How to connect Folk 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 Folk account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all companies added this week, add a new company called Acme Corp, get details for person with email john@acme.com, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Folk 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 Folk account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "List all companies added this week"
  • "Add a new company called Acme Corp"
  • "Get details for person with email john@acme.com"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Folk MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Folk account. It provides structured and secure access to your CRM workspace, so your agent can perform actions like managing contacts, organizing companies, retrieving group info, and handling custom fields on your behalf.

  • Contact management and retrieval: Let your agent list, fetch, or delete people in your workspace, ensuring your contact database stays relevant and up to date.
  • Company and organization operations: Effortlessly create new companies, retrieve details, or remove outdated organizations from your workspace via your agent.
  • Workspace group insights: Ask your agent to list workspace groups and explore available group custom fields for efficient segmentation and tracking.
  • User profile and context access: Allow your agent to pull current workspace user details, making personalized automations and actions possible.
  • Custom field exploration: Enable your agent to list and understand custom fields for groups and entity types, powering more tailored CRM workflows.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Create CompanyTool to create a new company in the workspace.
Delete CompanyTool to delete a company from the workspace (irreversible).
Delete PersonTool to delete an existing person in the workspace (irreversible).
List CompaniesTool to list companies in the workspace.
Get CompanyTool to retrieve an existing company by its id.
Get Current Workspace UserTool to get details of the current authenticated workspace user.
Get PersonTool to retrieve an existing person by their id.
List Group Custom FieldsTool to list custom fields for a specific group and entity type.
List GroupsTool to list workspace groups.
List PeopleTool to list people in the workspace.
List UsersTool to list workspace users.
Update CompanyTool to update an existing company in the workspace.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Folk MCP?

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

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Folk while using Tool Router?

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

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