# How to connect MiniMax to Claude

```json
{
  "title": "How to connect MiniMax to Claude",
  "toolkit": "MiniMax",
  "toolkit_slug": "minimax",
  "framework": "Claude Cowork",
  "framework_slug": "claude-cowork",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/minimax/framework/claude-cowork",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/minimax/framework/claude-cowork.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-01T07:20:23.631Z"
}
```

## 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 MiniMax account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to generate a MiniMax voice narration, create a MiniMax image from text, generate a MiniMax video from storyboard, 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 MiniMax with

- [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/minimax/framework/chatgpt)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/minimax/framework/hermes-agent)
- [Atomic Agent](https://composio.dev/toolkits/minimax/framework/atomic-agent)

## Connect MiniMax to Claude Cowork

### Connecting MiniMax 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 MiniMax MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The MiniMax MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your MiniMax account. It provides structured and secure access to text generation, image creation, video generation, speech synthesis, audio transcription, voice tools, and file workflows, so your agent can generate content, create and track videos, synthesize and transcribe audio, manage voices, and upload or retrieve files on your behalf.
- Text and image creation: Have your agent generate text with MiniMax models, count or estimate input tokens, and create images from detailed prompts.
- Video generation and tracking: Direct your agent to create videos from text or reference media, use templates, enhance video prompts, check task progress, and retrieve finished results.
- Speech and audio workflows: Let the agent synthesize spoken audio, start and monitor long-form speech tasks, and transcribe uploaded audio with options for timestamps, speaker separation, subtitles, and language hints.
- Custom voice management: Instruct your agent to list available voices, design a voice from a description, clone a voice from an uploaded sample, create preview audio, or remove voices you no longer need.
- File and generated output management: Have your agent upload files for supported MiniMax workflows, review available files, retrieve file details, download generated content, or delete files.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `MINIMAX_CLONE_VOICE` | Clone Voice | Create a reusable MiniMax cloned voice from an uploaded voice sample, optionally generating paid preview audio. |
| `MINIMAX_COUNT_MESSAGE_TOKENS` | Count Message Tokens | Count input tokens for an Anthropic-compatible message payload without generating content. |
| `MINIMAX_CREATE_ASYNC_SPEECH` | Create Async Speech | Start a long-form asynchronous MiniMax speech synthesis task from inline text or one uploaded text file. |
| `MINIMAX_CREATE_LEGACY_VIDEO` | Create Legacy Video | Start a MiniMax v1 Hailuo text, image, first-and-last-frame, or subject-reference video task with mode-specific validation. |
| `MINIMAX_CREATE_RESPONSE` | Create OpenAI-Compatible Response | Call MiniMax through its OpenAI Responses compatibility contract and return one non-streaming response object. |
| `MINIMAX_CREATE_TEMPLATE_VIDEO` | Create Template Video | Start a MiniMax Video Agent task using an official template and its ordered text and media inputs. |
| `MINIMAX_CREATE_VIDEO` | Create Video | Start a MiniMax H3 video v2 generation task from text and optional reference media. Returns an asynchronous task ID for MINIMAX_GET_VIDEO_TASK. |
| `MINIMAX_CREATE_VIDEO_PROMPT` | Create Video Prompt | Start a MiniMax H3 Context-IR task that converts multimodal context into an enhanced video prompt. |
| `MINIMAX_DELETE_FILE` | Delete File | Permanently delete one MiniMax file by its exact ID and storage-purpose category. This operation cannot be undone. |
| `MINIMAX_DELETE_VIDEO_TASK` | Cancel or Delete Video Task | Cancel a queued MiniMax video v2 task, or permanently delete a completed or failed task record. The operation performed depends on the task's current state. |
| `MINIMAX_DELETE_VOICE` | Delete Voice | Permanently delete an eligible MiniMax cloned or designed voice. |
| `MINIMAX_DESIGN_VOICE` | Design Voice | Design a reusable MiniMax voice from a description and return its paid preview as a downloadable audio file. |
| `MINIMAX_DOWNLOAD_FILE` | Download File | Download the binary contents of one generated MiniMax file and return a managed file reference. Response headers determine the original name and MIME type when available; downloads larger than 100 MB are rejected. |
| `MINIMAX_ESTIMATE_RESPONSE_INPUT_TOKENS` | Estimate Responses Input Tokens | Estimate input tokens using MiniMax's OpenAI Responses compatibility contract without generating model output. |
| `MINIMAX_GENERATE_ANTHROPIC_MESSAGE` | Generate Anthropic-Compatible Message | Call MiniMax through its Anthropic Messages compatibility contract and return one non-streaming message response. |
| `MINIMAX_GENERATE_IMAGE` | Generate Image | Generate one or more images from a text prompt, optionally guided by a subject reference. |
| `MINIMAX_GENERATE_NATIVE_CHAT_COMPLETION` | Generate Native Chat Completion | Call MiniMax's native chatcompletion_v2 contract and return one non-streaming completion, including native sensitivity metadata. |
| `MINIMAX_GENERATE_TEXT` | Generate Text | Generate one non-streaming OpenAI-compatible chat completion, including optional reasoning and tool calls. |
| `MINIMAX_GET_ACCOUNT_BALANCE` | Get Account Balance | Get the connected global pay-as-you-go MiniMax account's available, cash, voucher, credit, owed, and balance-alert amounts. |
| `MINIMAX_GET_ANTHROPIC_MODEL` | Get Anthropic-Compatible Model | Retrieve one MiniMax text model through the Anthropic Models compatibility contract. |
| `MINIMAX_GET_ASYNC_SPEECH_TASK` | Get Async Speech Task | Get the status and generated file reference for a MiniMax asynchronous speech synthesis task. |
| `MINIMAX_GET_FILE` | Get File | Retrieve metadata for one MiniMax file by its exact ID, including a temporary download URL when MiniMax provides one for a generated output. |
| `MINIMAX_GET_LEGACY_VIDEO_TASK` | Get Legacy Video Task | Get the status and output file metadata of a MiniMax v1 legacy video task. |
| `MINIMAX_GET_TEMPLATE_VIDEO_TASK` | Get Template Video Task | Get the status and temporary result URL of a MiniMax Video Agent template task. |
| `MINIMAX_GET_TEXT_MODEL` | Get OpenAI-Compatible Text Model | Retrieve one MiniMax text model through the OpenAI Models compatibility contract. |
| `MINIMAX_GET_VIDEO_TASK` | Get Video Task | Get the current state and output of one MiniMax video v2 task created within the last seven days. Failed tasks are returned as task records with error details. |
| `MINIMAX_LIST_ANTHROPIC_MODELS` | List Anthropic-Compatible Models | List one page of MiniMax text models through the Anthropic Models compatibility contract, using its after_id or before_id cursors. |
| `MINIMAX_LIST_FILES` | List Files | List MiniMax files for one upload-purpose category. MiniMax documents no pagination for this endpoint. |
| `MINIMAX_LIST_TEXT_MODELS` | List Text Models | List text model IDs currently available to the connected MiniMax API key. |
| `MINIMAX_LIST_VIDEO_TASKS` | List Video Tasks | List one page of MiniMax video v2 tasks from the last seven days, optionally filtered by status, task ID, model, or task type. |
| `MINIMAX_LIST_VOICES` | List Voices | List system, cloned, generated, or all voices that can be used for speech synthesis. |
| `MINIMAX_REGENERATE_VIDEO` | Regenerate Video | Regenerate an eligible MiniMax-H3 768P source video as a 2K video, using either its task ID or the exact original inputs and source video. |
| `MINIMAX_SYNTHESIZE_SPEECH` | Synthesize Speech | Synchronously synthesize up to 9,999 characters of text and return the decoded audio as a downloadable file. |
| `MINIMAX_TRANSCRIBE_AUDIO` | Transcribe Audio | Transcribe an uploaded audio file with optional language hints, timestamps, speaker diarization, subtitle output, or assembled streaming output. |
| `MINIMAX_UPLOAD_FILE` | Upload File | Upload one file to MiniMax as multipart/form-data for voice cloning, async speech, video understanding, or video generation. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Troubleshooting

