How to connect Gladia 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 Gladia account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to transcribe this recorded meeting audio file, start real-time transcription from your microphone, list all recent transcription jobs with status, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Gladia 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 Gladia account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Transcribe this recorded meeting audio file"
  • "Start real-time transcription from your microphone"
  • "List all recent transcription jobs with status"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Gladia MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Gladia account. It provides structured and secure access to advanced audio transcription and intelligence services, so your agent can perform actions like uploading audio, transcribing recordings, retrieving live transcription results, and organizing jobs on your behalf.

  • Real-time and asynchronous transcription: Instantly start live or pre-recorded transcription jobs for audio and video files, letting your agent process spoken content with ease.
  • Audio and video file uploads: Seamlessly upload audio or video files to Gladia's servers as a first step before transcription or analysis.
  • Fetch detailed transcription results: Retrieve comprehensive results and metadata from both live and pre-recorded transcription sessions, including job status and transcribed text.
  • Job management and status tracking: List, filter, and monitor all your live and pre-recorded transcription jobs so your agent can keep tabs on ongoing or completed work.
  • Effortless workflow automation: Combine audio file handling, job initiation, and result retrieval into streamlined, agent-driven automations—saving you time and manual effort.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Get live transcription resultTool to retrieve metadata and results of a live transcription job.
Get Pre-recorded Transcription ResultTool to retrieve metadata for a pre-recorded transcription job.
Initiate Live Transcription SessionTool to initiate a live transcription session.
Initiate Pre-Recorded TranscriptionTool to initiate a pre-recorded transcription job.
List live transcription jobsTool to list live transcription jobs.
Gladia List Pre-Recorded TranscriptionsTool to list pre-recorded transcription jobs with optional filters.
Upload Audio/Video FileTool to upload an audio or video file to Gladia's servers.

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FAQ

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

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

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

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

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