How to connect News api 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 News api account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to get headlines about today's tech news, find recent articles on climate change, show top stories from BBC News, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Connecting News api 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.

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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 News api through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

The News api MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your News api account. It provides structured and secure access to live news data, so your agent can perform actions like searching headlines, retrieving articles, and filtering news stories by topic, source, or date on your behalf.

• Headline search and retrieval: Instantly fetch the latest news headlines from thousands of trusted sources around the world, tailored to your interests or keywords.
• Topic-based article discovery: Ask your agent to pull in-depth articles about specific topics, trends, or breaking events as they happen.
• Source and region filtering: Easily filter news stories by publication, language, or geographic region to get the most relevant updates for your needs.
• Date and time range queries: Quickly access news published within a certain date or time window, perfect for tracking ongoing stories or recent developments.
• Trending and popular news aggregation: Let your agent surface the most-read or widely shared articles so you never miss what’s making headlines.