> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dataleap-469bb19d-docs-from-commits-2026-08-19-upload-limits.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Connect your tools > Connections are the agent's arms — set up once per account, activated per workflow with exactly the permissions needed. Connections are the agent's **arms** — they define what it can reach and act on in your systems. Connecting happens on two levels, and both live in the build conversation. ## Level 1: Connect the tool to your account — once The first time a workflow needs a tool you've never connected, Dataleap tells you and prompts the sign-in right in the chat: > *"No existing Jira connection in your account, so I'll create a new one — this will prompt an OAuth authorization on your end."* You click **Connect**, sign in once, done. From then on, that connection exists for your whole account. Dataleap chat requesting a new Jira connection with a Connect button You can also set up connections ahead of time under **Settings** > **Connected Apps** — the same place where you reconnect an expired login or review what's connected. ## Level 2: Activate it for the workflow — with exactly the permissions needed An account-level connection doesn't give every agent free rein. For each workflow, the agent requests the **specific tools** it needs from that connection — and you see every single permission before approving: The agent requests to activate connections: Gmail and Notion, each listing the exact tools requested, with an Approve All button The gray labels are the permissions — *Create Draft*, *Create Label*, *Download Attachment*, and so on. Dataleap keeps this set **as small as possible**: enough for the workflow to run, and nothing beyond it. One click on **Approve All**, and the agent is equipped. ## What this means in practice *"Give me a briefing before every meeting, based on my calendar and my emails."* *"For that I'll need access to your calendar and your email — please connect your Google Calendar and your Gmail."* New tools get the one-time account connection; known tools go straight to the permission request. Review the requested permissions and click **Approve All**. Connections are reusable — the next agent that needs Gmail skips level 1 entirely. Workspace-wide governance (reviewing, reconnecting, removing connections centrally) is an admin topic: see [Connected apps management](/admin/connected-apps-management). See the connection flow in action. Next: give the agent your reference material. The admin view: tool-level permissions and governance.