Claude Oxford Economics connectorWhat Claude can do in your Oxford Economics account.
The Claude Oxford Economics connector exposes 2 tools, and both of them read. 0 write tools, 0 left undescribed. One answers with analysis drawn from the firm's reports, the other with numbers and forecasts. Here is what each covers and the subscription you need first.
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Why connect Oxford Economics to Claude
Instead of hunting for an indicator in the databank or skimming recent reports, you put your economic question to Claude. It picks one of two tools: one for explanations and conclusions drawn from published research, one for figures and forecasts. Answers come from the Oxford Economics data and reports your subscription actually covers, not from the model's general knowledge.
Explain what is happening. For a question that needs interpretation or a conclusion, Claude calls EconomicAnalysis, which answers in prose from Oxford Economics reports and research, by default from the last 4 months.
Line up one indicator across regions. For figures, EconomicData returns values and forecasts for a single indicator, or the same indicator compared across regions, usually with a markdown table.
Back a summary with sources. The directory sheet lists concise explanations, summaries, assumptions, risks, conclusions and data tables among what the connector produces, all drawn from Oxford Economics sources rather than general knowledge.
What it won't do: the sheet lists no tool that creates a report on the publisher's side or touches your account. Each data request is capped, and nothing runs by itself between two questions. For other platforms the team has covered, see the Integrations hub.
Terms to know first
Five Claude words, explained in plain language.
- Connector
- The link you set up once between Claude and an account you own, so Claude can use it while it answers you.
- Tool
- A named capability the connector gives Claude. Claude decides on its own when to call it; the directory sheet publishes its exact name.
- Authorization
- Oxford Economics' sign-in screen, where you hand Claude the access it will use. Given once per person, and revocable.
- Approval
- The confirmation Claude waits for in the chat before it changes something in an account on your behalf.
- MCP
- The shared standard connectors are built on: it lets an assistant talk to an outside service in the first place.
Set up the Claude Oxford Economics connector
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Find Oxford Economics
In Claude's settings, open Customize, then Connectors, and search for Oxford Economics. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner has to enable it for the organization before each member can connect.
- 02
Sign in with the publisher
Click Connect on its row, then sign in through the window that opens. The publisher says your account manager confirms your entitlement and provides the credentials you will use here.
- 03
Confirm the access
Read the authorization screen before accepting; the access is granted once, for you, and can be taken back the same way. The publisher then suggests a simple test question, like the latest GDP figure for the UK.
The 2 tools: one for words, one for numbers
Oxford Economics gives Claude 2 tools: 2 that read your account, 0 that change something in it.
Two read tools, each with its own source: the research library on one side, the databanks on the other. Names stay as Claude shows them.
- 2 read
What Claude reads (2)
2 toolsTwo tools that query Oxford Economics research and data without changing anything.
EconomicAnalysis
Handles questions that call for interpretation, narrative or conclusions, grounded in Oxford Economics reports and research. What you get back is explanatory text rather than a list of values.
EconomicData
Covers questions that need figures, pulled from the firm's databanks: a single indicator, or the same indicator compared across regions. Answers come in plain language, usually with the values and a table.
What Claude asks before acting
By default, Claude stops and asks for your okay before every action it takes on an account for you. The request appears in the conversation, right when it matters.
No source says whether Claude checks with you before calling either tool, so the general rule applies. On Team and Enterprise, workspace owners decide whether a member can let some actions through without being asked again, and they can cap what a connector does across the organization. On the publisher's side, the server enforces your subscriber entitlements on every request: you only receive the data and reports you are licensed for, and Claude gets no more than that.
Which plans include it
None of the 819 sheets in the official directory publishes availability by plan. For a specific connector, that answer is given nowhere: it is a real gap in the catalog.
The general rule is published: remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner turns the connector on for the organization before members connect. For the current status, check the Oxford Economics sheet in the official directory. Note that only the publisher and the sheet document this connector; no Claude help article covers it.
Where the connector stops
A connector is not an automation. Claude calls these tools while it answers you: nothing fires on its own when a new forecast is released.
By default the sheet only exposes reading, which is a floor, not a guarantee: an admin can open writes no public sheet shows. The partner badge is not a security audit, and Anthropic notes on every sheet that it does not choose a publisher's tools. One point specific to this connector: Oxford Economics says a third-party AI model may interpret your question and compose the answer, under an enterprise agreement that rules out training on your inputs. The publisher keeps query text, responses and timestamps for support and analytics.
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