# How do I connect apps like Gmail or Notion for my bots?

Source: https://help.locul.ai/articles/connect-apps-your-bots-can-use

Your bots use the apps you connected in Claude, like Gmail, Calendar and Notion. Add or remove them in Claude, and they show up in Locul under **Settings** > **Connected apps**.

## Add an app

1. Connect the app in Claude (for example Gmail, Google Calendar or Notion) and sign in to it there.
2. In Locul, click **Connect apps** at the bottom of the left rail.
3. Under **Apps your bots can use**, click **Refresh**.

The app appears with the number of actions your bots can take in it.

![Apps your bots can use, with the Refresh button](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6ae9f4f30e569a4449787b27/images/locul-connect-apps-609d-9168b38d.webp)
## Remove an app

Remove it in Claude, then click **Refresh** in Locul.

## What the statuses mean

- **N actions**: ready. Your bots can use it.
- **Needs you to sign in, in Claude**: open Claude and sign in to that app again.
- **Not connected**: the app is added in Claude but not connected. Finish connecting it in Claude.

## Share apps between your AI apps

Each AI uses its own connected apps. If a bot runs on Codex but the app you need is only connected in Claude, turn on sharing:

1. On the same page, find **Share connectors between AI apps**.
2. Turn on **Let my AI apps ask each other**.

This is read only, and it uses the subscription of the app being asked. The list shows which apps each of Claude Code, Codex and the Grok CLI has.

![Share connectors between AI apps](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6ae9f4f30e569a4449787b27/images/locul-connect-apps-704a-bb4824ed.webp)
## Choose whether a bot asks first

Bots read your apps freely. To decide whether a bot checks with you before it sends, changes or deletes something, open the bot's **Details** and use the switches under **Asking before it acts**.

## Related articles

- [Control what a bot can do without asking](/articles/control-what-a-bot-can-do-without-asking)
- [Choose the AI that runs your bots](/articles/choose-the-ai-that-runs-your-bots)
- [Connect Claude Desktop and Claude Code](/articles/connect-claude-desktop-and-claude-code)