discovering-connectors

name	discovering-connectors
description	Discovers available Airbyte connectors, explores their entities/actions/schemas, and checks auth requirements. Use when asking what connectors exist, what a connector can do, or what fields/entities are available.

Discovering Connectors

Programmatic Discovery

from airbyte_agent_sdk import list_connectors

available = list_connectors()
# Returns sorted list of connector slugs: ["airtable", "asana", "github", ...]

Exploring a Connector's Capabilities

Each connector has documentation at: https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte-agent-sdk/tree/main/connectors/{name}

File	What it tells you
README.md	Entities/actions table, install instructions, example questions
AUTH.md	Credential requirements (OAuth, API key, etc.), hosted setup
REFERENCE.md	Full entity/action parameters and schemas

Read the connector's README first to understand what it can do.

Runtime Introspection

When a typed connector package is installed, use runtime methods for schema details:

from airbyte_agent_sdk import AirbyteAuthConfig
from airbyte_agent_sdk.connectors.stripe import StripeConnector

connector = StripeConnector(
    auth_config=AirbyteAuthConfig(
        airbyte_client_id=os.getenv("AIRBYTE_CLIENT_ID"),
        airbyte_client_secret=os.getenv("AIRBYTE_CLIENT_SECRET"),
        workspace_name=os.getenv("AIRBYTE_WORKSPACE_NAME", "default"),
    )
)

# List all entities and their available actions
entities = connector.list_entities()
for entity in entities:
    print(f"{entity['entity_name']}: {entity['available_actions']}")

# Get JSON schema for a specific entity
schema = connector.entity_schema("customers")

Note: list_entities() and entity_schema() require a typed connector (available after uv pip install airbyte-agent-sdk). They are not available on the generic HostedExecutor.

Auth Requirements

Read the connector's AUTH.md to understand what credentials are needed. For hosted mode (the default), API credentials are stored in Airbyte Cloud — you provide Airbyte client credentials instead.

References

• SDK API reference
• Connector discovery details