Chat connectors: Connect your tools to Lovable using MCP servers
Chat connectors let Lovable understand your existing tools like Notion or Linear, so it can use your real work to build things for you. This means Lovable can create prototypes, pages, or workflows that match your team's actual documents and data.
Anyone building software with Lovable who wants it to use their existing documents, tickets, or designs as a starting point.
Do this, in order
- 1
Go to the 'Connectors' section in your Lovable dashboard.
This is where you find all the tools you can link to Lovable.
- 2
Choose the tool you want to connect, like Notion or Linear, from the list.
You need to tell Lovable which specific tool you want it to learn from.
- 3
Click 'Add connection' and select 'Chat connector' if there are multiple options.
This tells Lovable you want to link your personal account for use in your chats.
- 4
Sign in to your tool's account and give Lovable permission to access it.
This allows Lovable to read information from your tool, like documents or tickets.
Paste this into your project
I want to connect my Notion account so Lovable can read my documents. How do I do that?
Words decoded
- Chat connector (MCP server)
- This is a link that lets Lovable 'talk' to one of your other tools, like Notion or Linear, so it can understand what you're working on. MCP stands for 'Model Context Protocol', which is just the technical way these links are built, but you don't need to know how it works to use it.
- Context
- This refers to the information, documents, or data that Lovable can read from your connected tools. It helps Lovable understand the background and details of your project so it can create more accurate results.
- Prebuilt chat connectors
- These are ready-to-use links for popular tools that Lovable has already set up, so you can connect them easily without extra steps.
- Custom MCP servers
- This is a way to connect tools that aren't on Lovable's prebuilt list, or even your own internal systems, by providing a specific web address for that tool's connection point.
Where people get stuck
- Your teammates cannot use your personal chat connection; they need to connect their own accounts.
- A chat connection is not part of your published app; it only helps Lovable in your project chat. If your app needs to interact with a tool, you'll need a different type of connection.
- If you can't connect a chat connector, a workspace administrator might have turned it off for everyone in your workspace.
The short version, steps, decoder and prompt on this page are written automatically from Lovable's own documentation and can lag or misread it. The official page is always the authority.