How to connect Benzinga to Claude Cowork

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Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Benzinga account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to stream real-time news about Tesla today, list this week's upcoming earnings reports, show latest analyst ratings for Apple, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Benzinga to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

3. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Cowork

4. Connect your Benzinga account

Back in Cowork, ask the agent to connect to Benzinga or give it any Benzinga-related task.

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Stream real-time news about Tesla today"
  • "List this week's upcoming earnings reports"
  • "Show latest analyst ratings for Apple"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your Benzinga account is ready to use.

What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like Benzinga through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

What is the Benzinga MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Benzinga MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Benzinga account. It provides structured and secure access to real-time financial news and market data, so your agent can track earnings, monitor analyst ratings, stream news, and analyze economic events on your behalf.

  • Live financial news streaming: Instantly stream real-time news updates, market-moving events, and breaking headlines as they happen so your agent always stays informed.
  • Earnings and conference call tracking: Automatically retrieve upcoming earnings dates, actuals, estimates, and conference call details for any ticker or date range.
  • Analyst sentiment and ratings insights: Fetch consensus analyst ratings, price targets, and detailed rating calendars to help evaluate stock sentiment and trends.
  • Economic event analysis: Access comprehensive economic calendar events, including values, consensus, and importance filters to understand macroeconomic impacts.
  • Audit and manage removed items: Identify and review deleted news articles or cancelled calendar events for full transparency and compliance.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Get Calendar Earnings StreamTool to subscribe to real-time earnings calendar events via websocket.
Get Conference CallsTool to retrieve upcoming and historical conference call details such as times, tickers, and webcast urls.
Get Consensus RatingsTool to get consensus analyst ratings and price targets for a specified ticker over a date range.
Get Earnings Calendar V2.1Tool to retrieve earnings calendar data (v2.
Get EconomicsTool to retrieve economic calendar events including actual, consensus, and prior values and importance.
Get Newsfeed StreamTool to stream real-time news events via websocket.
Get Analyst RatingsTool to fetch analyst ratings calendar data including rating actions, price targets, and analyst details.
Get RemovedTool to retrieve removed or cancelled calendar events.
Get Removed NewsTool to retrieve news articles that have been deleted from the database.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Benzinga MCP?

With a standalone Benzinga MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Benzinga tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Benzinga and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Claude Cowork?

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Benzinga tools.

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Benzinga while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Benzinga scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Benzinga data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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