Rate tracker RateZip now publishes a connector called "RateZip Deposit/Mortgage Rates" that you can add from the ChatGPT app directory, to Grok, or to any other app that supports MCP. You can ask for top savings and CD rates, posted mortgage and HELOC rates, or payment comparisons, and each bank rate comes with when it was observed and a link to the bank's page. RateZip says results are observed data, not quotes or advice. Plan requirements are not confirmed.

Source: RateZip news

Stryd runners can ask Claude or ChatGPT about their training data

Running power-meter maker Stryd launched the Stryd MCP Open Beta for Stryd Membership subscribers. You add it as a custom connector in Claude or ChatGPT (custom connectors need a paid ChatGPT plan), sign in to Stryd, and ask about your runs, Critical Power history, planned workouts, races and shoe mileage. For now it only reads your data, and Stryd says tools and limits may change during the beta.

Source: Stryd blog · Stryd Help Center

Vercel's connector now shows your deployments as a live card in ChatGPT

Vercel's official MCP server can now show a deployment as an interactive card inside ChatGPT and other chat apps that support MCP Apps. The card shows live build status, build logs and commit details, adds a Visit button once the site is ready, and lets you send logs into the chat to debug. Apps without card support get the same details as plain text.

Source: Vercel changelog

athenahealth launched the athenaPatient MCP connector for Claude. Claude Pro and Max users in the U.S. can add it in Claude's settings, sign in with their athenahealth credentials, choose what to share, and ask about their labs, medications, conditions, visits and care plans. Access can be revoked at any time. Other plans and countries are not confirmed.

Source: athenahealth press release · Claude connector directory

Plaud's meeting recordings now work inside Claude and ChatGPT

Plaud, maker of AI note-taking recorders, is now an official connector in Claude (web and desktop, listed as "Plaud Web MCP") and an app in ChatGPT. After you sign in with your Plaud account, either assistant can pull up a recording by date, topic, participant or keyword and use it with your other connected tools. Plan requirements are not confirmed.

Source: Plaud blog

Universally lets you check and fix website translations from ChatGPT

Website translation service Universally is now in the ChatGPT plugin directory. Once you connect a workspace, ChatGPT can show which languages each site serves, find unreviewed strings, manage glossary rules and set up a new site. The connection is read-only unless you tick "Allow changes", follows your workspace role, and has no delete tools.

Source: Universally blog

Anthropic released a set of connectors and skills for financial advisors, linking Claude to custodians, portfolio platforms, CRMs and planning tools such as Charles Schwab, FactSet, Addepar, BlackRock and Envestnet. The advisor plugin is available now, and Anthropic recommends Enterprise plans for registered investment advisers because they include audit logs.

Source: Claude blog

Wordsmith brings in-house legal playbooks into ChatGPT

Wordsmith, a legal platform for in-house teams, is now in the ChatGPT plugin directory. After you connect your Wordsmith account, ChatGPT can use the playbooks, blueprints, agents and knowledge your team built in Wordsmith. New users can start a Wordsmith trial during sign-in.

Source: Wordsmith blog

SuperPrompts lets you edit and publish your app's prompts from a Claude chat

SuperPrompts, a tool for managing the prompts an app sends to AI models, now works as a Claude connector and is listed in Claude's connector directory. You sign in once, then ask Claude to read, create, update or publish prompts. The connection gets access to every project in your SuperPrompts organization, so check the consent screen before you approve.

Source: SuperPrompts blog

LogMeIn says its Resolve IT management tool is now a connector in ChatGPT's directory, alongside its existing Claude connector. IT teams can ask about devices, alerts, help desk tickets and knowledge base articles, and start remote support sessions, all within their own Resolve permissions; Remote Execution is read-only. You sign in with your GoTo account, and on managed ChatGPT workspaces an admin has to enable it first.

Source: LogMeIn blog

Archome AI brings virtual staging and renders into ChatGPT

Archome AI says it passed OpenAI's review and is now listed under Plugins in ChatGPT. After you install it and sign in to Archome, you can stage an empty room, restyle a house photo or turn a sketch into a render, and the image comes back in the chat using your existing Archome credits. Archome says it also works in Claude, with setup steps on its own connect page.

Source: Archome AI blog

Opus Growth lets you manage ad accounts from a Grok chat

Ad management tool Opus Growth published steps for adding it to Grok as a custom connector at grok.com/connectors. Once you sign in, Grok can read and manage Google Ads, Meta Ads, Microsoft Advertising, TikTok Ads, LinkedIn Ads and ChatGPT Ads accounts, and Opus Growth says changes show as a preview and apply only after you approve them. It is a custom connector you add yourself, not a built-in Grok connector; on Grok Business and Enterprise an admin adds it first.

