Connector - Qoder

By default, QoderWork works within conversations and local files. But real work spans browsers, calendars, email, enterprise chat, and more. Connectors bridge that gap — once enabled, QoderWork can operate Chrome, interact with macOS native apps, reach Microsoft 365, and (for organizations on DingTalk) drive workplace workflows through natural language.

Connectors

Without connectors, QoderWork is limited to conversations and local files; with them, it spans applications and systems to help you complete your work. QoderWork provides various ways to integrate with external systems, and all connectors are unified and managed under the left sidebar under Extensions → Connectors. They are primarily divided into two categories:

Built-in Connectors

Browser: Controls the browser to navigate pages, extract data, and fill forms automatically.
macOS Apps: Reads and writes data to native Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Mail, and Contacts apps.
Microsoft 365: Interacts with Outlook Mail, Calendar, To Do, Contacts, OneNote, and OneDrive.

Integration Market

Explore and install integrations for enterprise collaboration platforms and third-party SaaS tools directly from the in-app market. The Productivity section includes: DingTalk, Feishu, Notion, Linear, Todoist, Canva, Supabase, Vercel, Neon, Slack, Figma, Google Calendar, Google Maps, LINE, and more. You can also manually add custom MCP servers here. All integrations remain inactive by default. QoderWork will not access external data until you explicitly enable and authorize a connector.

Browser

The browser connector gives QoderWork control of your browser — navigating pages, clicking buttons, extracting data, and filling forms. Supports Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers.

The browser connector currently supports only Chromium-based browsers (such as Chrome and Edge). Safari and Firefox are not supported yet.

Why you’d want this

A lot of day-to-day work involves repetitive browser tasks: exporting data from a dashboard, checking competitor pricing, copying information across tabs. None of it is hard, but it’s time-consuming and error-prone. The browser connector lets you describe what you need in plain language and the AI handles the rest.

Core capabilities

Shares your login sessions — runs in your logged-in browser, no extra credentials needed.
Driven by natural language — no scraping code or recorded scripts, just describe what you want.
Sees and interacts with pages — the AI understands page structure (buttons, forms, lists) and can click, type, scroll, and select.
Extracts and organizes data — pulls structured data from web pages and outputs it as spreadsheets, Markdown, or files.
Multi-tab support — works across multiple tabs, switching and comparing data between pages.

Setup

Install the browser extension

In the left sidebar, click Extensions → Connectors. Find Browser in the Featured list and click +. The dialog opens with status Waiting for Extension — click Install from Chrome Web Store to complete the installation. If you run into issues, click “Having trouble installing from the store? Try manual install.”

Browser connector dialog showing "Waiting for Extension" status and "Install from Chrome Web Store" button, with "Browser connection started" notification in the top-right corner

Confirm the connection

Once installed and enabled, the dialog status changes to Extension Connected, showing the connected browser instance — you’re all set.

Browser connector dialog showing "Extension Connected" status with Chrome v1.3.0 instance marked as Active

Once connected, the AI takes over the active tab. Avoid manually interacting with that tab while a task is running — it may conflict with the AI’s actions.

Use cases

Data collection and research

Open https://huggingface.co/models,
filter by "Text Generation" sorted by recently updated,
extract the top 10 model names, downloads, likes, and publish dates,
and put them in an Excel spreadsheet sorted by downloads.

Web scraping

Open https://github.com/trending,
extract today's trending repos — name, description, stars, and language —
and save as a Markdown table in the workspace.

Industry news gathering

Open Hacker News, scan today's top 10 posts,
filter for anything related to "AI" or "Machine Learning,"
open each article and pull out the key takeaways,
then compile everything into a Markdown digest.

Bulk form filling

Read "team-members.xlsx" from the workspace,
then open our internal admin system (https://admin.example.com)
and fill in the new-member form row by row — name, department, role.
Take a screenshot after each entry for confirmation.

macOS Apps

The macOS connector lets QoderWork read and write data in your Mac’s built-in apps — turning Calendar, Mail, Reminders, and more into an AI-accessible workspace.

Supported apps

Find the macOS connector under the left sidebar under Extensions → Connectors and enable each app individually:

Reminders

Create tasks, set due dates, and mark items complete. Works as your AI-powered to-do manager.

