# How to connect Gist to Claude Cowork ```json { "title": "How to connect Gist to Claude Cowork", "toolkit": "Gist", "toolkit_slug": "gist", "framework": "Claude Cowork", "framework_slug": "claude-cowork", "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/claude-cowork", "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/claude-cowork.md", "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:13:01.353Z" } ``` ## 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 Gist account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all your public and private gists, show comments for gist with ID abc123, check if I starred gist aa5a315d61ae9438b18d, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security. ## Also integrate Gist with - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/claude-code) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/codex) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/crew-ai) ## Connect Gist to Claude Cowork ### Connecting Gist 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: ```bash https://connect.composio.dev/mcp ``` ## 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 Gist through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent. ## What is the Gist MCP server, and what's possible with it? The Gist MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your GitHub Gist account. It provides structured and secure access to your gists, so your agent can create, manage, comment on, and organize code snippets and notes on your behalf. - Gist creation and management: Quickly ask your agent to create new public or private gists, update existing ones, or fetch details for any gist you own or have access to. - Commenting and collaboration: Let your agent add, list, retrieve, or delete comments on your gists to streamline discussion and feedback without manual effort. - Revision history and tracking: Effortlessly review a gist's revision history, retrieve specific past versions, and understand changes over time. - Star and fork management: Direct your agent to list your starred gists, check if you've starred a gist, or see all forks of a particular gist to keep track of popularity and collaboration. - Personalized gist organization: Have your agent list all your gists or your starred gists, making it easy to find, organize, and revisit important code snippets and notes. ## Supported Tools | Tool slug | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | `GIST_CHECK_GIST_STAR` | Check Gist Star | Check if the authenticated user has starred a specific gist. Returns True if the gist is starred, False if not starred or if the gist doesn't exist. This is a read-only, idempotent operation that requires authentication but no special permissions. | | `GIST_CREATE_GIST` | Create Gist | Tool to create a new gist with one or more files. Use when you need to create a code snippet or text file to share. Note: Do not name your files 'gistfile' with a numerical suffix. | | `GIST_CREATE_GIST_COMMENT` | Create Gist Comment | Tool to create a comment on a gist. Use when you need to add a comment to an existing gist. | | `GIST_DELETE_GIST` | Delete Gist | Tool to delete a gist. Use when you have a gist_id and want to permanently remove that gist. Example prompt: "Delete gist 'aa5a315d61ae9438b18d'". | | `GIST_DELETE_GIST_COMMENT` | Delete Gist Comment | Tool to delete a comment on a gist. Use when you have both the gist_id and comment_id and want to remove that comment. Example prompt: "Delete comment 42 from gist 'aa5a315d61ae9438b18d'". | | `GIST_FORK_GIST` | Fork Gist | Tool to fork a gist. Use when you need to create a copy of an existing gist under your own account. | | `GIST_GET_GIST` | Get Gist | Tool to retrieve a specific gist by its ID. Use when you have a gist_id and need complete gist details. | | `GIST_GET_GIST_COMMENT` | Get Gist Comment | Tool to get a specific comment on a gist. Use when you need to retrieve details of a particular comment given gist_id and comment_id. | | `GIST_GET_GIST_REVISION` | Get Gist Revision | Tool to retrieve a specific gist revision. Use when you need details of a past state for an existing gist by commit SHA. | | `GIST_LIST_GIST_COMMENTS` | List Gist Comments | Tool to list comments on a gist. Use after confirming the gist_id to retrieve comments for a specific gist. Example: 'List comments for gist abc123'. | | `GIST_LIST_GIST_COMMITS` | List Gist Commits | Tool to list the commit history of a gist. Use after you have the gist ID to review its revisions. | | `GIST_LIST_GIST_FORKS` | List Gist Forks | Tool to list forks of a gist. Use after obtaining a gist_id to retrieve all forks for the gist. | | `GIST_LIST_GISTS` | List Gists | Tool to list the authenticated user's gists or all public gists if called anonymously. Use after setting a valid GitHub token in headers. | | `GIST_LIST_PUBLIC_GISTS` | List Public Gists | Tool to list public gists sorted by most recently updated. Use when you need to discover recent public gists. Note: with pagination, you can fetch up to 3000 gists. | | `GIST_LIST_STARRED_GISTS` | List Starred Gists | Tool to list the authenticated user's starred gists. Use when you need to retrieve all gists the user has starred. | | `GIST_LIST_USER_GISTS` | List User Gists | Tool to list public gists for a specified GitHub user. Use when you have a username and need their gists. | | `GIST_STAR_GIST` | Star a Gist | Star a GitHub gist. This operation is idempotent and will succeed even if the gist is already starred. | | `GIST_UNSTAR_GIST` | Unstar a Gist | Unstar a GitHub gist. This operation is idempotent and will succeed even if the gist is not currently starred. | | `GIST_UPDATE_GIST` | Update Gist | Tool to update a gist's description and files. Use when you need to modify gist content, rename files, or delete files from a gist. | | `GIST_UPDATE_GIST_COMMENT` | Update Gist Comment | Tool to update a Gist comment. Updates an existing comment on a gist. You must be the author of the comment to update it. | ## Supported Triggers None listed. ## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK The Gist MCP server connects Claude Cowork to your Gist account through Composio. Once connected, Cowork can use the available Gist tools and triggers to complete tasks on your behalf. ## Complete Code None listed. ## How to build Gist MCP Agent with another framework - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/claude-code) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/codex) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/gist/framework/crew-ai) ## Related Toolkits - [Supabase](https://composio.dev/toolkits/supabase) - Supabase is an open-source backend platform offering scalable Postgres databases, authentication, storage, and real-time APIs. 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You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Gist tools. ### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Gist while using Tool Router? Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Gist 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 Gist data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. --- [See all toolkits](https://composio.dev/toolkits) ยท [Composio docs](https://docs.composio.dev/llms.txt)