How to connect College football data 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 College football data account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to show betting lines for this week's games, get TV schedule for SEC games this weekend, list advanced box scores for Ohio State, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting College football data 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 College football data account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Show betting lines for this week's games"
  • "Get TV schedule for SEC games this weekend"
  • "List advanced box scores for Ohio State"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

What is the College football data MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The College football data MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your College Football Data account. It provides structured and secure access to comprehensive college football stats, schedules, advanced analytics, and recruiting data, so your agent can fetch game results, analyze team performance, retrieve broadcast info, and explore historical metrics on your behalf.

  • Retrieve game schedules and results: Instantly fetch upcoming games, past scores, and matchup outcomes filtered by season, week, team, or conference.
  • Analyze advanced team and player stats: Have your agent pull in-depth box scores, advanced metrics, and season-long analytics to compare team or player performance.
  • Access media and broadcast information: Quickly get details on TV, radio, and streaming coverage for selected games, including broadcast schedules and platforms.
  • Review team talent and recruiting rankings: Let your agent track composite team talent scores and recruiting class data across seasons for any program.
  • Explore historical conference and division data: Effortlessly trace a team's conference membership history, division alignment, and related metadata over time.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Advanced Box ScoreRetrieves advanced analytics for a single college football game including: - Team metrics: PPA (Predicted Points Added), success rates, rushing efficiency, havoc rates, scoring opportunities - Player metrics: Usage rates by quarter and play type, individual PPA breakdowns - Game info: Teams, scores, win probabilities, excitement index Requires a valid gameId from Get Games and Results action.
Advanced Game StatsTool to retrieve advanced team metrics at the game level.
Advanced Season Stats by TeamRetrieve advanced season-level team statistics including PPA (Predicted Points Added), success rates, explosiveness, havoc metrics, and rushing/passing efficiency breakdowns.
Betting LinesTool to fetch betting lines and totals by game and provider.
Composite Team TalentFetches 247Sports composite team talent rankings for a given season.
Conference MembershipsTool to retrieve current conference memberships for college football teams.
Divisions by ConferenceTool to list FBS/FCS conference divisions with active years and metadata.
Get Conference SP+ RatingsRetrieve aggregated historical conference SP+ (Success Rate + Points Per Play) ratings for college football conferences.
Get Drive DataRetrieves college football drive-level data including offensive/defensive teams, yards gained, drive results (TD, PUNT, INT, etc.
Get Field Goal Expected PointsRetrieves field goal expected points values for various field positions and distances.
FPI RatingsRetrieves historical Football Power Index (FPI) ratings for college football teams.
Get Game Havoc StatsTool to retrieve havoc statistics aggregated by game.
Get Game MediaRetrieve broadcast information for college football games including TV channels, streaming platforms, and radio outlets.
Get Games and ResultsTool to retrieve college American football games and results for a given season/week/team.
Get Player Game StatsFetches detailed player statistics for college football games.
Get Player UsageRetrieves player usage data for a given season.
Get Play TypesTool to fetch all available play types.
Get Predicted Points Added By TeamTool to retrieve historical team Predicted Points Added (PPA) metrics by season.
Get Pregame Win ProbabilitiesTool to retrieve pregame win probabilities for college football games.
Get RecruitsRetrieves player recruiting rankings from the College Football Data API.
Get Stats CategoriesTool to fetch all available team statistical categories.
Get Team Game StatsFetch team-level box score statistics for college football games.
Get Team Recruiting RankingsRetrieve team recruiting rankings from the College Football Data API.
Get Teams ATS RecordsTool to retrieve against-the-spread (ATS) summary by team.
Get User InfoRetrieves information about the authenticated user from the College Football Data API.
Get Win ProbabilityTool to query play-by-play win probabilities for a specific game.
List Coaches and HistoryTool to get coaching records and history.
List ConferencesRetrieves all college football conferences from the College Football Data API.
List FBS TeamsTool to list FBS teams for a given season.
List FCS TeamsTool to list FCS teams for a given season and conference.
List TeamsRetrieve a list of college football teams from the CFBD (College Football Data) API.
List Venues and StadiumsTool to list college football venues with metadata (name, capacity, location, etc.
NFL Draft PicksTool to list NFL Draft picks.
NFL Draft PositionsRetrieves the standardized list of NFL draft positions.
NFL Draft TeamsTool to list NFL teams used in draft endpoints.
Play-by-Play DataTool to fetch play-by-play data for college football games.
Play Stats PlayerFetch player-level statistics tied to individual plays.
Play Stat TypesTool to fetch all play-level stat type definitions.
Player PPA by GameRetrieve player-level PPA (Predicted Points Added) / EPA (Expected Points Added) stats for individual games.
PPA Player By SeasonTool to fetch player-level PPA/EPA aggregated by season.
Predict Expected Points (EP)Get expected points (EP) for all field positions given a specific down and distance scenario.
PPA Team By GameTool to retrieve team Predicted Points Added (PPA) by game.
Rankings PollsRetrieve college football poll rankings (AP Top 25, Coaches Poll, Playoff Committee, FCS, Division II/III).
Elo RatingsTool to retrieve Elo ratings for college football teams.
SP+ RatingsRetrieve SP+ (Success Rate + Points Per Play) team ratings for college football.
SRS RatingsRetrieves Simple Rating System (SRS) team ratings.
Recruiting Group DictionaryRetrieves aggregated college football recruiting data grouped by position.
Recruiting Transfer PortalRetrieves NCAA college football transfer portal entries for a given season.
Returning Production by TeamTool to fetch Bill Connelly–style returning production splits by team and season.
Search PlayersSearch for college football players by name.
Season Stats PlayerFetch aggregated season statistics for college football players.
Season Team StatsTool to get basic season stats aggregated by team and season.
Season Types DictionaryRetrieve the list of available season types for a specific college football year.
Team Matchup HistoryTool to retrieve head-to-head team matchup records over a date range.
Get team season recordsRetrieve college football team win-loss records for a specific season.
Get Team RosterFetches the roster for a college football team for a specific season.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and College football data MCP?

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

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for College football data while using Tool Router?

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

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