> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sideshift.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sidekick connectors

> Connect external tools so Sidekick can use them in chat.

Sidekick can use tools from the external products you already work in - Slack, Notion,
Stripe, Amplitude, your ad accounts - alongside your SideShift data. Connect a tool once
and Sidekick can call it in chat: pull Meta Ads spend next to creator performance, find a brief in Drive,
or post an update to a Slack channel.

Most connectors talk directly to the vendor's own hosted MCP server; SideShift does not
sit in front of the vendor's API. Meta Ads and TikTok Ads are the exceptions - they are
native, so SideShift talks to Meta's and TikTok's Marketing APIs over your company's
existing ad-account connections from Ad Settings.

## Where to find it

* In chat, open the composer **+** menu and choose **Connectors**. The **Directory** opens.
* Or open [Settings → Sidekick Connectors](https://app.sideshift.app/settings?tab=connectors) -
  the same gallery.

Connectors are not available on demo accounts.

## Connect a tool

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Directory">
    From the composer **+** menu, or Settings → **Sidekick Connectors**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Connect on a tile">
    Use **Search connectors…** if you don't see the one you want.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve access with the vendor">
    You sign in with the vendor and approve what Sidekick may use.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use it in chat">
    The tile shows **Connected · N tools**, and those tools are now callable in Sidekick
    chat.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Most connections are personal. Each person connects their own account, and a teammate's
  connection is not shared with you - if a teammate connected Slack, you still connect
  your own. Meta Ads and TikTok Ads are the exceptions: they are company-wide, so one
  owner or admin connects each for the whole team.
</Note>

## Available connectors

| Connector           | What Sidekick can do                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Slack**           | Search messages and post updates to your team's channels. Public channels only.                                                                                                            |
| **Meta Ads**        | Campaign spend and performance from Meta Ads, and launch, pause, and re-budget boosts through SideShift Ads. Company-wide.                                                                 |
| **Notion**          | Read and write your Notion pages, databases, and workspaces.                                                                                                                               |
| **Gmail**           | Search and read your email threads, draft replies, and manage labels. Sidekick never sends email.                                                                                          |
| **Google Drive**    | Access briefs, contracts, and documents in your Drive.                                                                                                                                     |
| **Google Calendar** | Check availability and schedule with creators.                                                                                                                                             |
| **Stripe**          | Revenue, payments, and subscriptions - see what a campaign actually sold. Read-only: Sidekick can query revenue, customers, invoices, and balance; it cannot refund, write, or move money. |
| **Amplitude**       | Product analytics - tie installs, signups, and retention back to creator content.                                                                                                          |
| **TikTok Ads**      | Campaign spend and performance from TikTok Ads, and launch, pause, and re-budget Spark Ads through SideShift Ads. Company-wide.                                                            |
| **Shopify**         | Store sales, orders, and revenue - see which creators drive purchases. Coming soon.                                                                                                        |

Connectors marked **Coming Soon** in the Directory can't be connected yet. Slack is not
yet listed in the Slack Marketplace, so connecting Slack may not be available for your
workspace yet.

## Meta Ads and TikTok Ads

Meta Ads and TikTok Ads are native rather than vendor-hosted MCP, so they behave a little
differently:

* **They are company-wide.** One owner or admin clicks **Connect** and the whole team can
  use it. If you can't manage connectors, the tile reads **Ask an admin**.
* **Connect opens the vendor's login** in the standard connect popup - the same Meta
  login or TikTok Business Center login the ads product uses.
* **The tiles have no Disconnect.** The grant lives with Ad Settings on
  [/ads](https://app.sideshift.app/ads), which is also an alternate place to manage
  the same connection.

Meta Ads reads the live account directly: `list_ad_accounts`, `list_campaigns`,
`campaign_insights`, and `graph_get` (GET-only, allowlisted ad-account paths). Everything
else runs the same flow as SideShift Ads: request and save a partnership code, launch a
partnership ad or a brand-page ad, pause, resume, change the budget, duplicate a campaign
or ad set, and delete - plus the readiness, ad-set, asset, ad-copy, and delivery-estimate
reads the flow needs.

TikTok Ads reads the live account directly: `list_ad_accounts`, `list_campaigns`,
`campaign_insights`, and `api_get` (GET-only, allowlisted read endpoints, always pinned to
an ad account you authorized in Ad Settings). Everything else runs the same flow as
SideShift Ads: request and save a Spark code, launch a Spark Ad, pause, resume, change the
budget, and delete - plus the readiness, identity, campaign-shell, and asset reads the
flow needs.

Every launch or change goes through SideShift Ads, so it appears on
[/ads](https://app.sideshift.app/ads) with spend tracking and creator attribution, exactly
as if you had launched it there. Nothing runs until you confirm it: Sidekick reads the full
plan back to you and asks for a one-time confirmation code before any write.

## Connection states

A connected tile shows **Connected · N tools**. Vendor-hosted connectors also offer
**Disconnect**; the native Meta Ads and TikTok Ads tiles do not.

If tools failed to load, the tile reads **Connected, but its tools could not be
loaded.** and may show the vendor's error underneath. Open the Directory again
to retry - Sidekick re-lists tools when you open the gallery. You usually do
not need to reconnect.

If the tile reads **Connected, but this server offers no tools.**, the vendor's
MCP server reported an empty tool list.

If a tile shows **Reconnect**, click **Reconnect** and approve access again.
When a connection stops refreshing, the **Connectors** row in the composer
menu shows a badge until you reconnect.

## Custom connectors and requests

At the end of the Directory, under **More**:

* **Add custom connector** - connect any MCP-compatible server by entering its URL
  directly (for example `https://mcp.example.com/mcp`), with an optional name. URLs must
  use `https` on the standard port; private addresses and URLs with embedded credentials
  are rejected.
* **Request an integration** - don't see the tool you need? Send the connector name and
  any details, and we'll look at adding it.

## In chat

Connected tools appear to Sidekick namespaced under the connector's name -
`notion__search_pages`, for example - with up to 20 tools per connector. Anything that
writes to the external tool (posting a Slack message, editing a Notion page) is
confirmed with you before it runs.

<Note>
  Looking for the other direction - connecting an AI client such as Claude to your
  SideShift data? That is the [SideShift MCP server](/mcp-server), not a Sidekick
  connector.
</Note>