How to connect Shortpixel 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 Shortpixel account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to check your remaining ShortPixel credits, purge all images from site storage, monitor API key usage status, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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ShortPixel is an image optimization and compression service that streamlines website performance by reducing image sizes. Enhance your site speed and SEO with minimal effort, without sacrificing image quality.

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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 Shortpixel account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to check your remaining ShortPixel credits, purge all images from site storage, monitor API key usage status, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Shortpixel 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 Shortpixel account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

"Check your remaining ShortPixel credits"
"Purge all images from site storage"
"Monitor API key usage status"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Shortpixel MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your ShortPixel account. It provides structured and secure access to your image optimization tools, so your agent can perform actions like monitoring API usage, purging storage, and managing your ShortPixel resources on your behalf.

API status monitoring: Instantly check your API key status, including available image optimization credits, so you never run out unexpectedly.
Bulk storage purging: Direct your agent to purge all files stored on ShortPixel servers for a domain, making large-scale cleanups quick and hassle-free.
Account usage visibility: Let your agent retrieve up-to-date usage metrics before initiating new optimization tasks or campaigns.
Automated maintenance workflows: Schedule regular storage purges or status checks, keeping your ShortPixel account organized with minimal manual effort.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add CDN Domain

Tool to add a new domain to the ShortPixel CDN system and associate it with your API key.

Bulk Purge ShortPixel Storage

Tool to purge all files stored on ShortPixel storage servers for a domain.

Check Image Status

Tool to check the optimization status of an image being processed by ShortPixel.

Clean Up Image

Tool to remove images from the processing queue.

Get Adaptive Image via CDN

Tool to optimize images on-the-fly via ShortPixel CDN.

Get API Status

Tool to retrieve the current status of your API key, including available credits.

Get CDN Usage Statistics

Tool to retrieve detailed CDN usage statistics for a domain including traffic, API calls, monthly quota, remaining credits, and historical usage breakdown by date.

Optimize Images by URL

Tool to optimize images by providing their URLs.

Read CDN Domain Status

Tool to check the status of a domain and its CDN quota on ShortPixel.

Revoke CDN Domain

Tool to revoke a domain association from ShortPixel CDN.

Set CDN Domain

Tool to associate an API key with an existing domain.

Upload and Optimize Images

Tool to upload and optimize images that are not accessible online.

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LlamaIndex

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CrewAI

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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