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Example connectors are sample data sources that appear in connector pickers. They let you explore, demo, and test connector workflows without touching any real data.

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What they are

Example connectors look and behave like real connectors in the picker, but they’re backed by safe, self-contained sample data. Selecting one gives you a realistic-looking source — tables, records, fields, and relationships — that exists only for illustration. Nothing you do with an example connector reads from or writes to a production system.

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When to use them

Onboarding. New users can click through a real connector picker and see what a connected source looks like before any real integration is set up. It removes the chicken-and-egg problem of needing live data just to learn the interface. Demos. Show the full flow — picking a source, browsing its data, building on top of it — without exposing customer data or depending on a live account being connected. The sample data stays consistent, so demos are repeatable. Testing. Validate that picker behavior, data previews, and downstream features work correctly against a known, stable dataset. Because the data never changes underneath you, tests stay deterministic.

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What they are not

Example connectors aren’t meant for real work. They don’t sync, they don’t reflect anyone’s actual records, and any changes you make won’t persist to a real system. When you’re ready to work with real data, swap in an actual connector.

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Turning them off

You can also choose whether to include an example connector on a per-chat basis. When you start a new thread, click the + button, open Connectors, and tick or untick any connector to control whether it’s attached to that chat — just unclick the example connector if you don’t want to use it for that conversation. If you don’t want example connectors to appear at all, an admin can disable them org-wide under Settings → Capabilities → Example Connectors. With them off, connector pickers show only the sources you’ve actually connected.