How to connect Encodian 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 Encodian account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to resize all images in project folder, extract author and page count from PDF, add custom header to every PDF file, 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 Encodian account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to resize all images in project folder, extract author and page count from PDF, add custom header to every PDF file, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Encodian 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 Encodian account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

"Resize all images in project folder"
"Extract author and page count from PDF"
"Add custom header to every PDF file"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Encodian MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Encodian account. It provides structured and secure access to your Encodian document automation suite, so your agent can perform actions like managing files, processing PDFs, encoding or decoding content, and automating workflow tasks on your behalf.

File management and property retrieval: Quickly get detailed information about files, move documents between containers, and keep your Microsoft 365 storage organized automatically.
Document processing and automation: Direct your agent to add headers and footers to PDFs, extract PDF metadata, or resize images for seamless document formatting and compliance tasks.
Base64 content conversion: Effortlessly encode text or files to Base64, or decode Base64 strings back to usable files for secure data exchange and workflow integration.
Archive extraction and manipulation: Unzip files and retrieve their contents, making it easy to automate bulk document handling or trigger downstream processing steps.
Data integrity and comparison tools: Use hashing and text comparison utilities to verify file integrity, detect changes, or ensure consistency across your documents and workflows.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Attachments to PDF

Tool to add file attachments to a PDF document.

Add Image Watermark to PDF

Tool to add an image watermark to a PDF document.

Add Image Watermark to PDF (Advanced)

Tool to add an advanced image watermark to a PDF with precise control over positioning, opacity, scale, quality, and rotation.

Array Add Items

Tool to add items to a JSON array at a specified position (first, last, or specific index).

Create ZIP Archive

Tool to create a ZIP archive from multiple documents.

Apply AI OCR to PDF

Tool to apply AI-powered OCR to a PDF document with optional preprocessing filters.

Apply OCR to PDF (Standard)

Tool to apply standard OCR to a PDF document with optional preprocessing filters.

Decode Base64 String

Tool to decode a Base64 string to a file.

Base64 Encode

Tool to encode a string to Base64.

Calculate Date

Tool to calculate a date by adding or subtracting a time interval from a given date.

Check Array Contains Value

Tool to check if a value exists within a JSON array.

Check Text Contains Value

Tool to check if a text string contains a specific value with configurable comparison rules.

Clean String

Tool to clean text by removing control characters, invalid filename characters, and custom character sets.

Clean Up Photo Image

Tool to clean up photo images by removing artifacts, correcting orientation, and enhancing quality.

Combine Arrays

Tool to combine two JSON arrays by matching a key attribute.

Compare Text

Tool to compare two text strings and determine if they match.

Compare Word Documents

Tool to compare two Microsoft Word or PDF documents and generate a document with tracked changes.

Compress Image

Tool to compress an image in JPG or PNG format.

Compress PDF

Tool to compress a PDF document by optimizing images, removing unused objects, and applying various compression techniques.

Concatenate Text

Tool to concatenate an array of text values with an optional delimiter.

Array to JSON

Tool to convert an array to a named JSON object.

Array to XML

Tool to convert a JSON array to XML format.

Convert File to PDF

Tool to convert a file to PDF format.

Convert HTML to Image

Tool to convert HTML content to an image.

Convert HTML to PDF (V2)

Tool to convert HTML content or a URL to PDF format (V2).

Convert HTML to Word

Tool to convert HTML content to Word (DOCX) format.

Convert Image to Grayscale

Tool to convert an image to grayscale.

Convert Image to PDF

Tool to convert an image file to PDF format with optional OCR.

Convert JSON to Excel

Tool to convert JSON data to Excel format.

Convert JSON to XML

Tool to convert JSON data to XML format.

Convert Time Zone

Tool to convert a date and time value from one time zone to another using Encodian's time zone conversion API.

Convert XML to JSON

Tool to convert XML strings to JSON format.

Count Array Items

Tool to count the number of items in a JSON array or object.

Create QR Code

Tool to generate a QR code barcode image with customizable size, colors, border, and encoding options.

Format Text Case

Tool to format text with various case transformations (uppercase, lowercase, title case, etc.

Hash Data

Tool to compute a cryptographic hash (MD5, SHA256, etc.

Unzip File

Extracts all files from a ZIP archive and returns their base64-encoded contents.

Get Convert Excel Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for Excel conversion operations.

Get Convert Word Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic JSON schema for Word document conversion operations.

Get Convert CAD Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for CAD file conversion operations.

Get Convert Image to PDF Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for Convert - Image to PDF operations.

Get Convert PowerPoint Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for PowerPoint conversion operations.

Get Convert Visio Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for Visio file conversion.

Get Create Barcode Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for creating a barcode.

Get Crop Image Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for the Crop Image action.

Get Dynamic Schema for HTTP Request

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for the HTTP Request utility based on authentication type.

Get Word Insert Text Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for Word Insert Text operations.

Get File Properties

Tool to retrieve properties of a file.

Get Operation Status for AIRunPromptText

Tool to get the operation status of an AIRunPromptText operation.

Get Operation Status for Encodian Send to Filer

Tool to get the operation status for an Encodian Send to Filer operation.

Get Operation Status Extract Image

Tool to retrieve the operation status of a PDF ExtractImage operation.

Get Operation Status for ExtractTextRegion

Tool to retrieve the operation status of an ExtractTextRegion operation.

Get Operation Status File Only

Tool to retrieve operation status for file-only operations.

Get Operation Status for Image Extract Text

Tool to get the operation status of an ImageExtractText operation.

Get Operation Status for Multiple Files

Tool to retrieve the operation status of a Word MultipleFiles operation.

Get Operation Status - PDF Split Barcode

Tool to retrieve operation status for a PDF split barcode operation.

Get Operation Status for Split Document

Tool to retrieve the operation status of a PDF SplitDocument operation.

Get Sign PDF Schema

Tool to retrieve the dynamic schema for PDF signing operations.

Get Subscription Status

Tool to retrieve Encodian subscription status for Flowr and Vertr.

Resize Image

Tool to resize an image by percentage or dimensions.

Move File

Tool to move a file between containers.

Add PDF Header Footer

Tool to add HTML header and footer to a PDF.

Get PDF Metadata

Extract comprehensive metadata and properties from PDF documents.

Watermark PDF

Tool to apply a text watermark to a PDF.

Read QR Code from Document

Tool to read QR codes from PDF or DOCX documents.

Word - Replace Text With Image

Tool to replace text with an image in a Word document.

Validate Email Address

Validates an email address string against a custom regex pattern using Encodian's validation API.

Validate URL Availability

Tool to validate the availability of a specified URL.

Write Range to Excel

Tool to write values to a cell range in an Excel worksheet.

FRAMEWORKS

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Google Docs

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Google Docs is a cloud-based word processor that enables document creation and real-time collaboration. Its seamless sharing and version history make team editing and content management a breeze.

Google Super

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Google Super is an all-in-one suite combining Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Analytics, and more. It gives you a unified platform to manage your digital life, boosting productivity and organization.

Affinda

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Affinda is an AI-powered document processing platform that automates data extraction from resumes, invoices, and more. It streamlines document-heavy workflows by turning files into structured, actionable data.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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