How to connect Parma 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 Parma account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to show your Parma CRM user profile details, list all dataset IDs in Parma CKAN, fetch full metadata for all Parma datasets, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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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 Parma account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to show your Parma CRM user profile details, list all dataset IDs in Parma CKAN, fetch full metadata for all Parma datasets, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Parma 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 Parma account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Show your Parma CRM user profile details"
  • "List all dataset IDs in Parma CKAN"
  • "Fetch full metadata for all Parma datasets"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Parma MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, and more directly to your Parma CRM account. It provides structured and secure access to your CRM data, so your agent can retrieve user profiles, access dataset catalogs, and manage critical business information on your behalf.

  • Comprehensive dataset catalog access: Instantly retrieve dcat-us 1.1 compliant metadata for all datasets in your Parma open data portal, making it easy to audit or analyze your entire data catalog.
  • Personalized user profile retrieval: Ask your agent to fetch the authenticated user's profile details, helping you quickly access account info or tailor interactions for specific users.
  • Efficient dataset identification: Let your agent list all dataset identifiers from Parma's CKAN instance, streamlining workflows that depend on knowing what's available in your data ecosystem.
  • Data-driven relationship management: Empower your agent to surface, summarize, or cross-reference CRM datasets, deepening insights into your business relationships and opportunities.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Relationship to Group

Tool to add a relationship to a group in Parma.

Create Note

Tool to create a new note in the Parma account.

Create Relationship

Tool to create a new relationship in Parma.

Get data.json metadata

Tool to retrieve DCAT-US 1.

Delete Relationship

Tool to delete a relationship from Parma by its ID.

Get Pipeline

Tool to retrieve a pipeline by its ID.

Get Relationship

Tool to retrieve a relationship by its unique ID.

Get Stage

Tool to retrieve a stage by its unique identifier.

Get User by ID

Tool to retrieve a user by their unique ID.

Get User Profile

Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's profile.

List Deals

Tool to retrieve all deals from the Parma account.

List Groups

Tool to retrieve all groups in the Parma account.

List Notes

Tool to retrieve all notes from the Parma account.

List Pipelines

Tool to list all pipelines in the Parma account.

List Relationship Groups

Tool to retrieve all groups linked to a specific relationship.

List Relationship Notes

Tool to list all notes linked to a relationship.

List Relationships

Tool to list all relationships in the Parma account.

List Stages

Tool to retrieve all stages in the Parma account.

List Users

Tool to list all users in the Parma account.

List Parma CKAN datasets

Tool to retrieve all dataset identifiers from the Parma CKAN instance.

Remove Relationship From Group

Tool to remove a relationship from a group.

Update Note

Tool to update an existing note in the Parma account.

Update Relationship

Tool to update an existing relationship in the Parma account.

FRAMEWORKS

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OpenAI Agents SDK

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Claude Agent SDK

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Claude Code

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Codex

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OpenClaw

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Hermes

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CLI

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Google ADK

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LangChain

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Vercel AI SDK

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Mastra AI

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LlamaIndex

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CrewAI

Use Parma MCP with CrewAI

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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