How to connect Mem 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 Mem account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to create a new note about today's meeting, organize research notes into a project collection, delete last week's outdated task note, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Mem 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 Mem account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Create a new note about today's meeting"
  • "Organize research notes into a project collection"
  • "Delete last week's outdated task note"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Mem MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Mem account. It provides structured and secure access to your notes and collections, so your agent can perform actions like creating notes, organizing collections, retrieving note content, and deleting outdated information on your behalf.

  • Automated note creation: Ask your agent to quickly capture ideas, meeting summaries, or research notes and save them directly into your Mem workspace.
  • Organize with collections: Direct your agent to group related notes by creating new collections for projects, topics, or teams, keeping your knowledge base tidy and efficient.
  • Retrieve and review notes: Let your agent fetch the content and metadata of any note by its identifier, making it easy to reference or summarize past information.
  • Cleanup and delete notes or collections: Instruct your agent to remove outdated notes or entire collections for a clutter-free knowledge base.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Create CollectionTool to create a new collection in mem.
Create NoteTool to create a new note in mem.
Delete CollectionTool to delete a mem collection.
Delete NoteTool to delete a specific note.
Read NoteTool to retrieve the content and metadata of a mem note.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Mem MCP?

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

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

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

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