Claude TomTom Maps connectorWhat Claude can do in your TomTom Maps account.
The Claude TomTom Maps connector exposes 15 tools: 14 read, 0 write, 1 undocumented. Below: what Claude can locate, calculate and put on a map, which tools only run on the Orbis backend, and what the public preview means for you.
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Why put TomTom behind your location questions
TomTom runs mapping services: address lookup, route planning, live traffic and map rendering. With the connector you just ask Claude your place or trip question in plain English; it calls the right TomTom service and answers in the chat, with an interactive map when the Orbis backend is on.
Go from an address to a pin, and back. tomtom-geocode turns a street address into coordinates; tomtom-reverse-geocode does the opposite. For a half-remembered or misspelled name, tomtom-fuzzy-search copes with typos.
Plan the trip. tomtom-routing works out the best route between locations, tomtom-reachable-range maps how far you can get in a set time or distance, and tomtom-ev-routing plans a long electric-vehicle drive with its charging stops.
Check the road before you leave. tomtom-traffic looks up incidents in an area, dangerous conditions and closures included.
Now what the connector doesn't do. No documented tool writes anything; the sheet is for searching, calculating and displaying. Five tools only work on the Orbis backend. The remote server is in public preview, and TomTom's documentation lists API usage charges. And nothing runs on its own: no tool warns you when a jam builds up. That kind of watch is an automation tool's job, a different trade; the Integrations hub covers that side.
The jargon, in one minute
Five terms you'll come across while connecting TomTom Maps.
- Connector
- The link you set up once between Claude and an account you already have, so Claude can use it while it answers you.
- Tool
- One named thing a connector lets Claude do. Claude picks the ones it needs on its own, and the directory lists them by name.
- Authorization
- The service's own sign-in screen, where you hand Claude the access it will use. Granted once per person and withdrawn the same way.
- Approval
- The confirmation Claude waits for before finishing something that changes your account, shown in the chat when it matters.
- MCP
- The shared standard connectors are built on, which is what lets an assistant like Claude talk to an outside service.
Connect TomTom Maps to Claude in three steps
- 01
Find TomTom Maps in Claude
In Claude's settings, open Customize, then Connectors, and look for TomTom Maps. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner has to switch the connector on for the org first.
- 02
Start the connection
Hit Connect on its row and sign in through the window TomTom opens itself. If the link breaks at some point, choose Disconnect and connect again from that same row.
- 03
Read the authorization screen
Before you accept, read the authorization screen. It belongs to TomTom, not to Claude, and it sets what the access covers. You can also withdraw that access later from your TomTom account.
All 15 tools, grouped by what they do
TomTom Maps gives Claude 15 tools: 14 that read your account, 0 that change something in it, and 1 no official source describes.
Two groups: what Claude looks up or displays, and the one tool no source describes. Tool names stay exactly as Claude shows them.
- 14 read
- 1 not documented
What Claude looks up (14)
14 toolsSearch, routing, traffic and maps: these tools query TomTom's services without changing anything in your account.
tomtom-geocode
Turns a street address into latitude and longitude, ready to feed a route calculation or a map.
tomtom-reverse-geocode
Starts from GPS coordinates and finds the matching address,, so a pair of numbers becomes a street address you can read.
tomtom-fuzzy-search
Takes a rough or misspelled query and still lands on the address, point of interest or geography you meant. It covers addresses, points of interest and geographies alike, so it can take over where tomtom-geocode stops.
tomtom-poi-search
Targets one specific category of business or service and returns the places that fall under it. It is built for business categories, which the address geocoder doesn't handle.
tomtom-nearby
Discovers what services sit within a radius of a given point. With the Orbis backend, TomTom says tool responses come with an interactive map right in the chat.
tomtom-area-search
Limits a place search to a geographic area you define: a circle, a polygon or a bounding box. Unlike tomtom-nearby, which works from a radius, the shape is yours to set.
tomtom-ev-search
Finds electric-vehicle charging stations with real-time availability, connector types and power levels.
tomtom-search-along-route
Looks for points of interest such as restaurants, gas stations or hotels inside the corridor of a route between an origin and a destination, rather than around a single spot.
tomtom-routing
Works out the best path between locations. TomTom describes the result as the optimal route. For an electric vehicle that needs charging stops, the dedicated tool is tomtom-ev-routing.
tomtom-reachable-range
Outlines the area you can cover from a point within a fixed time or driving distance, so you see how far a trip can stretch.
tomtom-ev-routing
Plans a long electric-vehicle journey and places charging stops automatically based on battery state, vehicle model and connector compatibility. Unlike tomtom-routing, it takes the battery and the car into account.
tomtom-traffic
Looks up current incidents in an area, from crashes and dangerous conditions to road closures. It isn't one of the five tools TomTom reserves for its Orbis backend.
tomtom-dynamic-map
Renders a detailed map with custom markers, a drawn route and a traffic overlay, so you see the answer instead of reading it.
tomtom-data-viz
Lays your own GeoJSON data over an interactive TomTom basemap as markers, heatmaps, clusters, lines, filled polygons or choropleth maps.
Undocumented (1)
1 toolThe directory publishes this name and nothing more. TomTom's tools page doesn't mention it, and we won't guess its job from the name.
tomtom-poi-categories
This name is on the directory's tool list, and that's everything we know. TomTom's server documentation doesn't cover it and neither does any Claude page, so this page gives it no role at all.
What Claude checks with you first
By default, Claude stops and asks before every action it takes on an account for you. With TomTom Maps, no documented tool changes anything.
The 14 described tools search, calculate or display: no source credits them with writing, and none describes a confirmation specific to one of them. The fifteenth is undocumented and falls under the default rule. On Team and Enterprise workspaces, owners can restrict what the connector may do across the org and decide whether a member can let some actions through without being asked again. Claude works with your TomTom access and nothing beyond it.
Which plans include it
None of the 819 sheets in the official directory shows plan availability, and nobody publishes it connector by connector.
Anthropic's general rule is that remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner first switches the connector on for the org. That rule is Anthropic's and covers every connector, not TomTom Maps in particular. For the current status, check the TomTom Maps sheet in the directory.
Where this connector stops
A connector isn't an automation. Claude calls these tools while it answers you, so nothing fires when traffic changes.
Only TomTom documents this connector, in its server documentation; neither Claude's help center nor Anthropic's docs have a page on it. A sheet that shows only reading is an observed floor, not a guarantee, since an admin can open more than a public sheet lists. The directory's partner badge isn't a security audit, and Anthropic notes on every sheet that it doesn't pick a publisher's tools or vouch for how they behave.
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