Source: Opus Growth: Opus Growth for Grok

Ecommerce help desk Gorgias says its MCP connection is listed in Claude's connector directory and ChatGPT's plugin directory, so you can connect and sign in without manual setup. The assistant can read and analyze tickets, audit your account and update settings, limited by your Gorgias role. It works on any Gorgias Helpdesk plan; on Claude Team or Enterprise and managed ChatGPT workspaces an admin may need to turn it on first.

Source: Gorgias help center

Suno opens an MCP beta for making songs inside Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini

Suno released Suno MCP as a beta on Oct 28. You can create songs, covers, extensions and mashups from a chat, with each song saved to your Suno library and paid for with your Suno credits. It isn't in any app directory: you add https://api.suno.com/mcp as a custom connector in Claude or Gemini, or a custom MCP plugin in ChatGPT, and access is early access through a signup.

Source: Suno release notes · Suno help center

Mac assistant Alter now works inside Claude and Claude Code

Alter, an AI assistant app for Mac, says Claude can now find your Alter meetings, read transcripts, run your saved Alter Actions and pick up Alter conversations. You turn on Alter's MCP Gateway, download its plugin and upload it in Claude's plugin settings (or install it for Claude Code). The tools run on your Mac; it is an upload-it-yourself plugin, not a Claude directory listing.

Source: Alter blog

Anthropic is combining Claude's separate Skills, Connectors and Plugins tabs into one Plugins page. It starts rolling out Oct 29 on Free, Pro, Max and Team plans, is generally available Nov 9, and reaches Enterprise on Nov 30. Connectors you've already added stay connected, and you can filter the list to show only connectors. Removing a plugin that bundles a connector doesn't disconnect that connector, so disconnect it separately.

Source: Claude Help Center

SpotDraft customers can now ask Claude about their contracts

Contract management platform SpotDraft is now in Claude's connector directory. After signing in with SpotDraft, Claude can search your contract library, read full contract text, pull out contract details, and check approvals, templates and legal intake requests, seeing only what your SpotDraft permissions allow. The directory version is read-only; SpotDraft says teams that want write actions can add it as a custom connector with write mode on.

Source: SpotDraft blog

ChatGPT Pro users in the US can text their dot over iMessage or RCS

OpenAI says you can now reach your dot, ChatGPT's ongoing agent, through iMessage or RCS on Android for one-to-one chats with text, photos and voice messages. Texting is rolling out in beta to ChatGPT Pro users in the US. The same week, OpenAI added an iOS Home Screen widget and Apple Shortcuts actions for opening your dot (requires dot access).

Source: ChatGPT What's new

Google launched a preview of its Connected Apps Platform, one place for developers to build and manage apps that work in the Gemini app, Google Search, or both. Access opens in phases. Google says Adobe, Experian, Localiza and Peloton are live in Gemini and will come to Search in the coming weeks, and a Calm integration is on the way for both (no date given).

Source: Google blog

Legal teams can price matters and compare law firms with PERSUIT from Claude or ChatGPT

Legal-procurement platform PERSUIT launched the PERSUIT MCP, bringing its AI agent Persi into Claude, ChatGPT Business and Enterprise, and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Legal teams can estimate what a matter should cost, compare firms, check invoices and spend, and draft a Request to review and publish in PERSUIT. It's for existing PERSUIT customers, who sign in with their own accounts.

Source: PERSUIT news

Engineers can run and troubleshoot Rescale simulations from Claude

Simulation and HPC platform Rescale is now in Claude's connector directory. After signing in, you can ask Claude to find past jobs, explain why a run failed, or prepare and submit a simulation, and Claude asks for approval before it submits, stops or deletes anything. The directory version covers Rescale's US platform; EU, Korea and Japan accounts add it as a custom connector.

Source: Rescale release notes

OpenAI added iCloud Mail and Calendar plugins to ChatGPT, so iCloud users can connect them and ask ChatGPT to find emails, catch up on their inbox, check their schedule and update calendar events. It's available on all ChatGPT plans on the web, the desktop app and iOS. Android support is not confirmed.

Source: OpenAI Help Center, ChatGPT release notes

Airbyte's data pipelines can now be run from Claude or ChatGPT

Data-integration company Airbyte released an open-source MCP server, free on all Airbyte plans including Core, that lets Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP apps manage connections, diagnose failed syncs and manage custom connectors. A separate context layer for asking questions about your data runs on Airbyte Cloud. Whether it's listed in Claude's or ChatGPT's directory is not confirmed.