Calendar

View today’s schedule, create events, and check for conflicts. Helps you plan your day.

Notes

Save meeting notes, key takeaways, or quick ideas from conversations directly into Notes.

Mail

Read emails and create drafts. Summarize your inbox, extract key info, and draft replies.

Contacts

Look up contact details, search by name or company, and create new entries.

The first time you enable an app, macOS will ask for permission (e.g., “QoderWork wants to access your Calendar”). Grant access once and you won’t be asked again.

Use cases

Quick schedule management

Check my calendar for today,
add the 3 PM meeting to Reminders as high priority,
and create a note in Notes listing the materials I need to prepare.

Email summary

Read all unread emails from today,
rank them by importance and summarize each in one sentence,
save the top 3 in detail to Notes.
If any need a reply today, draft one and put it in my drafts folder.

Cross-app lookup

Check my calendar for this week, find all external meetings.
For each one, look up the attendee in Contacts,
then generate a meeting brief with time, name, contact info, and topic.

Microsoft 365

The Microsoft 365 connector lets QoderWork securely access your Microsoft account, bringing your cross-platform work into the AI’s reach. Once connected, QoderWork can triage your Outlook inbox, manage your schedule, track your To Do lists, and interact with your OneDrive files.

Setup

Before using it, you’ll need to authorize your account:

Go to the left sidebar under Extensions → Connectors, find Microsoft 365, and click Connect Microsoft Account.
A browser window will open. Log in to your Microsoft account.
Review the permission request (e.g., “QoderWork MS365 Connector needs your permission…”) and grant access once — you won’t be asked again.

Supported apps

Once connected, you can enable each service individually under the Microsoft 365 settings:

Mail

Read, send, and manage your Outlook emails and drafts. Summarize your inbox, draft replies, or dig up specific threads.

Calendar

View and manage your schedule. Check for conflicts, plan your day, and send out new meeting invites.

Contacts

Search and manage your Outlook contacts. Quickly pull up contact info for colleagues and clients.

To Do

Track your personal tasks and lists in Microsoft To Do. Add new action items or check off completed ones.

Notes

Access your OneNote notebooks, sections, and pages. Save meeting minutes or pull context from your existing notes.

Files

Browse and read your OneDrive files and Excel spreadsheets. Quickly locate cloud documents or extract data from tables.

Use cases

Inbox and schedule triage

Summarize the important emails I received today.
If any of them are meeting invites, check my Outlook calendar for conflicts.
If I'm free, add the meeting to my calendar and draft a reply confirming I'll be there.

Context-aware task planning

Check my Microsoft To Do list for today and find the high-priority tasks.
For each task, search my OneDrive for relevant reference documents,
and append the document links directly into the task's notes.

DingTalk Workspace

DingTalk links QoderWork to your organization’s DingTalk tenant. Instead of clicking through stacked menus, you describe what you need in plain language—create to-dos, submit or draft daily reports, and work with attendance and calendar flows your tenant exposes to the app.

Why you’d want this

Routinely handling tasks in DingTalk often requires tedious navigation: finding the right app in the workbench, clicking into forms, filling out details, and submitting. This connector allows QoderWork to interface directly with DingTalk (DWS), condensing these multi-page, multi-step operations into a single natural language instruction so you can stay in your current context.

Core capabilities

Depending on what your administrator enables, the connector uses LLMs to operate across more than ten DingTalk modules. Typical capabilities include:

To-do management: For example, if you say “Finish the three-sheet review at 8 PM today,” the AI automatically parses the time and content to create a task. You can also view your to-do list, update statuses, or modify goals directly in the chat window without leaving the editor.
Daily reports: Stop manually drafting logs. QoderWork can automatically gather your to-dos and completed work (such as commits or task updates), format them into a clear report, and push it directly to DingTalk. This applies to weekly and monthly reports as well, requiring no page switching or template opening.
Attendance & schedules: Initiate attendance check-ins, view schedules, or manage calendar bookings within the scopes granted to the connector.
Approval workflows: Quickly submit or process various approval flows when your organization exposes them (based on DingTalk configurations).

Exact modules and permissions follow your company’s DingTalk configuration and the scopes granted to the application.

