How to connect Coda to Claude Cowork

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 Coda account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to duplicate your project tracker document, add a new permission for this doc, export the content of the roadmap page, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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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 Coda account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to duplicate your project tracker document, add a new permission for this doc, export the content of the roadmap page, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Coda 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 Coda account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

"Duplicate your project tracker document"
"Add a new permission for this doc"
"Export the content of the roadmap page"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Coda MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Coda account. It provides structured and secure access to your workspaces and docs, so your agent can automate Coda document creation, manage permissions, export content, and streamline your team’s productivity tools—all on your behalf.

Automated document and page creation: Instruct your agent to create new Coda documents or pages, duplicate existing docs, and organize content structure with just a prompt.
Flexible permission and sharing management: Have your agent add or modify user, workspace, or global permissions, so you’re always in control of who can view or edit your docs.
Seamless content export and status tracking: Let your agent initiate exports of Coda pages and check the progress, making it easy to share or archive important information.
Custom domain and publishing management: Direct your agent to add custom domains to published docs or manage categories and makers for Coda packs, keeping your workspace organized and discoverable.
Pack release and workspace enhancements: Ask your agent to create new pack releases or manage integrations, helping teams extend Coda’s power without repetitive manual steps.

TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

Every Coda action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add a category for pack

Add a publishing category for a given pack.

Add a maker for pack

Add a maker to a Pack.

Add a permission for pack

Create or modify permissions for a given Pack.

Add custom domain

Add a custom domain to a published doc.

Add permission

Adds a new permission to the doc.

Begin content export

Initiate an asynchronous export of page content in HTML or Markdown format.

Content export status

Check the status of a page content export operation.

Copy Document

Creates a copy of an existing Coda document.

Create a new pack release

Creates a new Pack release based on an existing Pack version.

Create a page

Create a new page in a doc.

Create doc

Creates a new Coda doc, optionally copying an existing doc.

Create Folder

Creates a new folder in a Coda workspace.

Create Pack

Creates a new Pack in Coda.

Create Pack Invitation

Create an invitation for a user to access a Pack.

Delete a category for pack

Delete a publishing category for a given pack.

Delete a maker for pack

Removes a maker from a Pack's maker list.

Delete a page

Deletes the specified page.

Delete a permission for pack

Delete user, workspace, or global permissions for a given Pack.

Delete doc

Permanently deletes a Coda doc.

Delete Folder

Tool to delete a folder in Coda.

Delete multiple rows

Deletes multiple rows from a Coda table or view.

Delete pack

Delete a given Pack.

Delete Pack listing draft

Delete the listing draft for a Pack, discarding any unsaved changes.

Delete Page Content

Tool to delete content from a Coda page.

Delete permission

Deletes an existing permission from a Coda document.

Delete row

Deletes the specified row from the table or view.

Deletes a custom domain

Deletes a custom domain from a published doc.

Fetch grouped logs by pack org root ingestion id

Retrieve the grouped logs of a Pack ingestion for debugging purposes.

Fetch ingestion executions for pack

Retrieve the ingestion execution ids of a root ingestion for debugging purpose.

Get acl settings

Returns settings associated with ACLs for this Coda doc.

Get a column

Returns detailed information about a specific column in a Coda table.

Get a control

Returns info on a control.

Get a formula

Returns info on a formula.

Get analytics last updated day

Returns days based on Pacific Standard Time when analytics were last updated.

Get a page

Returns details about a page.

Get a row

Retrieves detailed information about a specific row in a Coda table, including all cell values, metadata (creation/update timestamps), and parent table information.

Get Pack details by ID

Retrieves detailed information about a specific Coda Pack by its ID.

Get a table

Returns details about a specific table or view.

Get detailed listing information for a pack

Get comprehensive public listing information for a Coda Pack.

Get doc analytics summary

Returns aggregated analytics summary data across documents, including session counts, installs, copies, reads, and conversions.

Get doc categories

Retrieves the list of all available doc categories in Coda.

Get folder

Tool to get metadata about a Coda folder.

Get info about a doc

Retrieves comprehensive metadata for a specific Coda document.

Get mutation status

Checks whether an asynchronous mutation operation has been applied to a Coda document.

Get pack analytics summary

Returns summarized analytics data for Packs the user can edit.

Gets custom doc domains providers

Identifies the domain registrar/provider for a given domain name by performing a DNS lookup.

Get sharing metadata

Returns metadata associated with sharing for this Coda doc.