Source: Airbyte blog

Brand-template platform Marq now connects to ChatGPT and Claude

Marq launched Marq MCP as a ChatGPT plugin and a Claude connector. From a chat, the assistant can find your team's approved templates, create and fill in a Marq project, and export it. Marq account holders add it by selecting Install in ChatGPT or Connect in Claude and signing in to Marq.

Source: Marq blog

Audit software maker AuditFile launched a read-only connector, listed in Claude's connector directory, so auditors can ask Claude about engagements, trial balances, findings, review notes and workpapers under their own AuditFile sign-in. It works in Claude on the web, desktop, mobile and Claude Code. Which Claude plans it needs is not confirmed.

Source: AuditFile press release · AuditFile for Claude setup page

Lexology PRO subscribers can research regulations from inside Claude

Lexology PRO launched a read-only Claude connector for asking about laws, compliance deadlines, regulatory change and enforcement, with answers linking back to the source. It covers regulatory updates and analysis for now (comparative guides and primary sources are coming soon), and each user needs a Lexology PRO subscription that includes MCP access.

Source: Lexology PRO press release (PR Newswire) · Lexology PRO MCP page

Woden's StoryEngine brings a brand's messaging guide into Claude

Brand-storytelling firm Woden launched a Claude connector for StoryEngine, its AI that holds each client's approved messaging guide. Once an admin connects it, team members can ask Claude to pull the guide, draft emails, posts and web copy in the brand's voice, or check a call transcript against it. It's for Woden's clients only.

Source: Woden blog

Intranet platform Haystack says its connector now works in ChatGPT, joining the Claude version it launched in August, so employees can get answers from their company intranet without leaving the chat. Starting Monday, Oct 26, it can also write: it drafts a knowledge page as a private page, or writes a group post you can save as a draft or publish. An admin sets it up and each employee signs in with their own Haystack account. Which ChatGPT and Claude plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: Haystack press release (PR Newswire)

ONES brings projects, tasks and team wiki into ChatGPT

Project management tool ONES is now in ChatGPT's plugin directory. After you connect your account, ChatGPT can review your unfinished work, summarize a project's progress, create requirements and subtasks, and pull answers from your ONES wiki. What it can do depends on your ONES permissions and the features your workspace has turned on. Which ChatGPT plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: ONES blog

TapClicks marketing data now connects to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini CLI

Marketing reporting platform TapClicks released its MCP server to the public, so agencies and media companies can ask an AI assistant about campaign performance across their clients. You add it as a custom connector in Claude or ChatGPT, or use it from Gemini CLI (not the Gemini app). Client-level permissions are built in. It's available to TapClicks customers on all "Smart" packages. Which Claude and ChatGPT plans support it: not confirmed.

Source: TapClicks press release

Podcast host Podigee is now in Claude's connector directory and ChatGPT's plugin directory, so you no longer need a custom connector or developer mode. After you sign in, your assistant can search transcripts for timestamped quotes, sum up episode stats, update titles and show notes for up to 50 episodes at once, and schedule or publish episodes. You see a preview first, and nothing changes until you confirm. It's included in every Podigee plan, including the free one. Which Claude and ChatGPT plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: Podigee blog

Qlik Cloud data and dashboards now connect to Claude from its connector directory

Analytics company Qlik says its MCP server is now in Claude's directory. Once connected, Claude can search Qlik apps and datasets, answer plain-English questions using your existing business metrics, explain where data came from, and build dashboards and charts on request. You sign in with your Qlik Cloud account, so people only see what their Qlik permissions allow. Which Claude plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: Qlik press release

Build and edit interactive 3D scenes in ChatGPT with the new Spline plugin

Design tool Spline launched a ChatGPT plugin that turns a request like "make a 3D chair configurator" into a real Spline file, with the Spline editor open in a panel next to the chat so you can adjust things by hand. It can open your existing files, publish a scene and also design 2D layouts like landing pages and app screens. Add Spline from ChatGPT's plugin directory and sign in with your Spline account. Which ChatGPT plans can use it: not confirmed.

Source: Spline blog

Google added Gemini Notebook as a Connected App in the Gemini app. Type @Gemini Notebook to create or delete a notebook, add or remove sources, save notes, or ask questions about what your notebooks contain, and Gemini can also use it on its own when a request fits. It's available now to Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers and personal Google accounts. It's on by default except in the European Economic Area, where you turn it on under Settings > Connected Apps.

