How to connect Northflank 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 Northflank account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to deploy a new service to production, list all running deployments in staging, scale your web service to three instances, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Northflank 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 Northflank account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Deploy a new service to production"
  • "List all running deployments in staging"
  • "Scale your web service to three instances"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

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

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Create or Update ProjectTool to create a new project or update an existing project in Northflank (upsert operation).
Create or Update SecretTool to create or update a secret group in a Northflank project.
Create ProjectTool to create a new project in Northflank.
Create SecretTool to create a secret group in a Northflank project.
Delete ProjectTool to permanently delete a Northflank project and all associated resources.
Get DNS IDTool to retrieve the DNS identifier for the authenticated account.
Get ProjectTool to retrieve detailed information about a specific Northflank project.
Get SecretTool to retrieve a secret from a Northflank project including its contents.
Get Secret DetailsTool to view a secret with details about its linked addons from a Northflank project.
List Addon TypesTool to retrieve information about available addon types in Northflank.
List Cloud Provider Node TypesTool to retrieve supported cloud provider node types available on Northflank.
List Cloud Provider RegionsTool to retrieve supported cloud provider regions available on Northflank.
List PipelinesTool to list all pipelines for a Northflank project.
List PlansTool to retrieve available billing/resource plans in Northflank.
List ProjectsTool to list all projects in your Northflank team with pagination support.
List RegionsTool to retrieve available project regions in Northflank.
List SecretsTool to list all secrets belonging to a Northflank project.
List ServicesTool to list all services belonging to a Northflank project.
Patch SecretTool to partially update a secret group in a Northflank project.
Update ProjectTool to update a project in Northflank.
Update SecretTool to update a secret in a Northflank project.

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FAQ

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

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

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

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

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