How to connect Payhip 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 Payhip account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to notify me when a digital product is sold, alert on refunded payments this week, track new membership subscriptions daily, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Payhip 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 Payhip account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Notify me when a digital product is sold"
  • "Alert on refunded payments this week"
  • "Track new membership subscriptions daily"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Payhip MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Payhip account. It provides structured and secure access to your Payhip store’s events and transactions, so your agent can respond to new purchases, handle refunds, and manage customer subscriptions automatically.

  • Automated purchase handling: Let your agent detect and process completed sales in real time, enabling instant actions or notifications when a customer makes a purchase.
  • Refund event response: Have your agent react to payment refunds, updating records or informing support teams as soon as a refund is issued.
  • Subscription management automation: Empower your agent to handle new subscription signups by processing Payhip's subscription.created events for seamless onboarding or customer engagement.
  • Subscription cancellation detection: Ensure your agent responds immediately to subscription.deleted events, so you can trigger follow-ups or update your CRM when a customer cancels their subscription.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Webhook Event - PaidTool to process payhip's paid webhook event.
Webhook Event - Refunded PaymentTool to process payhip's refunded webhook event.
Webhook Event - Subscription CreatedTool to process payhip's subscription.
Webhook Event - Subscription DeletedTool to process payhip's 'subscription.

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FAQ

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

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

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

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

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