Source: Google Workspace Updates blog

Ask Claude questions across your synced business data in Datachef

Data platform Datachef launched a Claude connector that lets Claude browse your synced tables, run read-only queries, check whether syncs worked and see what each saved data model depends on. If you tick "Allow changes" when connecting, it can also start a sync, add a column or save a query as a new model, and everything it does is marked "via Claude" in Datachef. You add it in Claude under Settings > Connectors and need a Datachef account. Which Claude plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: Datachef blog

Patent teams can search patents and US file histories from inside ChatGPT with IP Author

Patent software maker IP Author is now available as a ChatGPT plugin, giving ChatGPT its patent database, research papers, US examination records and examiner statistics. You can ask for prior art, a freedom-to-operate check, a patent landscape count or an office action breakdown, and download reports as Word, Excel or PDF. It needs an IP Author account. Which ChatGPT plans can use it: not confirmed.

Source: IP Author blog · IP Author docs: connecting

Stripe announced Treasury for agents, which lets AI assistants including ChatGPT and Claude check Stripe Treasury balances, pay invoices, transfer money between accounts and convert currencies, with you approving sensitive money moves. It's in public preview and needs a Stripe Treasury account. Stripe says card creation and agent spending limits are coming in the next few weeks. Which ChatGPT or Claude plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: Stripe newsroom · Stripe docs: Treasury for agents

Ask Claude or ChatGPT about your sales tax filings, thresholds and transactions in Anrok

Sales tax platform Anrok launched the Anrok MCP, which connects Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools to your Anrok account. You can ask about transactions, filings and how close you are to registration thresholds, and it can also create customers and products or file exemption certificates. It's for Anrok customers: you add Anrok's server address in your AI tool's connector settings and sign in with your Anrok login. Which AI plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: Anrok press release (PR Newswire) · Anrok developer docs

Grok Bot, xAI's agent app, adds Zoho CRM with a region picker and one-tap X Money

Grok Bot release 0.75.2 lets you connect Zoho CRM after choosing your account's regional data center, and connect X Money in one tap from a chat, the connector page or checkout. Its GitHub connector can now list your repositories, compare commits and read issue comments, and the built-in Gmail connection can attach files, reply all and add a note when forwarding. Grok Bot is a separate app from the Grok chat assistant, so none of this applies to Grok itself.

Source: Grok Bot changelog (xAI)

Cube, a financial planning tool for finance teams, says it is now in Claude's connector directory. After adding it and signing in, you can ask Claude to compare actuals against forecast, open the transactions behind a spending change, draft a summary of last quarter, or set up a new scenario. Each person only sees the Cube data their own permissions allow. Which Claude plans can use it: not confirmed.

Source: Cube press release

Ask Claude or ChatGPT about your real budget, spending and net worth with Monarch

Budgeting app Monarch relaunched its MCP connector after pausing an earlier beta, so you can ask Claude or ChatGPT about your accounts, transactions, budgets, investments and net worth using live data. You add Monarch's server address as a custom connector, sign in, and choose read-only or read-and-write access, which also lets the AI recategorize transactions or create rules. Which Monarch or AI plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: Monarch blog

Ask Claude or ChatGPT which rooms are recording, then start a recording or stream

Epiphan launched Epiphan MCP, which connects Claude and ChatGPT to its Pearl video recording and streaming devices. Any Epiphan Edge account can ask which devices are offline or low on storage. With Edge Premium (one-month free trial, card required) it can also start or stop recordings and streams, manage scheduled events, or update firmware, and you approve each change first. Which Claude or ChatGPT plans are needed: not confirmed.

Source: Epiphan product news

Google announced a new business landing page in the Gemini app where owners can work on branding, finances and customer insights. Google says it's also making it easy to connect Gemini to Google Business Profile, Google Ads and Google Workspace, plus connected apps from Adobe, Canva, Dropbox, Shopify, Wix, Zoho and Xero. The page, skills and new connected apps start rolling out globally to all Gemini app users in the coming days. Which of those apps are brand new to Gemini: not confirmed, since the post doesn't say.

Source: Google blog

Find a barber or stylist and pick an open time slot in ChatGPT with Booksy

Booksy launched a plugin inside ChatGPT that lets you search for local barbers, stylists and nail techs and see their real open time slots in the chat. You install the plugin, ask something like "find me a barber in Miami for Saturday morning," pick a slot, then confirm the booking on Booksy. It's live in the U.S. to start, and businesses don't need to set anything up. Which ChatGPT plans can use it: not confirmed.

