26 August 2026

Anthropic adds identity controls to Claude's connector system

• Anthropic, the company behind Claude chatbot, added centralized identity management to MCP connectors, which are integrations that let Claude access external tools and data.
• IT teams can now assign roles and permissions, controlling which employees see which data and preventing unauthorized corporate information from leaving the system.
• The feature works across all Claude platforms, giving companies a single place to manage who can do what when using Claude.

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Anthropic introduced centralized identity management for MCP connectors across Claude platforms, allowing IT teams to enforce role-based access control and block corporate data exfiltration.