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Claude Plugins

Extend Claude into the apps you use every day.

What it is

Plugins are connectors that let Claude interact with outside tools — calendars, CRMs, accounting, storage — through a safe, permissioned bridge.

Why it matters for your business

Plugins are how a small to medium-sized business turns Claude from a chatbot into an operator that can pull, read, and update data in real systems.

Where to start

  • Look up a customer in your CRM and draft the reply
  • Check calendar availability and book a call
  • Pull the latest invoice status from accounting
Watch out

Grant the least access needed. Read-only is a great starting posture.

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