How to connect Knack to Claude Cowork

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 Knack account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to find all overdue tasks in Knack, create a new project record, update status for order #1023 to shipped, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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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 Knack account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to find all overdue tasks in Knack, create a new project record, update status for order #1023 to shipped, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Knack 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 Knack account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

"Find all overdue tasks in Knack"
"Create a new project record"
"Update status for order #1023 to shipped"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

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

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create object record

Tool to create a new record in a specific Knack object.

Create View Record

Tool to create a new record through a form view in Knack.

Delete Object Record

Tool to delete a single record from a specific Knack object by its ID.

Delete View Record

Tool to delete a record through a view that contains a delete link.

Get Object Record

Tool to retrieve a single record by its ID from a specific Knack object.

List Object Records

Tool to retrieve multiple records from a specific Knack object (table).

List View Records

Tool to retrieve multiple records from a specific Knack view (tables, lists, searches, calendars).

Update object record

Tool to update an existing record in a specific Knack object.

Upload File

Tool to upload a file to a Knack application.

Upload Image

Tool to upload an image to a Knack application.

FRAMEWORKS

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Codex

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OpenClaw

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Hermes

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CLI

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Google ADK

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LangChain

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Vercel AI SDK

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Mastra AI

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LlamaIndex

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CrewAI

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MORE TOOLKITS

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Google Sheets

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Google Sheets is a cloud-based spreadsheet tool for real-time collaboration and data analysis. It lets teams work together from anywhere, updating information instantly.

Notion

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Notion is a collaborative workspace for notes, docs, wikis, and tasks. It streamlines team knowledge, project tracking, and workflow customization in one place.

Airtable

Oauth2Api Key

Airtable combines the flexibility of spreadsheets with the power of a database for easy project and data management. Teams use Airtable to organize, track, and collaborate with custom views and automations.

Asana

Oauth2

Asana is a collaborative work management platform for teams to organize and track projects. It streamlines teamwork, boosts productivity, and keeps everyone aligned on goals.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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