# Connect to Your TiDB Cluster - Serverless Tier
+ For Serverless Tier clusters, you can connect to your cluster via one of the following methods:
  + Connect via standard connection
  + Connect via Chat2Query (beta)
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Connect via standard connection

  The standard connection exposes a public endpoint with traffic filters, so you can connect to your TiDB cluster via a SQL client from your laptop.

  Serverless Tier only supports TLS connections, which ensures the security of data transmission from your applications to TiDB clusters.

Connect via Chat2Query (beta)

  TiDB Cloud is powered by artificial intelligence (AI). You can use Chat2Query (beta), an AI-powered SQL editor in the TiDB Cloud console, to maximize your data value.

  In Chat2Query, you can either simply type -- followed by your instructions to let AI generate SQL queries automatically or write SQL queries manually, and then run SQL queries against databases without a terminal. You can find the query results in tables intuitively and check the query logs easily.