Find a connector, draft or saved connection
The Connectors launcher lists every source you can connect, your saved connections and the connectors you started but didn't save. Open it from the Data Library: click New dataset and choose Connectors, or go to Data → Connections and click New Connection. To connect the source you find, see Connect a database or app.
Browse the launcher menu
| Menu entry | What it lists |
|---|---|
| Popular | Your existing connections (Your connections) and the most-used sources |
| All | Every connector on your plan, then the API sources Mammoth already knows |
| A category | Such as Databases, Cloud Storage, CRM & Marketing, Analytics, E-commerce, Accounting, APIs and Education |
| Files & links | A file at a URL (see Import from a URL) |
| Push | A webhook that other systems send data to (see Receive data by webhook) |
Besides its built-in connectors, the launcher lists several hundred API sources Mammoth already knows (for example payment, payroll, school or marketing systems), under the matching category or under APIs. Clicking one opens the connector workspace, where the agent reads the vendor's API documentation and builds the connector with your key. See REST API.
Search the launcher by name, sentence or link
The search box (Search sources or paste a link) reads what you type in one of three ways. The first result is what Enter does.
| You type | The launcher offers |
|---|---|
A name of one or two words, such as hubspot | Matching drafts, connections and sources, then Build hubspot with the agent |
A sentence, such as hubspot deals with owner and amount | Start: hubspot deals with owner and amount, which opens a draft on the source the sentence names and hands the rest to the chat (if it names no source, the chat asks which one), then your drafts and connections for that source |
A link starting with http:// or https:// | Fetch this file, which reads a CSV, Excel or JSON file at that address, or It's an API: build it with the agent |
Connectors not on your plan
A connector your plan doesn't include still turns up in search, greyed out, with Not on your plan · See plans. Clicking it opens the plan picker. A connector your plan has retired stays available only while your project still has connections to it.
Pick up a connector you didn't finish
A connector you open but don't save stays as a draft, listed in the launcher under In progress with its state: Not connected yet, Pick a table, 5 columns picked · not saved yet or 2 columns still to find. Click one to reopen it.
Up to two drafts show; the rest, and drafts older than 14 days, sit behind a "more drafts" line. Drafts also appear on the Connections page, where a Project Admin can Discard one. That removes the draft and its chat; your data doesn't change.
Project Admins also see Needs attention: connections with a reason such as key expired or unreachable. Click one to open it on the Data → Connections page.
Start another dataset from a saved connection
Click the connection under Your connections in the launcher, or go to Data → Connections, click the connection, and click Create dataset. A new draft opens with nothing to re-enter. If a draft can't be started, Mammoth opens the connection's own page, listing its Tables and endpoints; click New dataset from this.
Related
- Connect a database or app: connect the source and save a dataset.
- Mammoth connectors: every connector with its sign-in and firewall needs.
- Manage saved connections: edit, reuse and delete connections and drafts.
- REST API: build a connector for a service Mammoth doesn't list.
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