Your research already lives somewhere: Zotero collections, Google Drive folders, Notion pages, scientific databases. Connectors bring those sources into Anara so they appear as searchable options in your AI chat, right alongside your uploaded documents.
Think of each connector as a bridge. Once built, type @ in any chat and select from all your connected sources at once — asking questions that draw on your Zotero library, Google Drive, and Anara library simultaneously.
Where to find connectors
Go to Settings > Connectors. Each connector shows whether it is connected or disconnected, with a button to connect or manage it.
Available connectors
Reference managers
Zotero — Import PDFs and documents from your Zotero collections. Requires a Plus plan or higher. How to connect Zotero.
Mendeley — Import selected PDFs from your Mendeley library. Requires a Plus plan or higher. How to connect Mendeley.
Cloud storage
Google Drive — Import files from selected Google Drive folders. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect Google Drive.
OneDrive — Import files from your OneDrive. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect OneDrive.
Dropbox — Search and access files stored in Dropbox. Requires a Pro plan or higher.
SharePoint — Import files from SharePoint. Requires an Enterprise plan. How to connect SharePoint.
Productivity tools
Notion — Import pages and databases from your Notion workspace. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect Notion.
Slack — Search channels and messages in Slack. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect Slack.
Microsoft Teams — Search channels and messages in Teams. Requires a Pro plan or higher. How to connect Teams.
Social
X (Twitter) — Search public posts on X. Requires a Max plan or higher.
Science databases
Available on all plans, including Free. No account login required.
PubMed — Search peer-reviewed biomedical literature.
bioRxiv / medRxiv — Search biology and health science preprints.
ClinicalTrials.gov — Search registered clinical studies.
Using connected sources in chat
Once a connector is active, type @ in the chat input. Under Sources, you will see your connected integrations listed alongside Library and Web. Select any of them to scope your AI search to that source.
You can combine sources — or let the AI search everything at once. Either way, every answer comes with citations linking back to the exact passage it came from.
Tip: Use @Library for your uploaded documents, @Zotero for your reference manager, and @Web for live web search — all in the same conversation.
If a connector is not working
Not appearing as a source? Disconnect and reconnect from Settings > Connectors. Third-party authorizations can expire.
Content feels outdated? Click Resync next to the connector to pull in the latest files.
Still stuck? Use the Support menu in the bottom left sidebar to contact us.