# How to connect Inspo MCP to Claude ```json { "title": "How to connect Inspo MCP to Claude", "toolkit": "Inspo MCP", "toolkit_slug": "inspo_mcp", "framework": "Claude Cowork", "framework_slug": "claude-cowork", "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/inspo_mcp/framework/claude-cowork", "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/inspo_mcp/framework/claude-cowork.md", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T17:37:47.796Z" } ``` ## 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 Inspo account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to find components matching this hero section, list color palettes used on homepage, show typography tokens for site header, 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. ## Also integrate Inspo MCP with - [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/inspo_mcp/framework/chatgpt) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/inspo_mcp/framework/hermes-agent) - [Atomic Agent](https://composio.dev/toolkits/inspo_mcp/framework/atomic-agent) ## Connect Inspo MCP to Claude Cowork ### Connecting Inspo 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](https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector&connectorName=Composio&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.composio.dev%2Fmcp) ### Add manually In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top. Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL: ```bash https://connect.composio.dev/mcp ``` ## What is the Inspo MCP server, and what's possible with it? The Inspo MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to Inspo. It provides structured and secure access to captured production websites, design systems, components, color palettes, typography, and page structures, so your agent can search design references, compare sites, find components, study design systems, and recommend examples on your behalf. - Design reference search: Have your agent search real website screenshots using available styles, industries, layouts, modes, vibes, colors, page types, and component types. - Component and layout research: Direct your agent to find sites featuring heroes, pricing sections, navigation, testimonials, calls to action, footers, and other supported components or macrostructures. - Design system analysis: Let the agent retrieve a screen's fonts, color palette, CSS variables, color roles, type ramp, detected technology, and viewport variants. - Site comparison and discovery: Instruct your agent to compare captured sites across palettes, typefaces, structure, style, spacing, radius, and container width, or find similar designs. - Curated references and implementation examples: Have your agent browse editor-curated collections, inspect page flows, get canonical component JSX, or recommend references for a design brief. ## Supported Tools | Tool slug | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | `INSPO_MCP_COMPARE` | Compare | Compare 2-4 captured sites across palette, typefaces, macrostructure, mode, style tags, type/spacing/radius scales and container width. Returns per-site breakdowns plus what they share - triangulates a house style from a few references. | | `INSPO_MCP_FIND_BY_COLOR` | Find by color | Real sites whose extracted palette sits near a hex colour (OKLAB distance, so 'close' means the same colour family, not just the same hue). Use when a brief names a brand colour. | | `INSPO_MCP_FIND_COMPONENTS` | Find components | Real sites featuring a specific UI component (hero, pricing, features, cta, nav, footer, testimonial, logo-cloud, faq, stat), with a per-element crop where one exists. For copy-pasteable code use get_reference_jsx. | | `INSPO_MCP_FIND_EXAMPLES_FOR_MACROSTRUCTURE` | Find examples for macrostructure | Real sites exemplifying one of the 19 named macrostructures. Call it at the macrostructure-pick step. Accepts slugs ('bento-grid') or display names ('Bento Grid'). | | `INSPO_MCP_FIND_REFERENCE_COMPONENTS` | Find reference components | The canonical reference components as an index: id, label, macrostructure and a note for each hero / pricing / cta / nav / footer archetype. Pick one, then get_reference_jsx(type, id) for its source. | | `INSPO_MCP_FIND_SIMILAR` | Find similar | A screen's nearest design neighbours - ranked by design-similarity embeddings where available, else by macrostructure / industry / style overlap. One result per site. | | `INSPO_MCP_GET_COLLECTION` | Get collection | Fetch one issue by slug, including the editor's blurb and ordered screen list. | | `INSPO_MCP_GET_DESIGN_SYSTEM` | Get design system | The full DESIGN.md for one screen - real fonts, frequency-ranked palette, CSS variables, detected tech, colour roles, type ramp. Thin captured tokens are supplemented by a live fetch of the source; `live=false` skips that. | | `INSPO_MCP_GET_FILTERS` | Get filters | Every value the filters accept: styles, industries, macrostructures, modes, vibes, colors, page types, component types. Zero input. Call it when unsure - an out-of-vocabulary value errors. | | `INSPO_MCP_GET_REFERENCE_JSX` | Get reference jsx | The full canonical JSX source for one reference component, including the header stamp naming its macrostructure / theme / states. Copy-pasteable; tweak tokens to the target brand. | | `INSPO_MCP_GET_SCREEN` | Get screen | Fetch the full record for one screen by slug - every viewport variant, palette, fonts, tech stack, designer