How to connect Kintone REST to Claude

Connect Claude Web, Desktop and Cowork to Kintone REST MCP. List all records in sales app, create a new record in leads app, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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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 Kintone REST account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all records in Sales app, create a new record in Leads app, update records matching status open in Sales, 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 Kintone REST 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 Kintone REST account

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

For example, ask Claude to:

  • "List all records in Sales app"
  • "Create a new record in Leads app"
  • "Update records matching status open in Sales"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

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

Troubleshooting

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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 Kintone REST.
  • If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the Kintone REST authorization link not work?

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

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

4. Why do Kintone REST actions fail after they worked before?

The Kintone REST connection can expire or lose permission.

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

5. How do I switch to a different Kintone REST account?

Claude can manage the Kintone REST connection for you.

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

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

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

  • In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
  • Next to Composio, click ⋮ and click Clear cache.
  • If Kintone REST 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 Kintone REST.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Kintone REST action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Comment

Add one comment to a Kintone record, optionally mentioning up to 10 users, groups, or organizations.

Add Form Fields

Add typed fields to an app's pre-live form, including selections, lookups, related-record lists, groups, and nested tables.

Add Preview App

Create a pre-live Kintone app and return its app ID and initial settings revision.

Create Record

Create one record in a Kintone app from field-code values and return its record ID and revision.

Create Records

Create one to 100 records atomically in one Kintone app and return their record IDs and revisions in input order.

Delete Comment

Permanently delete one comment from a Kintone record.

Delete Form Fields

Delete up to 100 fields from an app's pre-live form.

Delete Records

Permanently delete one to 100 explicitly identified records from a Kintone app.

Deploy App Settings

Atomically apply the complete pre-live settings of up to 300 Kintone apps to their live apps.

Discard App Settings Changes

Permanently discard every pre-live settings change for up to 300 Kintone apps and restore each preview to its current live settings.

Download File

Download an attachment up to 100 MB using the file key returned by a record read.

Get Action Settings

Return deployed or unpublished record-copy action settings of an app, including destinations, mappings, availability, order, and revision.

Get App

Gets general information of an App, including the name, description, related Space, creator and updater information.

Get App Deploy Status

Get the deployment status of settings for up to 300 Kintone apps.

Get App Permissions

Return deployed or unpublished app-level permissions and settings revision in priority order.

Get App Settings

Return an app's deployed or unpublished name, description, title-field configuration, feature flags, theme, icon, and revision.

Get Customization

Return deployed or unpublished desktop and mobile JavaScript and CSS customization files, scope, and revision for an app.

Get Field Permissions

Return deployed or unpublished field permissions, including prioritized subjects and each field's access level.

Get Form

Read a deployed or unpublished app form in Kintone's legacy property-array format.

Get Form Fields

Return deployed or unpublished field codes, types, labels, and settings so an agent can construct valid record values and queries.

Get Form Layout

Return deployed or unpublished field layout information for an app form, including rows, groups, tables, fields, and sizes.

Get General Notification Settings

Get an app's deployed or unpublished general-notification recipients, event conditions, commenter option, and revision.

Get Graph Settings

Return deployed or unpublished graph definitions with their chart, aggregation, grouping, sorting, periodic-report settings, and revision.

Get Per Record Notification Settings

Get an app's deployed or unpublished conditional per-record notifications, recipients, subjects, and revision.

Get Process Management Settings

Return deployed or unpublished process-management enablement, statuses, assignee rules, transitions, branch conditions, and revision.

Get Record

Retrieve one record from a Kintone app by its record ID.

Get Record Permissions

Return deployed or unpublished record permission rules, preserving each query filter and prioritized subject list.

Get Reminder Notification Settings

Get an app's deployed or unpublished reminder timing, filters, recipients, timezone, and revision.

Get Views

Return deployed or unpublished list, calendar, custom, and built-in view settings, including filters, sorting, displayed fields, and revision.

List Apps

Find apps visible to the connected Kintone user by name, ID, code, or space and return one offset-controlled page of app metadata.

List Comments

Retrieve one offset-controlled page of up to 10 comments from a Kintone record.

Search Records

Search an app's records with a Kintone query and return one offset-controlled page.

Update Action Settings

Replace the complete unpublished record-copy action map.

Update App Permissions

Replace app-level permissions in priority order and deploy all pending app settings, not only permissions.

Update Assignees

Replace the assignees of one Kintone record whose app uses Process Management.

Update Customization

Update unpublished desktop and mobile JavaScript and CSS customization.

Update Field Permissions

Replace field permissions and deploy all pending app settings, not only permissions.

Update Form Fields

Update typed field settings in an app's pre-live form.

Update Form Layout

Replace an app's complete pre-live form layout.

Update General Notification Settings

Replace or selectively update an app's undeployed general-notification settings; deploy the app settings afterward to make them live.

Update General Settings

Update unpublished general app settings such as name, description, icon, theme, feature flags, title field, and number precision.

Update Graph Settings

Replace the complete unpublished graph map.

Update Per Record Notification Settings

Replace an app's undeployed per-record notification rules; deploy the app settings afterward to make them live.

Update Preview App Permissions

Replace the complete unpublished app-level permission list in priority order without deploying it.

Update Preview Field Permissions

Replace the complete unpublished field permission list without deploying it.

Update Preview Record Permissions

Replace the complete unpublished record permission rule list without deploying it.

Update Process Management Settings

Update unpublished process-management settings.

Update Record

Update selected fields of one Kintone record by record ID, optionally requiring an expected revision.

Update Record Permissions

Replace record permission rules and deploy all pending app settings, not only permissions.

Update Records

Update selected fields of one to 100 Kintone records atomically by record ID, optionally checking each revision.

Update Reminder Notification Settings

Replace or selectively update an app's undeployed reminder rules and timezone; deploy the app settings afterward to make them live.

Update Status

Run one Process Management action to update a Kintone record's workflow status, optionally selecting the next assignee and checking the current revision.

Update Statuses

Run Process Management actions for one to 100 Kintone records in the same app, optionally selecting assignees and checking revisions.

Update Views

Replace the complete unpublished list, calendar, and custom view map.

Upload File

Upload one managed file to Kintone and return the temporary file key used to attach it to a record within three days.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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