Install & Configure
Authenticate a connector for your team, set any per-connector config, and sync its tools.
Once a connector is approved for your team, install
and configure it at Teams → [Team] → Connectors → [connector].
Configuring a connector's credentials needs tools:manage or team admin.
Authenticate
How you authenticate depends on the connector:
- OAuth — most connectors. Click Connect and complete the OAuth flow. Composio-backed connectors use Composio-managed OAuth; native connectors run a standard OAuth flow. Credentials are stored encrypted server-side.
- API key — some connectors authenticate with keys instead of OAuth (for example AWS, Datadog, Clay, Gong, BuiltWith). You paste the credential into the Connect with API keys dialog; Wato encrypts it and attaches it to tool calls as the right headers.
Credentials never reach the browser or the agent
Wato encrypts connector credentials server-side and only decrypts them when it calls the connector on your behalf. Agents call tools through the gateway and never receive the underlying tokens or keys.
Per-connector configuration
Some connectors need extra configuration beyond credentials — for example an AWS region or a Datadog site/region. The connector page shows a config form for these. Set the config before (or alongside) saving credentials. See the Datadog guide for a worked example.
Sync tools
After authenticating, sync the connector to fetch its current tool list.
Syncing populates Wato's tool catalog for that connector (names, descriptions,
input/output schemas) so agents can discover and call the tools, and so admins
can set per-tool access. A successful sync flips the connector's verification
status to verified; a failure shows failed with a message.
Status reference
| Connector status | Meaning |
|---|---|
requested | A member asked for the connector; awaiting admin approval. |
approved | Approved by an admin (intermediate). |
installed | Active for the team or org. |
rejected | The request was declined. |
disabled | Previously installed, now turned off. |
| Verification status | Meaning |
|---|---|
pending | Not yet verified. |
auth_required | Authentication is needed or in progress. |
verified | Reachable; tools synced. |
failed | The endpoint errored or tools couldn't sync. |