How to connect Coinbase 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 Coinbase account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to show all your Coinbase wallet balances, list every crypto wallet I own, display recent wallets added to your account, 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 Coinbase account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to show all your Coinbase wallet balances, list every crypto wallet I own, display recent wallets added to your account, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Coinbase 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 Coinbase account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Show all your Coinbase wallet balances"
  • "List every crypto wallet I own"
  • "Display recent wallets added to your account"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Coinbase MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Coinbase account. It provides structured and secure access to your cryptocurrency wallets, so your agent can retrieve wallet balances, monitor your digital assets, and help you stay informed about your crypto holdings in real time.

  • Comprehensive wallet listing: Instantly fetch a full list of all your Coinbase wallets, including details for each asset you hold.
  • Balance monitoring: Let your agent check and report the current balances for every cryptocurrency wallet connected to your account.
  • Portfolio overview: Get an at-a-glance summary of your crypto assets, helping you understand your overall digital asset distribution.
  • Streamlined asset visibility: Use your agent to quickly surface wallet addresses, asset types, and wallet-specific metadata for easier tracking and management.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Get Asset Details

Retrieve detailed information about a specific asset from Coinbase International Exchange.

Get Exchange Currency

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific currency from Coinbase Exchange API.

Get Instrument Details

Tool to get complete details for a specific trading instrument on Coinbase International Exchange.

Get Historical Funding Rate

Get historical funding rates for a specific instrument from Coinbase International Exchange.

Get Quote Per Instrument

Tool to get the current quote for a specific trading instrument on Coinbase International Exchange.

Get Daily Trading Volume

Tool to retrieve daily trading volume data for specified instruments on Coinbase International Exchange.

Get Market Product Book

Get the current order book (market depth) for a specific product.

Get Product Details

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific product (trading pair) from Coinbase Exchange.

Get Product Order Book

Retrieves the order book for a specific product on Coinbase Exchange.

Get Products Ticker

Tool to get real-time ticker information for a specific product on Coinbase Exchange.

Get Products Volume Summary

Tool to retrieve volume summaries for all trading products on Coinbase Exchange.

Get Public Market Trades

Tool to get public market trades for a specific product (trading pair).

Get Server Time

Tool to retrieve the current server time from Coinbase Advanced Trade API.

Get Supported Networks

Tool to retrieve supported blockchain networks for a specific cryptocurrency asset on Coinbase International Exchange.

Get Wrapped Asset Conversion Rate

Tool to get the current conversion rate for a wrapped asset on Coinbase Exchange.

List Exchange Assets

Tool to retrieve all supported assets from the Coinbase International Exchange.

List All Known Currencies

Tool to get all known currencies from Coinbase Exchange API.

List Exchange Products

Tool to retrieve all known trading pairs from Coinbase Exchange.

List Instruments

Tool to list all instruments available for trading on Coinbase International Exchange.

List Instruments Candles

Tool to retrieve aggregated candle (OHLCV) data for instruments on Coinbase International Exchange.

List Loans Assets

Tool to retrieve all assets available for loans from the Coinbase Exchange.

List Market Products

Tool to list market products from Coinbase Advanced Trade API.

List Product Candles

Tool to retrieve historical candlestick (OHLCV) data for a specific trading product on Coinbase Advanced Trade.

List Product Candles

Tool to retrieve historical candlestick (OHLCV) data for a trading pair.

List Products Stats

Tool to get 24-hour statistics for a product on Coinbase Exchange.

List Products Trades

Tool to retrieve recent trades for a specific product from Coinbase Exchange API.

List Wallets

Retrieve all wallets from Coinbase via the CDP SDK.

List Wrapped Assets

Tool to retrieve all wrapped assets from Coinbase Exchange.

FRAMEWORKS

How to build Coinbase MCP Agent with another framework

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Claude Code

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Codex

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Cursor

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OpenClaw

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Hermes

Use Coinbase MCP with Hermes

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CLI

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Google ADK

Use Coinbase MCP with Google ADK

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LangChain

Use Coinbase MCP with LangChain

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Vercel AI SDK

Use Coinbase MCP with Vercel AI SDK

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LlamaIndex

Use Coinbase MCP with LlamaIndex

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CrewAI

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Use Coinbase MCP with OpenCode

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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