# How to connect Benzinga to Claude Cowork ```json { "title": "How to connect Benzinga to Claude Cowork", "toolkit": "Benzinga", "toolkit_slug": "benzinga", "framework": "Claude Cowork", "framework_slug": "claude-cowork", "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/claude-cowork", "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/claude-cowork.md", "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:02:49.290Z" } ``` ## 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. ## Also integrate Benzinga with - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/claude-code) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/codex) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/crew-ai) ## Connect Benzinga to Claude Cowork ### 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. 2. Add the Composio MCP server Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL: ```bash https://connect.composio.dev/mcp ``` ## 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 | Tool slug | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | `BENZINGA_GET_CALENDAR_EARNINGS_STREAM` | Get Calendar Earnings Stream | Tool to subscribe to real-time earnings calendar events via WebSocket. Use when you need immediate updates as reports are announced. | | `BENZINGA_GET_CONFERENCE_CALLS_V21` | Get Conference Calls V2.1 | Tool to retrieve conference call data for a selected period and/or security using v2.1 API. Conference calls are scheduled calls where company management discusses quarterly or annual financial results, business updates, and answers questions from analysts and investors. | | `BENZINGA_GET_CONSENSUS_RATINGS` | Get Consensus Ratings | Get aggregated consensus analyst ratings and price targets for a stock ticker. Returns analyst sentiment distribution (strong_buy, buy, hold, sell counts or percentages), consensus rating, price target range (low, high, average), and analyst counts. Specify a ticker symbol to get results - not all tickers have consensus data available. Use this when you need to understand the overall analyst sentiment and price expectations for a stock to inform investment decisions. | | `BENZINGA_GET_EARNINGS_V21` | Get Earnings Calendar V2.1 | Tool to retrieve earnings calendar data (v2.1). Use when you need dates, estimates, and actuals for upcoming earnings events. | | `BENZINGA_GET_ECONOMICS_V21` | Get Economics Calendar V2.1 | Tool to retrieve economic calendar data including indicators, releases, and reports from various countries. Returns actual values, consensus estimates, and prior values for economic events such as GDP, employment data, inflation metrics, and more. | | `BENZINGA_GET_NEWS_CHANNELS` | Get News Channels | Tool to retrieve all available news channels that can be used to filter news items. Use when you need to discover available channel categories for news filtering. Channels can have sub-channels (identified by parent field), but all are listed as individual items. | | `BENZINGA_GET_NEWSFEED_STREAM` | Get Newsfeed Stream | Get WebSocket connection details for real-time Benzinga newsfeed streaming. Returns the WebSocket URL and authentication token needed to establish a WebSocket connection for receiving real-time news events. Use this when you need immediate updates as news articles are created, updated, or removed. Note: This action returns connection details only. You will need a WebSocket client library to establish the actual streaming connection using the provided URL and token. | | `BENZINGA_GET_RATINGS_V21` | Get Analyst Ratings V2.1 | Tool to fetch analyst ratings data including upgrades, downgrades, initiations, and price target changes from Wall Street analysts. Returns current and prior ratings, price targets, analyst information, and ratings accuracy metrics when available. Use when querying analyst ratings with advanced filtering options like analyst ID, firm ID, and specific rating actions. | | `BENZINGA_GET_REMOVED_NEWS` | Get Removed News | Retrieves IDs and timestamps of news articles that have been removed from Benzinga's database. Use this to track deleted/retracted news articles, sync local caches, or identify articles removed after a specific timestamp. Returns removed article IDs with their removal timestamps, supporting pagination up to 100 pages. Note: This endpoint returns only article identifiers and removal times - not the original article content. | | `BENZINGA_GET_REMOVED_V21` | Get Removed Calendar Events V2.1 | Tool to retrieve removed or cancelled calendar events from Benzinga (v2.1). Use when you need to track calendar events that have been deleted or cancelled from specific event types like earnings, ratings, dividends, splits, IPOs, offerings, economics, guidance, M&A, or conference calls. Supports filtering by event type and update timestamp for change tracking and data synchronization. | ## Supported Triggers None listed. ## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK The Benzinga MCP server connects Claude Cowork to your Benzinga account through Composio. Once connected, Cowork can use the available Benzinga tools and triggers to complete tasks on your behalf. ## Complete Code None listed. ## How to build Benzinga MCP Agent with another framework - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/claude-code) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/codex) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/benzinga/framework/crew-ai) ## Related Toolkits - [Stripe](https://composio.dev/toolkits/stripe) - Stripe is a global online payments platform offering APIs for managing payments, customers, and subscriptions. 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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. --- [See all toolkits](https://composio.dev/toolkits) ยท [Composio docs](https://docs.composio.dev/llms.txt)