Setup

Open the DingTalk connector

In the left sidebar, go to Extensions → Connectors, switch to the Market tab, and find the DingTalk card.

Click the card. A Sign in with DingTalk dialog opens — read the permission summary and click Sign in with DingTalk at the bottom to authorize.

Sign in with DingTalk dialog showing AI-Powered Tools, Respects Permissions, and You're in Control, with a Sign in with DingTalk button at the bottom

Confirm installation

After authorization, the connector appears under Installed for management.

Once setup finishes, use natural language for to-dos, daily reports, attendance, schedules, approvals, and other modules your administrator allows.

Use cases

Create a DingTalk to-do

Create a DingTalk to-do for today at 8 PM titled “Three-sheet review”.

Draft a daily report

Summarize my meeting notes and completed to-dos from yesterday, and draft bullet points I can paste into today’s DingTalk daily report.

Save repeating DingTalk playbooks as a Skill or pair them with Scheduled Tasks for recurring automation.

Custom MCP Servers

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI applications plug into external tools and data sources through a unified interface. Think of it as USB-C for AI — just as USB lets any peripheral work out of the box, MCP gives AI a single way to talk to any external service. Out of the box, QoderWork can only work with what’s in your conversation. Add MCP, and it can manage your calendar, search your docs, pull live data, and much more — turning it from a chatbot into an assistant that actually gets things done.

How It Works

MCP follows a client-server model:

MCP Client — QoderWork itself. It sends requests and displays results.
MCP Server — A service deployed by a provider (Firecrawl, Slack, etc.) that performs specific operations and returns data.

You don’t need to worry about the plumbing. Just describe what you need in plain language, and QoderWork figures out which MCP tool to call, executes it, and weaves the result into the conversation.

Adding an MCP Server

Open the QoderWork desktop app and go to the left sidebar under Extensions → Connectors. Click + Add in the top-right — you’ll see two options.

Paste JSON Config

The fastest path if you already have a JSON config from an MCP marketplace or provider. Click + Add → Paste JSON Config — the Import from JSON dialog opens. Paste your config and click Import.

Import from JSON dialog: paste your MCP configuration JSON text area with STDIO and SSE format examples, with an Import button at the bottom

A typical config looks like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "service-name": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://mcp-server-url.example.com/sse",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer your-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in Config Manually

Prefer filling things in yourself? Click + Add → Fill in Config Manually. In the Add MCP Server dialog that appears, start by selecting a Server Type from the dropdown. Each type shows a different set of fields:

Add MCP Server dialog with Server Type dropdown, Server Name, Command fields, optional Environment Variables and Timeout, and an Add button

Streamable HTTP / SSE

For remotely hosted MCP services accessed via URL. This is the most common type offered by MCP marketplaces — simple to configure and recommended as your first choice.

Server Name — A label you’ll recognize.
Server URL — The endpoint URL copied from the MCP marketplace.
Headers (Optional) — Authentication headers like Authorization: Bearer your-token. Click + Add Header to enter them manually, or Paste to bulk-import from your clipboard.

Streamable HTTP is the newer, more capable successor to SSE. When a marketplace provides a Streamable HTTP URL, choose that type.

STDIO

For locally running MCP servers launched via the command line. Best suited for developers working with local tools or CLI integrations. This requires the relevant runtime (Node.js, Python, etc.) to be installed on your machine.

Server Name — A label you’ll recognize.
Command — The full launch command, e.g., npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem.
Environment Variables (Optional) — Key-value pairs the service needs at runtime (API keys, access tokens, etc.). Add them one by one with + Add Variable, or click Paste to import in bulk.

Click Add when you’re done.

Paste JSON Config or Fill in Config Manually? Pasting JSON parses everything — type, URL, auth — in one shot. Filling in manually gives you field-by-field control. The end result is identical; pick whichever feels easier.

Managing MCP servers

Open the Connectors page and switch to the Installed tab. Your added MCP servers appear under Custom. From here you can:

Toggle a server on or off.
Expand a server to see its available tools.
Edit or delete a server using the icons next to it.

Combining connectors

When multiple connectors are enabled, QoderWork can work across apps in a single task: Browser + Calendar

Check tomorrow's meetings in my calendar,
use the browser to research each attendee's company,
and compile a pre-meeting brief in Notes.

