How to connect Microsoft OneNote to Claude Cowork

Connect Claude Cowork to Microsoft OneNote MCP. Create meeting notes in work notebook, find pages mentioning quarterly planning, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Microsoft OneNote is a digital notebook for capturing notes, drawings, research, and web clippings. It keeps notebooks, sections, and pages organized across devices so ideas stay easy to find.

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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 Microsoft OneNote account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to create meeting notes in Work notebook, find pages mentioning quarterly planning, organize research notes into sections, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Microsoft OneNote 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 Microsoft OneNote account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Create meeting notes in Work notebook"
  • "Find pages mentioning quarterly planning"
  • "Organize research notes into sections"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

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

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Microsoft OneNote action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Copy notebook in group

Copies a OneNote notebook to the Notebooks folder in the destination Documents library.

Copy notebook in site

Copies a OneNote notebook to the destination site in the SharePoint documents library.

Copy section to notebook (site context)

Copies a OneNote section to a specific notebook within a SharePoint site.

Copy section to notebook (user)

Copies a OneNote section to a specific notebook for a specified user.

Copy group section to section group

Copies a OneNote section from a Microsoft 365 group's notebook into another section group.

Copy section to section group (user)

Copies a OneNote section to a specific section group for a specified user.

Copy site page to section

Copies a OneNote page from a SharePoint site to a destination section.

Copy user page to section

Copy a OneNote page from a user's notebook to a specified section.

Count notebook section group sections

Gets the count of OneNote sections within a section group in a user's notebook.

Count site notebook section group sections

Gets the count of sections within a OneNote section group in a SharePoint site notebook.

Create group notebook

Creates a new OneNote notebook within a Microsoft 365 group.

Create group OneNote page

Creates a new OneNote page in the default section of the default notebook for a Microsoft 365 group.

Create section in section group

Creates a new OneNote section within a specified section group of a Microsoft 365 group.

Create user notebook

Creates a new OneNote notebook for the signed-in user.

Create section in user's section group

Creates a new OneNote section within a specified section group of a notebook for the signed-in user.

Create OneNote page in section

Creates a new OneNote page in a specific section for the signed-in user.

Create section group in group notebook

Creates a new section group within a OneNote notebook that belongs to a Microsoft 365 group.

Create section in site notebook

Creates a new OneNote section within a specified notebook in a SharePoint site.

Create section in user notebook

Creates a new OneNote section within a specified notebook for a specific user.

Create user OneNote page

Creates a new OneNote page in the default section of the default notebook for a specific user.

Create section in user section group

Creates a new OneNote section within a specified section group for a specific user.

Create user section page

Creates a new OneNote page in a specific section of a user's notebook.

Delete page content from section group section

Deletes the HTML content of a OneNote page within a section in a section group in a Microsoft 365 group's OneNote workspace.

Delete OneNote page from section

Delete a specific OneNote page from a section within a notebook in a group.

Delete OneNote page from site

Deletes a OneNote page from a SharePoint site.

Delete user OneNote page from section

Deletes a OneNote page from a section within a section group in a user's notebook.

Delete OneNote page for user

Deletes a OneNote page from a user's OneNote workspace.

Get a OneNote section from a group

Retrieves a specific OneNote section from a Microsoft 365 group.

Get OneNote resource content by ID

Retrieves the binary content of a specific OneNote resource using its ID.

Get OneNote page content from section

Retrieves the HTML content of a specific OneNote page from a section for the signed-in user.

Get notebook from web URL

Retrieves a OneNote notebook by using its web URL path.

Get notebook section group

Retrieves a specific section group from a OneNote notebook within a Microsoft 365 group.

Get group OneNote operation status

Retrieves the status of a long-running OneNote operation for a group.

Get a OneNote page from a section group section

Retrieves a specific OneNote page from a section within a section group in a Microsoft 365 group's notebook.

Get site OneNote operation status

Retrieves the status of a long-running OneNote operation for a SharePoint site.

Get OneNote page content for user

Gets the HTML content of a specific OneNote page for a user.

Get a OneNote page

Retrieves metadata and properties of a specific OneNote page from the authenticated user's notebooks.

Get recent notebooks

Retrieves a list of recently accessed OneNote notebooks for the signed-in user.

Get a OneNote section by ID

Retrieves a specific OneNote section by its ID from the current user's OneNote.

Get OneNote page from site

Retrieves a specific OneNote page from a SharePoint site.

Get site notebook page preview

Retrieves a text preview of a specific OneNote page from a section within a section group in a SharePoint site-hosted notebook.

Get a OneNote section from a site

Retrieves a specific OneNote section from a SharePoint site.

Get OneNote page from site section group section

Retrieves a specific OneNote page from a section within a section group in a SharePoint site notebook.

Get user notebook

Retrieves the properties and relationships of a OneNote notebook by ID for a specific user.

Get a OneNote page from user

Retrieves a specific OneNote page from a user's OneNote notebooks.

Get parent section group from user section

Retrieves the parent section group of a OneNote section within a user's notebook.

List group notebooks

List OneNote notebooks owned by a Microsoft 365 group or Teams team.

List notebook section groups

Retrieves a list of section groups from the specified notebook within a Microsoft 365 group.

List pages from a group notebook section

Lists all OneNote pages from a specific section within a notebook in a Microsoft 365 group.

List section group sections

Lists all OneNote sections from a specific section group within a Microsoft 365 group's OneNote.

List joined teams

List Microsoft Teams that a user is a direct member of.

List pages in section

Retrieves a list of OneNote pages from a specific section for the current user.

List group OneNote pages

Lists all OneNote pages from a Microsoft 365 group.

List group section group section groups

Lists all section groups from a specified parent section group within a Microsoft 365 group's OneNote notebook.

List pages from a group section

Lists all OneNote pages from a specific section in a Microsoft 365 group.

List site notebooks

List OneNote notebooks stored in a SharePoint site.

List site notebook section groups

Retrieves a list of section groups from the specified notebook within a SharePoint site.

Get OneNote page content from SharePoint site

Retrieves the HTML content of a specific OneNote page within a SharePoint site.

List site sections

Retrieves a list of OneNote sections from a SharePoint site.

List user notebooks

Lists all OneNote notebooks accessible by a specific user.

List user notebook sections

Lists all OneNote sections from a specified notebook belonging to a user.

Resolve SharePoint site by URL

Resolve a SharePoint site URL or hostname and path to a Microsoft Graph site resource.

Search SharePoint sites

Search SharePoint sites available through Microsoft Graph.

Update my OneNote page content

Update the content of a OneNote page for the signed-in user.

Update my OneNote section

Updates the navigation property sections in me.

Update OneNote page content

Update the content of a OneNote page within a Microsoft 365 group using HTML patch commands.

Update section in site notebook

Updates a OneNote section within a notebook in a SharePoint site.

Update site OneNote page content

Update the content of a OneNote page within a SharePoint site.

Update site section group section

Updates a OneNote section within a section group in a SharePoint site notebook.

Update section in user notebook

Updates a OneNote section within a user's notebook.

Validate OneNote credentials

Validates OneNote API credentials by attempting to access the user's notebooks.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Microsoft OneNote MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Microsoft OneNote tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Microsoft OneNote and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

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 Microsoft OneNote tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Microsoft OneNote 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.

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 Microsoft OneNote data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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