How to connect Google cloud vision 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 Google cloud vision account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to bulk import product images from GCS CSV, list all Vision AI service locations, create a new product for image recognition, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Google cloud vision 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 Google cloud vision account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Bulk import product images from GCS CSV"
  • "List all Vision AI service locations"
  • "Create a new product for image recognition"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

What is the Google cloud vision MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Google cloud vision MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Google Cloud Vision account. It provides structured and secure access to your image analysis resources, so your agent can perform actions like registering products, managing reference images, listing endpoints, and automating large-scale image operations on your behalf.

  • Product and reference image management: Easily create new products and add reference images for visual search, enabling your agent to organize and expand your vision datasets effortlessly.
  • Bulk import and product set operations: Let your agent import large numbers of reference images into product sets from Cloud Storage CSV files, streamlining dataset curation at scale.
  • Automated product cleanup and deletion: Direct your agent to purge unused or orphan products from your project, keeping your cloud resources tidy without manual effort.
  • Location and endpoint discovery: Quickly list available Vision AI service locations and existing IndexEndpoints, making it easy for your agent to select optimal regions and manage deployment targets.
  • Vision API operation tracking: Retrieve and review ongoing or past Vision API operations, so your agent can monitor processing jobs and ensure workflow transparency.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Create Vision ProductTool to create and return a new Product resource.
Create ReferenceImageTool to create a ReferenceImage under a product.
Delete ProductTool to permanently delete a Product and its reference images.
Get ProductTool to get information associated with a Product.
Get Product SetTool to get a ProductSet.
Import Product SetsTool to asynchronously import reference images into ProductSets from a CSV in GCS.
List IndexEndpointsTool to list IndexEndpoints in a project and location.
List LocationsTool to list available Vision AI service locations for a project.
List Vision API OperationsTool to list operations that match the specified filter.
Purge ProductsTool to asynchronously delete products in a ProductSet or orphan products.
Update ProductTool to update a Product's mutable fields: displayName, description, and productLabels.
Update Product SetTool to update a ProductSet resource.
Add Product to ProductSetTool to add a Product to a specified ProductSet.
Cancel Vision OperationTool to cancel a long-running Vision API operation.
Delete Vision API OperationTool to delete a long-running Vision API operation.
Delete Product SetTool to permanently delete a ProductSet.
Delete Reference ImageTool to permanently delete a reference image.
Get Vision API OperationTool to get the latest state of a long-running operation.
Get Reference ImageTool to get information associated with a ReferenceImage.
List Products in ProductSetTool to list Products in a specified ProductSet.
List ProjectsTool to list Google Cloud projects accessible by the authenticated user.
List Reference ImagesTool to list reference images for a product.
Remove Product from ProductSetTool to remove a Product from a specified ProductSet.

Available tools and triggers

After setup, the supported Google cloud vision tools and triggers listed on this page are available to Cowork through Composio Connect.

You can now ask Cowork to handle Google cloud vision workflows in natural language, from quick summaries and drafting tasks to more complex multi-step work across connected apps.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Google cloud vision MCP?

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

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Google cloud vision while using Tool Router?

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

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