Gets the json schema for pack configuration

Retrieves the JSON Schema that defines the configuration options available for a specific Coda Pack.

Get the difference between two pack versions

Gets information about the difference between the specified previous version and next version of a Pack.

Get the next valid version for a pack

Get the next valid version number for a Pack based on the proposed metadata.

Get the source code for a pack version

Retrieves temporary download URLs for the source code files of a specific Pack version.

Get user info

Returns basic info about the current user.

List available docs

Returns a list of Coda docs accessible by the user, and which they have opened at least once.

List categories for pack

List all publishing categories associated with a specific Coda Pack.

List columns

Returns a list of columns in a table.

List controls

Returns a list of controls in a Coda doc.

List custom doc domains

List all custom domains configured for a published Coda doc.

List doc analytics

Returns analytics data for accessible documents.

List featured docs for a pack

Returns a list of featured docs for a Pack.

List Folders

Tool to list folders accessible by the user.

List formulas

Returns a list of named formulas in a Coda doc.

List makers for pack

List makers for a given pack.

List pack analytics

Returns analytics data for Packs the user can edit.

List pack formula analytics

Returns analytics data for Pack formulas.

List packs

Get the list of accessible Packs.

List page analytics

Returns page-level analytics data for pages within a document.

List Page Content

Tool to list page content.

List pages

Returns a list of pages in a Coda doc.

List permissions

Returns a list of permissions for this Coda doc.

List permissions for a pack

Get user, workspace, and/or global permissions for a given Pack.

List table rows

Retrieves rows from a specific table within a Coda document.

List tables

Returns a list of tables in a Coda doc.

List the pack listings accessible to a user

Get listings of public Packs and Packs created by you.

List the releases for a pack

Get the list of releases of a Pack.

List the versions for a pack

Get the list of versions of a Pack.

List User Pack Invitations

Tool to get pending Pack invitations for the authenticated user.

List workspace roles

Returns a list of the counts of users over time by role for the workspace.

List workspace users

Returns a list of members in the given workspace.

Pack asset upload complete

Notify Coda that the Pack asset upload to S3 is complete.

Pack source code upload complete

Notify Coda that the Pack source code upload to S3 is complete.

Pack version upload complete

Mark a Pack version upload as complete to finalize the Pack version creation.

Patch the system connection credentials of the pack

Patch the system connection credentials of the Pack.

Publish doc

Update publish settings for a doc.

Push a button

Pushes a button on a row in a table.

Registers a new Pack version and obtains a signed upload URL.

Resolve browser link

Given a browser link to a Coda object, attempts to find it and return metadata that can be used to get more info on it.

Retrieve the grouped logs of a pack

Retrieve grouped execution logs for a Pack in a specific Coda document.

Retrieve the information for a specific log

Retrieve detailed information for a specific log entry from a Pack ingestion.

Retrieve the logs of a ingestion

Retrieve the logs of a Ingestion for debugging purpose.

Retrieve the logs of a pack

Retrieve the execution logs of a Pack within a specific document for debugging purposes.

Retrieve the oauth configuration of the pack

Retrieve the OAuth configuration of the Pack for display purpose.

Retrieve the system connection metadata of the pack

Retrieve the system connection metadata of a Pack.

Search principals

Search for users and groups (principals) that a Coda document can be shared with.

Set the oauth configurations of the pack

Set OAuth2 client credentials (client ID, secret, redirect URI) for a Pack.

Set the system connection credentials of the pack

Set the system connection credentials of the Pack.

Trigger automation

Triggers a webhook-invoked automation in a Coda doc.

Unpublish doc

Unpublishes a Coda document, removing it from public access.

Update acl settings

Update access control list (ACL) settings for a Coda document.

Update an existing Pack release

Update the release notes of an existing Pack release.

Update a page

Update properties for a page.

Update doc

Updates metadata for a Coda document, including its title and icon.

Update featured docs for a pack

Create or replace the featured docs for a Pack.

Update Folder

Tool to update folder metadata in Coda.

Update pack

Update an existing Pack for non-versioned fields.

Updates a custom domain

Updates properties of a document's custom domain.

Updates user role

Updates the workspace user role of a user that matches the parameters.

Upload a pack asset

Request a signed s3 URL to upload your Pack asset.

Upload pack source code

Request a signed s3 URL to upload your Pack source code.

Insert/Update Rows in Coda Table

This tool allows you to insert new rows into a Coda table or update existing ones based on specified key columns.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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 Coda tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Coda 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.

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 Coda data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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