How to connect Monday 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 Monday account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to create a new project board for Q3, add users to the design review board, archive completed tasks from last week, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Monday 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 Monday account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Create a new project board for Q3"
  • "Add users to the design review board"
  • "Archive completed tasks from last week"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Monday MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Monday.com workspace. It provides structured and secure access to your boards, items, and workflows, so your agent can perform actions like creating items, managing boards, updating columns, and organizing groups on your behalf.

  • Automated board and item management: Effortlessly create new boards, add items to existing boards, and archive or delete items as your projects evolve.
  • Dynamic column and group organization: Let your agent create, update, or remove columns and groups to keep your boards tailored to your team's needs.
  • Collaborative user and role administration: Add users to boards and assign roles, ensuring the right people have access and permissions for every project.
  • Streamlined workflow customization: Change column values, assign statuses or dropdowns, and create groups to match your workflow requirements in real time.
  • Efficient cleanup and restructuring: Archive or permanently delete boards, columns, or groups when they're no longer needed, keeping your workspace organized and clutter-free.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Add users to boardAdds users to a monday.
Archive boardArchives a specified, existing, and unarchived board in monday.
Archive itemArchives an existing monday.
Change simple column valueChanges a specific column's value for a monday.
Create a Monday boardCreates a monday.
Create columnCreates a new column with a specified type and title on a monday.
Create groupCreates a new group with the given `group name` on an existing monday.
Create itemCreates a new item on a monday.
Delete columnDeletes a specified column from a monday.
Delete groupPermanently deletes an existing group (and its items) from an existing board in monday.
Delete itemPermanently deletes an existing monday.
Duplicate itemDuplicates an item on a monday.
Get group detailsRetrieves details (id, title, color, archived/deleted status) for a specific group on an accessible monday.
List board itemsRetrieves id, name, and state for all items on a specified monday.
List Monday boardsRetrieves a list of boards from a monday.
List columnsLists all columns and their properties for a specified monday.
List itemsRetrieves specified subitems from monday.
List usersRetrieves a list of users from monday.
Move item to boardMoves a monday.
Move item to groupMoves an item to a different group on the same monday.
Update boardUpdates a specified attribute of an existing board on monday.

Available tools and triggers

After setup, the supported Monday tools and triggers listed on this page are available to Cowork through Composio Connect.

You can now ask Cowork to handle Monday workflows in natural language, from quick summaries and drafting tasks to more complex multi-step work across connected apps.

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FAQ

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

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

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

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

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