How to connect Coinmarketcap 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 Coinmarketcap account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to show top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, fetch latest Bitcoin and Ethereum prices, list all exchanges with highest daily volume, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Connecting Coinmarketcap 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:

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 Coinmarketcap through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

The Coinmarketcap MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Coinmarketcap account. It provides structured and secure access to live and historical cryptocurrency market data, so your agent can perform actions like fetching crypto prices, mapping coins and exchanges, analyzing global trends, and retrieving detailed asset info on your behalf.

• Real-time cryptocurrency price tracking: Instantly get the latest market quotes for any supported cryptocurrency, including price, volume, and market cap.
• Comprehensive asset and exchange mapping: Retrieve and reference unique IDs, symbols, and names for all cryptocurrencies and exchanges to power portfolio and trading automations.
• Historical listings and data analysis: Access historical exchange listings and past market snapshots to inform investment research or backtesting strategies.
• Global market metrics aggregation: Let your agent pull up-to-date, aggregated market data like total market cap, trading volume, and dominance statistics for macro analysis.
• Detailed asset and exchange metadata retrieval: Fetch rich metadata, including logos, descriptions, launch dates, and official links for any crypto asset or exchange—perfect for building dashboards or research tools.