# Check what the Economic Index says about your occupation > Match duties to an Index occupation; check cited tasks and limits. By BIGCHANGE.AI Editorial Published: 2026-10-26T18:39:39.047Z Updated: 2026-10-26T18:39:39.047Z Canonical: https://bigchange.ai/blog/economic-index-occupation-task-use-guide ![Conceptual charcoal illustration of a reader checking an open blank volume on a supported shelf in a reading room.](https://bigchange.ai/api/media/file/economic-index-source-inspection-hero-v2.png) AI-generated conceptual illustration by BIG CHANGE; no actual Economic Index record, connector result, occupation match or test is depicted. This guide shows how to check an occupation against cited task-use data. The setup follows official documentation checked 26 October 2026. BIG CHANGE did not run the connector in a Claude account. ## The big change - **What changed:** The connector brings occupation data into Claude. - **Why it matters:** Match listed tasks to your duties and open their citations. - **What to watch:** Check the data period and denominator. Usage share cannot predict job loss. ## Before you start You need an authorized Claude account and permission to use the connector. Write down your occupation as you call it, plus several duties you actually perform. Use task descriptions you may share; leave out employer secrets, personal records and details about coworkers. Check your account's [usage allowance and enabled usage credits](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11647753-how-do-usage-and-length-limits-work) before a long session. Connector calls consume plan resources; there is no fixed price for this exercise in the sources reviewed here. O\*NET labels can differ from job titles. Check the listed tasks. If no occupation reasonably fits, record that and stop short of a conclusion about your own work. ## 1. Find and enable the connector In claude.ai, open **Customize > Connectors**, then use the **plus** control to browse the directory, as [Claude's help](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11176164-use-connectors-to-extend-claude-s-capabilities) says. Select **Anthropic Economic Index** if listed. Review its capabilities and use the setup action shown, such as **Connect** or **Install**. We have not observed the Index-specific dialog. For Team or Enterprise, an **Owner or Primary Owner** may need to enable the connector for the organization. In the conversation, open the **+** menu, choose **Connectors**, and enable the desired service for that conversation. Confirm **Anthropic Economic Index** is selected before sending the prompt. If it is missing or permission is denied, check account and organization settings. Mark the result incomplete until access is resolved. ## 2. Ask for the closest occupation and its records Fill the blanks with your own permitted details, then send the prompt. It supplies no sample answer. ```prompt My job title: My actual duties: Find the closest occupation in the Economic Index by task match. Give its exact occupation label and say which of my duties fit or do not fit. Do not infer a personal job risk. List that occupation's Claude tasks. Link records. Name dataset, period, population, product, measure and denominator. Explain automation and augmentation. Mark missing fields. ``` Expect an occupation match and linked task records. These are requests for the reader to try, not results BIG CHANGE obtained. If Claude gives several plausible occupations, compare their task lists and keep the ambiguity in your record. ## 3. Check the answer at its source Check cited occupation and task descriptions against your duties. Record the period in the cited data; the Index page update date may differ. Before repeating a percentage, identify its denominator. Claude-use, task and workforce shares cover different populations. An unobserved task proves neither capability nor job safety. If records are inaccessible, the period is missing, or a percentage has no traceable denominator, leave that figure out of the conclusion and mark the check incomplete. Keep a private result record. Write “missing” where evidence is unavailable: ```plaintext My title: ____ My duties: ____ Index occupation: ____ Task match/gaps: ____ Dataset: ____ Data period: ____ Sample/population: ____ Product covered: ____ Measure: ____ Denominator: ____ Task data: ____ Automation labels: ____ Source URLs: ____ Limits/conflicts: ____ Conclusion: ____ Status: complete/incomplete ``` ## 4. Say only what the records support Index data covers Claude use; labels classify automation and augmentation. Anthropic's separate [observed-exposure research](https://www.anthropic.com/research/labor-market-impacts) combines task capability and work-related use, weighting automated use more heavily; it is a different research measure. None of these is a personal probability of job loss. They also leave other AI products, task success, changes in job design and your local labor market outside this check. Write one sentence naming the matched occupation, data period, product, measure and cited task pattern. Add one sentence naming the task mismatch or missing evidence. If the occupation fit, records, period or denominator fails inspection, use **incomplete** in the record and explain why. For broader context on why vendor use data is hard to generalize across work, see BIG CHANGE's earlier [analysis of AI use beyond coding](https://bigchange.ai/blog/ai-use-beyond-coding-workplace-evidence). ## Sources - [Anthropic, Economic Index connector (22 July 2026)](https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-economic-index-connector) — Documents Index connector access and data. - [Claude Help Center, use connectors](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11176164-use-connectors-to-extend-claude-s-capabilities) — Documents the current connector-directory path and possible organization enablement; an Economic Index setup dialog was not observed. - [Claude Help Center, usage and length limits](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11647753-how-do-usage-and-length-limits-work) — Connector use counts against account resources; inspect the displayed allowance and enabled credits before use. - [Anthropic, Economic Index explorer](https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index) — Shows O*NET groupings and task labels; check the answer-specific period. - [Anthropic, labor-market impacts research (5 March 2026)](https://www.anthropic.com/research/labor-market-impacts) — Defines weighted observed exposure, a research measure distinct from sampled Claude-use shares and personal employment outcomes.