Source: Booksy blog

Describe an app to Claude and Exotool builds it

Exotool's connector is now listed in Claude's connector directory. You describe the app you want in plain words, Claude edits a readable diagram of it instead of writing code, and Exotool turns that into a working phone web app within minutes. Exotool says it works with any Claude account that can add connectors and with all Exotool plans, including the free one.

Source: Exotool press release

Zillow launched a connector for Claude that lets you search homes for sale or rent, see interactive maps, check home value estimates and work out what you can afford inside the chat. To set it up, open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, and connect Zillow. From the same conversation you can request a tour, reach an agent or look at financing. Zillow says it already has an experience in ChatGPT and a rentals-focused one in Gemini. Plan or region limits for the Claude connector: not confirmed, since the release doesn't say.

Source: Zillow press release

LILT brings checked, on-brand translation into ChatGPT

Translation company LILT is now listed in ChatGPT's plugin directory, so its customers can install it in a few clicks. From a chat you can translate using your company's terms and style, ask LILT's human experts to review important content, and track translation jobs. It's for existing LILT customers, and LILT says it's also in Claude's connector directory.

Source: LILT press release (PR Newswire)

Amazon seller tool Data Dive is now in Claude's connector directory

Data Dive, a research and rank-tracking tool for Amazon sellers, is now listed in Claude's connector directory. Sellers used to add it by hand as a custom connector; now they can search for Data Dive under Connectors in Claude's settings and sign in. It's included at no extra cost for Data Dive Standard and Enterprise customers.

Source: Data Dive announcement

Flat lets ChatGPT and Claude write and find your sheet music

Flat Power subscribers can now connect their Flat account to ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant that supports connectors. The assistant can save new pieces into your library as private scores, search your scores and export notation to transpose or arrange, but it can't edit, delete or publish your existing scores. It's not yet available for Flat for Education accounts.

Source: Flat changelog

roommaster connects hotel front-desk data to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot

Hotel software maker roommaster launched an MCP connector that lets hotel teams ask ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot or Google Gemini about live data from their roommaster property system, like who is arriving, who is leaving and who still has a balance. It's for hotels on the newest version of roommaster, and the hotel has to add and approve the connection itself. Extras like scheduled briefings depend on the assistant, plan and region.

Source: roommaster news

Cotality, a property data company used in mortgage, real estate and insurance, launched a connector that's listed and verified in Claude's directory. Authorized users can ask Claude about property details, market and rental trends, climate risk and home value estimates, depending on what their Cotality license covers. It's available to existing Cotality customers, not individual consumers.

Source: Cotality press release

Effivity brings ISO and safety compliance data into ChatGPT

Effivity, a tool for managing ISO, quality, health-and-safety and information-security compliance, says it's now officially available in ChatGPT after passing the ChatGPT team's app review. Existing customers open Plugins in ChatGPT's sidebar, search "Effivity", click Connect and sign in, then ask things like which corrective actions are overdue this month. Effivity says this follows its own recent listing in Claude's directory.

Source: Effivity news

Hermoso lets you make and schedule ads from a ChatGPT chat

Hermoso, a marketing tool for ads and social posts, is now an app in ChatGPT's directory. After you add it and sign in, ChatGPT can pull competitors' ads from the Meta, Google and LinkedIn ad libraries, make image and video ads in your brand, and schedule posts to 11 channels, showing you each post before anything goes out. Adding the app is free, but it uses your Hermoso credits, and Hermoso says it shows the price before anything that spends them runs.

Source: Hermoso blog

Agenda Hero puts your family and school calendars in ChatGPT and Claude

Agenda Hero's new connector lets ChatGPT or Claude check your Agenda Hero calendars, add events and make changes when you ask. In ChatGPT it's in the plugin directory: open it, select Install plugin and sign in. In Claude you add it for now as a custom connector with the URL https://agendahero.com/api/mcp; Agenda Hero says one-click setup for Claude is on the way.

Source: Agenda Hero blog

Google's Universal Cart rolls out in the Gemini app and Search in the US

Universal Cart keeps products you save from different stores in one cart across Google Search and the Gemini app, alerts you to price drops and restocks, and shows relevant promo codes. You can check out with Google Pay at stores like Nike, Target and Walmart, or send the items to the store's own cart, and the store stays the seller. It's rolling out in the US.

