How to connect Iqair airvisual 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 Iqair airvisual account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to show today's air quality in Los Angeles, list cities in Maharashtra, India with data, get historical AQI for Paris last week, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Iqair airvisual 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 Iqair airvisual account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Show today's air quality in Los Angeles"
  • "List cities in Maharashtra, India with data"
  • "Get historical AQI for Paris last week"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Iqair airvisual MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Iqair airvisual account. It provides structured and secure access to rich global air quality data, so your agent can perform actions like retrieving real-time AQI, forecasting pollution, checking historical trends, and ranking cities worldwide by air quality on your behalf.

  • Real-time city and station air quality: Instantly fetch current air quality and weather data for any supported city or monitoring station, based on precise location or station ID.
  • Air quality forecasting: Ask your agent to provide air quality forecasts for specific cities, helping you plan activities based on pollution trends.
  • Historical AQI analysis: Retrieve historical air quality index readings for cities to analyze patterns, spot trends, or track improvements over time.
  • World AQI rankings: Get live rankings of cities worldwide based on current AQI data, or easily find the most and least polluted cities globally.
  • Location-based discovery: Let your agent list supported countries, states, and cities, or pinpoint the nearest air quality stations and cities using GPS coordinates or IP address.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Get Air Quality Forecast DataTool to retrieve air quality forecast data for a specified city, state, and country.
Get CitiesTool to list supported cities in a specified state and country.
Get City Air QualityTool to retrieve air quality data for a specific city.
Get supported countriesTool to list all supported countries.
Get Historical AQI DataTool to retrieve historical air quality data for a city.
Get Nearest City Air QualityTool to retrieve air quality data for the nearest city based on latitude/longitude or IP.
Get Nearest Station Air QualityTool to get nearest station air quality.
Get StatesTool to list supported states in a specified country.
Get Station by IDTool to fetch air quality and weather data for a specific monitoring station by ID.
Get World AQI RankingsTool to retrieve a ranking of cities worldwide based on current AQI.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Iqair airvisual MCP?

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

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

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

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