### 1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for MiniMax?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each MiniMax conversation.
- Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
- Hover Connectors.
- Turn on Composio.
- Ask Claude to connect to MiniMax again.

### 2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before MiniMax connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for MiniMax.
- 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 MiniMax.
- If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

### 3. Why does the MiniMax authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your MiniMax account connects separately when Claude asks for it.
- If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the MiniMax connection.
- Composio creates a fresh MiniMax authorization link.
- Open that link in your browser and finish the MiniMax sign-in.

### 4. Why do MiniMax actions fail after they worked before?

The MiniMax connection can expire or lose permission.
- Ask Claude to inspect the MiniMax connection.
- If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
- Reconnect the MiniMax account and retry the action.
- If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in MiniMax.
- If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in MiniMax itself.

### 5. How do I switch to a different MiniMax account?

Claude can manage the MiniMax connection for you.
- Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current MiniMax account.
- Ask Claude to connect MiniMax again.
- Open the new Composio authorization link for MiniMax.
- Sign in with the other MiniMax account in the browser.
- After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the MiniMax task.

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

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your MiniMax connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.
- In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
- Next to Composio, click ⋮ and click Clear cache.
- If MiniMax 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 MiniMax.

## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK

The MiniMax MCP server connects Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork to your MiniMax account through Composio. Once connected, Claude can use the available MiniMax tools and triggers to complete tasks on your behalf.

## Complete Code

None listed.

## How to build MiniMax MCP Agent with another framework

- [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/minimax/framework/chatgpt)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/minimax/framework/hermes-agent)
- [Atomic Agent](https://composio.dev/toolkits/minimax/framework/atomic-agent)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and MiniMax MCP?

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

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

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

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