Source: Google blog

Google Antigravity is now built into the Gemini app for Mac

You can now click Antigravity at the top of the Gemini macOS app to start a coding agent from your chat. It plans the work, builds and tests the code in the background, and lets you know when it's ready to review. It's available in English for personal Google Accounts and eligible work accounts (18+) in regions where Antigravity is supported.

Source: Gemini release notes (Google)

Small businesses and their accountants can ask Gemini about live Xero data, like profit and loss, overdue invoices, unpaid bills and cash position, and get the answers as charts. Anything that changes the books, such as issuing an invoice or sending a payment reminder, needs your confirmation first. Not confirmed: Xero says scheduled Gemini tasks are coming soon on eligible plans, but Google hasn't announced that yet.

Source: Xero media release

Taplio's LinkedIn tools are now an official Claude connector

Taplio is now a verified connector in Claude's directory, so you no longer paste a custom server URL. In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors, search "taplio", click Connect and sign in. Claude can then draft, schedule and analyze LinkedIn posts, and it asks you to confirm before anything publishes. Adding the connector is free, but it runs on a Taplio account, which Taplio says starts at $39 a month after a 7-day trial.

Source: Taplio blog · Claude connector directory

Airspeed's sales-call app is now listed in Claude and ChatGPT

Airspeed, a tool that records and scores sales calls, says its app is now in both the Claude connector directory and the ChatGPT plugin directory. You sign in with your Airspeed account, no API key needed, and can ask about calls, deals and forecasts, seeing only what your own Airspeed and CRM permissions allow. Airspeed says Gemini Enterprise setup goes through its support team.

Source: Airspeed release notes

Claude Code Review is out of preview for Team and Enterprise plans

Anthropic's Code Review, which automatically reviews new pull requests through a GitHub App, is now generally available on Claude Team and Enterprise plans. Anthropic says most reviews now finish in 6 to 10 minutes, and admins can pick a Quick, Standard or Deep review for each repository.

Source: Claude product announcements (Anthropic)

ChatGPT's dot gets iPhone widgets and Shortcuts

If you have access to ChatGPT's dot, you can add a Home Screen widget to open it and use Apple Shortcuts to open it in messaging, dictation or call mode, including from the Action button on supported iPhones. It's rolling out with ChatGPT for iOS version 1.2026.279.

Source: ChatGPT What's new (OpenAI)

Google added a Customize option to Gemini's left menu where you set how Gemini responds and connect apps like Instacart, OpenTable, Adobe and Shopify. It's rolling out on web, mobile and the Windows and Mac apps for all users, but most connected apps work only in English in the US for now.

Source: Gemini release notes (Google) · Google blog

Belvo launches an official Claude connector for personal finances in Brazil and Mexico

Belvo's connector is now in Claude's Connectors Directory, so people in Brazil or Mexico can link bank, employment or tax records for free and ask Claude about their money. Find it under Settings > Connectors by searching for Belvo.

Source: Belvo blog

Grok Bot, xAI's agent app, adds QuickBooks Online and in-chat app cards

Grok Bot release 0.70.2 lets you connect QuickBooks Online and Glean (Glean asks for your Glean MCP URL), and app connectors like Figma, Notion and Canva can show an interactive card in the chat. Grok Bot is xAI's separate agent app, not the Grok chat app: QuickBooks in Grok itself is still not confirmed in xAI's docs.

Source: Grok Bot changelog (xAI)

Grok Bot's marketplace now takes connector submissions

xAI now has an official form where companies can submit a plugin or MCP server to be reviewed for listing to Grok Bot and Cursor users, with Grok itself marked as coming soon. Not confirmed: press reports also name new Grok Bot connectors for Robinhood, Coinbase, Trello, PostHog, beehiiv and eToro, but they aren't in xAI's changelog yet.

Source: Submit a plugin (xAI) · iPhone in Canada

MCP Events reach Vercel Connect in public beta

Vercel Connect now lets apps and agents subscribe to webhook events from compatible MCP servers, for jobs like summarizing new messages or reviewing new issues. It's the same MCP Events idea OpenAI introduced for ChatGPT at DevDay, where ChatGPT can act when an MCP server sends an update.

Source: Vercel changelog · ChatGPT What's new (OpenAI)

Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses go on sale at $349

Meta's first audio-only AI glasses have open-ear speakers for music, calls and talking to Meta AI, and come in Clubmaster and Burbank styles with prescription options. In China, Alibaba also showed its Qwen Glasses N1 series with 50MP cameras, starting at 2,999 yuan.

Source: Meta · Mint