How to connect Canny 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 Canny account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to add 'urgent' tag to all critical feedback posts, create a new post on the bugs board, change status of top-voted post to 'in progress', and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Canny 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 Canny account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Add 'urgent' tag to all critical feedback posts"
  • "Create a new post on the bugs board"
  • "Change status of top-voted post to 'in progress'"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your Canny 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 Canny through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

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

The Canny MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Canny account. It provides structured and secure access to your feedback boards, so your agent can create new posts, manage user feedback, update post status, and keep changelogs up to date—all automatically, on your behalf.

  • Automated feedback collection and posting: Enable your agent to create new posts on boards, capturing fresh user suggestions or bug reports with the right context every time.
  • User and comment management: Let your agent create or update user profiles, add new comments to posts, and even delete users or comments for moderation or compliance needs.
  • Status and tag updates: Have your agent update post statuses to reflect progress or changes, apply tags to categorize feedback, and create new tags as your product evolves.
  • Changelog automation: Seamlessly generate and publish changelog entries to keep users informed about new features or bug fixes, with full control over timing and notifications.
  • Feedback voting and prioritization: Allow your agent to create or migrate votes for posts, helping you track which ideas matter most to your users with minimal manual effort.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Add Post TagTool to add a tag to a specific post.
Delete UserTool to delete a user and their comments and votes.
Change Post StatusTool to change a post's status.
Create Changelog EntryTool to create and optionally publish a new changelog entry.
Create CommentTool to create a new comment on a post.
Create or Update UserTool to create or update a user in canny.
Create PostTool to create a new post on a board.
Create TagTool to create a new tag.
Create VoteTool to create a vote for a post.
Delete CommentTool to delete a comment.
Delete PostTool to delete a post.
Delete VoteTool to delete a vote.
List BoardsTool to list all boards.
List CategoriesTool to list categories.
List CommentsTool to list comments for posts, boards, or authors.
List CompaniesTool to list companies associated with your canny account.
List OpportunitiesTool to list opportunities linked to posts.
List PostsTool to list posts with various filters.
List TagsTool to list tags.
List UsersTool to list end-users in your workspace.
List VotesTool to list votes for a post.
Retrieve BoardTool to retrieve details of a board by its id.
Retrieve TagTool to retrieve details of a tag by its id.
Retrieve UserTool to retrieve user details by canny user id, app user id, or email.
Update PostTool to update post details.

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FAQ

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

With a standalone Canny MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Canny tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Canny 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 Canny tools.

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

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Canny 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 Canny data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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