What are Connections?
Le Chat is a powerful assistant designed to help you with a wide range of professional and personal tasks. Connections supercharge le Chat by securely linking it to your external data sources (such as your email account or your calendar), providing it with the ability to access and manipulate this information on your behalf.
This integration allows for more personalized, context-aware assistance, streamlining workflows like managing emails, scheduling meetings, and much more, directly within le Chat interface.
🔑 At the moment, some of thes features are currently rolling out in open beta and will be available to more users soon. Check your left-hand menu in le Chat to check if you have access already or stay tuned for updated status.
📌 To date, available Connections in le Chat are:
Gmail (for all plans)
Google Calendar (for all plans)
Google Drive (under beta roll out for Team & Enterprise plans)
Microsoft Sharepoint (under beta roll out for Team & Enterprise plans)
Setting Up Your Connections
Before you can leverage your external data in le Chat, you need to authorize the connection.
1. Navigate to the Connections page
Within le Chat interface, if not already open, click on the toggle panel button (1) then click on Connections (2).
Click on Connections
2. Activate your Connections
From the Connections page, you can initiate the setup for each Connection individually.
This setup process differs among data providers but typically requires you to approve Mistral AI's requests to access your data on your behalf.
You remain in full control of your Connections. Granted permissions can be revoked at any time from your provider's side, and in le Chat you decide which Connections to enable or disable individually.
Gmail authorization window, for instance, will appear as shown below:
Click on Allow to authorize le Chat to get access to your Gmail account
🔑 Your security is our top priority: for every Connections we use the secure OAuth 2.0 protocol, the industry standard for authorization, and your account passwords are never stored in our servers.
🔎 Learn more about managing specific Connections with these comprehensive, step-by-step guides ⤵
🔎 Learn more about managing specific Connections with these comprehensive, step-by-step guides ⤵
Using Connections in le Chat
With your accounts connected, you can activate and use them directly within le Chat.
1. Select your Connections
When starting a conversation with le Chat or interacting with specific Agents, ensure the relevant Connection is selected: click on the Tools button (1) then select the Connection of your choice (2).
This tells le Chat which data sources it is allowed to use to answer your requests.
Select your Connections
2. Start chatting right away
That's it, you're now ready to interact with le Chat using natural language to ask questions or request actions related to your connected data.
Here are some examples of what you can do:
Ask le Chat to "Draft an email to John Doe about our project update."
Request: "What medical appointments do I have tomorrow morning?"
Instruct le Chat: "Schedule a meeting with Jane Smith for Friday at 2 PM to discuss the report."
Search: "Find the email from support regarding ticket number TICKET-256."
Example interaction: Asking le Chat about upcoming meetings using the Google Calendar Connection
And the list goes on! It's your turn to start exploring how Connections can simplify your daily workflows!