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How to connect Retable to Claude Cowork

Connect Claude Cowork to Retable MCP. List all tables in marketing workspace, create a new row in campaigns, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Retable is a collaborative spreadsheet and database platform for organizing workspaces, tables, and files. Use it to manage projects, structure data, and collaborate with teammates in flexible tables.

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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 Retable account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all tables in Marketing workspace, create a new row in Campaigns, upload file to Campaigns table row 12, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Retable 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 Retable account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "List all tables in Marketing workspace"
  • "Create a new row in Campaigns"
  • "Upload file to Campaigns table row 12"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

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

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Columns

Append one or more typed columns to a table and return the complete resulting column list.

Delete Columns

Permanently delete one or more columns and their cell data, then return the complete remaining column list.

Delete Rows

Permanently delete one or more rows from a table; missing row IDs are ignored and count as zero deletions.

Get Rows

Return all rows or up to 50 selected rows using stable column IDs or title-keyed fields.

Get Table

Get one table's metadata, column IDs and types, and views before reading or changing its data.

Insert Rows

Insert one or more rows into a table in one request and return the created rows with their IDs.

List Project Tables

List tables in one Retable project with their IDs, columns, and parent workspace and project IDs.

List Workspace Projects

List projects accessible in one workspace, including project IDs needed to discover tables.

List Workspaces

List workspaces visible to the connected Retable account, including each workspace ID needed to discover projects.

Search Rows

Search a table for a value in a primary column and return matching rows from an optional starting offset.

Update Rows

Update cells in one or more existing rows in one request and return the updated row IDs.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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