MCP service, the conversation stream shows connection progress; some MCP apps also present an interactive interface where you can select, fill in, or submit operations.

Step 3: Mount Custom MCP Services

Steps: Beyond the 6 built-in ones, other MCP services can also be connected: click "Custom Connectors" in the top-right corner of the connector management page to install custom MCP services. Connectors come in two forms, MCP+CLI and Skill+CLI, and custom services use the MCP form; for example, by connecting the MCP service of CodeBuddy IDE, the office assistant can also handle code requests.@@I18N_KEEP_000019@@

Expected result: The custom service appears in the connector list and can be called in conversations just like built-in connectors.

Verification

• In the connector list, the target service's status is "Connected".
• Send "List the recent files in my Tencent Docs" and it returns real file names.
• Disconnect and reconnect once to confirm the authorization flow can be completed repeatedly.

Common Pitfalls

• Authorization expired: Connector authorization may expire or become invalid; while a task is running, a "Connector needs to be reconnected" card pops up above the input box—click "Reconnect" and log in again using the original authorization method. After success, the previously failed step is retried automatically, with no need to reinstall.
• Afraid of credit consumption and hesitant to connect: Reading and writing does not consume credits; only interpreting and summarizing does. Feel free to connect all your high-frequency services.
• Sending repeated instructions when loading is slow: MCP service loading shows progress indicators; wait until loading completes before acting, as repeated instructions may trigger redundant tasks.

Next Lesson

Connectors solve "getting data in", while skills solve "doing the work well". The next lesson, Skills Market: Installing, Managing, and OpenClaw Skill Compatibility, teaches you how to install skills and reuse the OpenClaw community ecosystem.

Related reading: Tencent Docs Connector in Practice · Daily News Briefing · Model Selection and Customization