credit. | | `INSPO_MCP_GET_SITE_PAGES` | Get site pages | A site's captured pages as an ordered flow (landing → pricing → features → ...) with titles, northstars and thumbnails - how a real product sequences its pages. No arguments returns the directory of flow-capable sites. Accepts a site or screen slug. | | `INSPO_MCP_LIST_COLLECTIONS` | List collections | List every editor-curated issue. Use this for thematic browsing - e.g. all 'Editorial Layouts' or 'Dark Product Pages'. | | `INSPO_MCP_RECOMMEND` | Recommend | Orchestrator - start here for a brief. One call returns a macrostructure pick, 5 real exemplars, matching reference components (source via get_reference_jsx), a palette suggestion, and an `evidence` packet measuring the genre's paper band / display class / accent hue. Pass a macrostructure to skip the pick step. No LLM call. | | `INSPO_MCP_SEARCH_SCREENS` | Search screens | Search the archive of real website screenshots. Returns screens with palette, fonts, components and image URLs. | ## Supported Triggers None listed. ## Troubleshooting ### 1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for Inspo? The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each Inspo conversation. - Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /. - Hover Connectors. - Turn on Composio. - Ask Claude to connect to Inspo again. ### 2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before Inspo connects? Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for Inspo. - 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 Inspo. - If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev. ### 3. Why does the Inspo authorization link not work? The Composio connector is one server. Your Inspo account connects separately when Claude asks for it. - If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the Inspo connection. - Composio creates a fresh Inspo authorization link. - Open that link in your browser and finish the Inspo sign-in. ### 4. Why do Inspo actions fail after they worked before? The Inspo connection can expire or lose permission. - Ask Claude to inspect the Inspo connection. - If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you. - Reconnect the Inspo account and retry the action. - If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in Inspo. - If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in Inspo itself. ### 5. How do I switch to a different Inspo account? Claude can manage the Inspo connection for you. - Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current Inspo account. - Ask Claude to connect Inspo again. - Open the new Composio authorization link for Inspo. - Sign in with the other Inspo account in the browser. - After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the Inspo task. ### 6. Why is my Inspo connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan? The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your Inspo connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork. - In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors. - Next to Composio, click ⋮ and click Clear cache. - If Inspo 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 Inspo. ## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK The Inspo MCP server connects Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork to your Inspo account through Composio. Once connected, Claude can use the available Inspo tools and triggers to complete tasks on your behalf. ## Complete Code None listed. ## How to build Inspo MCP Agent with another framework - [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/inspo_mcp/framework/chatgpt) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/inspo_mcp/framework/hermes-agent) - [Atomic Agent](https://composio.dev/toolkits/inspo_mcp/framework/atomic-agent) ## Related Toolkits - [Figma](https://composio.dev/toolkits/figma) - Figma is a collaborative interface design tool for teams and individuals. It streamlines design workflows with real-time collaboration and easy sharing. - [Abyssale](https://composio.dev/toolkits/abyssale) - Abyssale is a creative automation platform for generating images, videos, GIFs, PDFs, and HTML5 content programmatically. 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Use it to showcase work, collect feedback, and organize creative designs. - [Dynamic Mockups](https://composio.dev/toolkits/dynamic_mockups) - Dynamic Mockups is an API platform for generating product mockups, rendering templates, and managing visual asset catalogs. Use it to automate high-quality product visuals, AI images, and motion assets at scale. - [Dynapictures](https://composio.dev/toolkits/dynapictures) - Dynapictures is a cloud-based platform for generating personalized images at scale. Instantly create hundreds of custom visuals using your data sources, like Google Sheets. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Inspo MCP? With a standalone Inspo MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Inspo tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Inspo 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 Inspo tools. ### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Inspo while using Tool Router? Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Inspo 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 Inspo data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. --- [See all toolkits](https://composio.dev/toolkits) · [Composio docs](https://docs.composio.dev/llms.txt)