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How to connect Honeycomb MCP to Claude

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Introduction

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on the web, in the desktop app, and on mobile. Cowork is its agent for knowledge work, and it runs on all of those surfaces too. Connected to your apps, Claude can work with your files and services to accomplish complex tasks on your behalf.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Honeycomb account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to investigate latency spikes in production dataset, compare error rates by endpoint today, find anomalous traces in checkout service, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Setup is the same on Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork, and you only need to do it once. The connector is tied to your account, so it's available in all three.

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Connecting Honeycomb to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

Two ways to add the Composio connector. Pick whichever you prefer.

1. Add with one click

Click the button. Claude opens with the Composio connector filled in. Click Add, then go to step 2.

Add to Claude

Add manually

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

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

2. 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 Web, Desktop, and Cowork

3. Connect your Honeycomb account

Back in Claude, ask it to connect to Honeycomb or give it any Honeycomb-related task.

For example, ask Claude to:

  • "Investigate latency spikes in production dataset"
  • "Compare error rates by endpoint today"
  • "Find anomalous traces in checkout service"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Claude, and your Honeycomb account is ready to use.

What is the Honeycomb Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

The Honeycomb MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Honeycomb account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Honeycomb operations on your behalf.

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for Honeycomb?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each Honeycomb conversation.

  • Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
  • Hover Connectors.
  • Turn on Composio.
  • Ask Claude to connect to Honeycomb again.

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before Honeycomb connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for Honeycomb.

  • Check that the connector URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp.
  • Connectors run from Anthropic's cloud, so your device network is usually not the problem.
  • Add the connector again from Customize > Connectors, then ask Claude to connect Honeycomb.
  • If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the Honeycomb authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your Honeycomb account connects separately when Claude asks for it.

  • If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the Honeycomb connection.
  • Composio creates a fresh Honeycomb authorization link.
  • Open that link in your browser and finish the Honeycomb sign-in.

4. Why do Honeycomb actions fail after they worked before?

The Honeycomb connection can expire or lose permission.

  • Ask Claude to inspect the Honeycomb connection.
  • If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
  • Reconnect the Honeycomb account and retry the action.
  • If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in Honeycomb.
  • If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in Honeycomb itself.

5. How do I switch to a different Honeycomb account?

Claude can manage the Honeycomb connection for you.

  • Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current Honeycomb account.
  • Ask Claude to connect Honeycomb again.
  • Open the new Composio authorization link for Honeycomb.
  • Sign in with the other Honeycomb account in the browser.
  • After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the Honeycomb task.

6. Why is my Honeycomb connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your Honeycomb connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.

  • In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
  • Next to Composio, click ⋮ and click Clear cache.
  • If Honeycomb tools still do not appear, click ⋮, disconnect, remove the connector, and add it again.
  • On Team or Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable the connector before you can connect Honeycomb.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Canvas agent invoke

Kick off a single-turn run of the Honeycomb Canvas agent.

Canvas agent poll response

Poll for the result of a previously-issued canvas_agent_invoke call.

Create board

Create a board (dashboard) with query, SLO, and text panels.

Create marker

Creates a marker (a vertical annotation on charts) to mark a point or window in time, such as a deploy, incident, or config change.

Create recipient

Create a notification recipient (email, Slack, PagerDuty, or webhook) so it can be attached to triggers and SLO burn alerts.

Create slo

Create an SLO (Service Level Objective) backed by an auto-created SLI derived column.

Create trigger

Create a trigger that fires alerts when a query result crosses a threshold.

Feedback

Submit feedback about Honeycomb's MCP server to the agentic-intelligence team.

Find columns

Search for columns and calculated fields by intent across one or all datasets in an environment.

Find queries

Search query history and saved queries by intent; returns matching queries with their run PKs.

Get aiconversation

Fetch the full event timeline for a single AI conversation, identified by its OpenTelemetry gen_ai.

Get dataset

Get dataset metadata and its full column schema (columns + calculated fields), sorted by most recent write activity.

Get dataset columns

Get the full column schema for one dataset, with optional sample values for specific columns.

Get environment

Get details for a specific environment, including its dataset list sorted by most recent activity.

Get query results

Retrieve results and metadata from an existing query execution.

Get semconv attribute

Get the full definitions of one or more semantic convention attributes by their exact names.

Get span details

Summarize attributes and their common values observed on spans with a specific name.

Get trace

Retrieve all spans for a specific trace ID and render them as a waterfall.

Get triggers

List triggers (alert rules) for the team, or fetch full configuration for a single trigger.

Get workspace context

Call this tool first to orient yourself in a Honeycomb workspace.

List aiconversations

Discover recent AI agent conversations (gen_ai.

List boards

List boards (saved dashboards) in an environment, or fetch one board's full contents by ID.

List recipients

List all pre-registered notification recipients (email, Slack, PagerDuty, webhook) for the team.

List semconv namespaces

List the top-level semantic convention namespaces available in this team's registry.

List spans

List span names in trace data, ranked by count, with how often each is a trace root and which dataset the count came from.

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Run bubbleup

Run BubbleUp analysis to find what makes a selected data subset different from the baseline.

Run query

Run a time-series aggregation query against a Honeycomb dataset and return computed results.

Search semconv

Search the semantic convention registry for attributes matching a query.

Update board

Edit an existing board (dashboard) in place.

Update slo

Update an existing SLO.

Update trigger

Update an existing trigger.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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