Browser + Mail

Read all client emails from today,
for each product issue mentioned, search our docs site in the browser,
and create a problem-vs-solution table in the workspace.

Everything together

Check today's calendar — list all meetings
Read unread emails — pick out anything flagged as important
Open the browser and check the team project board for today's to-dos
Pull it all together into a daily briefing, save to Notes, and create a matching Reminder

Pair multi-connector workflows with Scheduled Tasks for fully hands-off automation. For example, schedule the daily briefing above for 9 AM every weekday — it’ll be ready when you sit down.

Best practices

Provide explicit URLs

When using the browser connector, give a direct URL in your prompt rather than asking the AI to find the site. “Open https://analytics.google.com” beats “find Google Analytics” every time.

Combine connectors with file I/O

Connectors pair naturally with QoderWork’s local file capabilities. Scrape data from a website and save it as a local Excel file, or read a local spreadsheet and fill out a web form — data flows freely between browser, native apps, and your filesystem.

Test complex flows manually first

For multi-step workflows involving page navigation or app switching, walk through the flow once in a regular conversation. Once it works, save the prompt as a Skill or scheduled task so you can reuse it.

Lean into human-AI collaboration

CAPTCHAs, QR-code logins, and two-factor prompts are things the AI can’t handle alone. When it hits one, step in and complete the verification — the AI picks up right where it left off once you’re through.

FAQ

I enabled a connector but the conversation says the tool isn't available?

After toggling a connector on or off, you need to start a new conversation for it to take effect. It won’t appear in an existing chat.

macOS denied the permission request — how do I fix it?

If you clicked “Don’t Allow” the first time, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, find the relevant category (Calendar, Reminders, etc.), and add QoderWork to the allowed list.

Is it normal for browser actions to be slower than regular chat?

Yes. The browser connector needs to capture and analyze page content in real time, which involves screenshots and element parsing. Network conditions and page complexity also affect speed. For data-heavy tasks, break the prompt into smaller steps.

I added a server but it isn't working. What should I check?

Run through this checklist:

Confirm the JSON config or URL was copied in full and is correctly formatted.
Check your network connection. Some MCP servers require specific network access or VPN.
Verify whether the service needs an extra authorization or login step.
Remove the server from Connectors → Installed and re-add it.

MCP calls feel slow. Is that normal?

Response time depends on the service provider. Most calls return within a few seconds. If you’re seeing persistent timeouts, check your network first, then contact the provider.

Next Steps

MCP Walkthrough

Step-by-step MCP integration

Scheduled Tasks

Run tasks automatically on a schedule

Computer Use

Let AI directly operate your mouse and keyboard

​Connectors

​Built-in Connectors

​Integration Market

​Browser

​Why you’d want this

​Core capabilities

​Setup

​Use cases

​macOS Apps

​Supported apps

Reminders

Calendar

Notes

Mail

Contacts

​Use cases

​Microsoft 365

​Setup

​Supported apps

Mail

Calendar

Contacts

To Do

Notes

Files

​Use cases

​DingTalk Workspace

​Why you’d want this

​Core capabilities

​Setup

​Use cases

​Custom MCP Servers

​How It Works

​Adding an MCP Server

​Paste JSON Config

​Fill in Config Manually

Streamable HTTP / SSE

STDIO

​Managing MCP servers

​Combining connectors

​Best practices

​Provide explicit URLs

​Combine connectors with file I/O

​Test complex flows manually first

​Lean into human-AI collaboration

​FAQ

​Next Steps

MCP Walkthrough

Scheduled Tasks

Computer Use

Connectors

Built-in Connectors

Integration Market

Browser

Why you’d want this

Core capabilities

Setup

Use cases

macOS Apps

Supported apps

Use cases

Microsoft 365

Setup

Supported apps

Use cases

DingTalk Workspace

Why you’d want this

Core capabilities

Setup

Use cases

Custom MCP Servers

How It Works

Adding an MCP Server

Paste JSON Config

Fill in Config Manually

Managing MCP servers

Combining connectors

Best practices

Provide explicit URLs

Combine connectors with file I/O

Test complex flows manually first

Lean into human-AI collaboration

FAQ

Next Steps