How to connect Tapfiliate to Claude

Connect Claude Web, Desktop and Cowork to Tapfiliate MCP. List all active affiliates for this month, retrieve payout methods for affiliate jane doe, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Tapfiliate is an affiliate and referral tracking platform for businesses. It helps companies efficiently manage, track, and grow their affiliate programs.

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Introduction

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on the web, in the desktop app, and on mobile. Cowork is its agent for knowledge work, and it runs on all of those surfaces too. Connected to your apps, Claude can work with your files and services to accomplish complex tasks on your behalf.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Tapfiliate account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all active affiliates for this month, retrieve payout methods for affiliate Jane Doe, create a payment for affiliate ID 12345, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Setup is the same on Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork, and you only need to do it once. The connector is tied to your account, so it's available in all three.

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Connecting Tapfiliate to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

Two ways to add the Composio connector. Pick whichever you prefer.

1. Add with one click

Click the button. Claude opens with the Composio connector filled in. Click Add, then go to step 2.

Add to Claude

Add manually

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

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

2. 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 Web, Desktop, and Cowork

3. Connect your Tapfiliate account

Back in Claude, ask it to connect to Tapfiliate or give it any Tapfiliate-related task.

For example, ask Claude to:

  • "List all active affiliates for this month"
  • "Retrieve payout methods for affiliate Jane Doe"
  • "Create a payment for affiliate ID 12345"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Claude, and your Tapfiliate account is ready to use.

What is the Tapfiliate Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

The Tapfiliate MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Tapfiliate account. It provides structured and secure access to your affiliate and referral program data, so your agent can perform actions like managing affiliates, tracking commissions, handling payments, and organizing programs on your behalf.

  • Affiliate management and insights: Instantly list all affiliates, retrieve detailed affiliate profiles, or remove affiliates as your programs evolve.
  • Commission tracking and reporting: Let your agent fetch comprehensive commission records, apply filters, and access historical payouts for monitoring performance.
  • Automated payment handling: Effortlessly list, retrieve, or create payments to credit affiliates, ensuring accurate and timely compensation.
  • Payout method discovery: Retrieve available payout options for affiliates to streamline compensation workflows and support diverse payment needs.
  • Program organization and overview: Quickly list all affiliate programs and assets, helping you stay on top of your marketing initiatives and campaign structure.

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for Tapfiliate?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each Tapfiliate conversation.

  • Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
  • Hover Connectors.
  • Turn on Composio.
  • Ask Claude to connect to Tapfiliate again.

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before Tapfiliate connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for Tapfiliate.

  • Check that the connector URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp.
  • Connectors run from Anthropic's cloud, so your device network is usually not the problem.
  • Add the connector again from Customize > Connectors, then ask Claude to connect Tapfiliate.
  • If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the Tapfiliate authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your Tapfiliate account connects separately when Claude asks for it.

  • If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the Tapfiliate connection.
  • Composio creates a fresh Tapfiliate authorization link.
  • Open that link in your browser and finish the Tapfiliate sign-in.

4. Why do Tapfiliate actions fail after they worked before?

The Tapfiliate connection can expire or lose permission.

  • Ask Claude to inspect the Tapfiliate connection.
  • If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
  • Reconnect the Tapfiliate account and retry the action.
  • If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in Tapfiliate.
  • If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in Tapfiliate itself.

5. How do I switch to a different Tapfiliate account?

Claude can manage the Tapfiliate connection for you.

  • Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current Tapfiliate account.
  • Ask Claude to connect Tapfiliate again.
  • Open the new Composio authorization link for Tapfiliate.
  • Sign in with the other Tapfiliate account in the browser.
  • After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the Tapfiliate task.

6. Why is my Tapfiliate connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your Tapfiliate connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.

  • In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
  • Next to Composio, click and click Clear cache.
  • If Tapfiliate tools still do not appear, click , disconnect, remove the connector, and add it again.
  • On Team or Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable the connector before you can connect Tapfiliate.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Retrieve an Affiliate

Tool to retrieve details of a specific affiliate.

Cancel a Payment

Tool to cancel a specific payment.

List all commissions

Tool to retrieve all commissions.

Create an Affiliate

Tool to create a new affiliate account.

Create Affiliate Group

Tool to create a new affiliate group.

Create Affiliate Note

Tool to create a note for an affiliate.

Create Affiliate Prospect

Tool to create an affiliate prospect.

Delete affiliate meta data

Tool to delete metadata by key for an affiliate.

Delete an affiliate prospect

Tool to delete a specific affiliate prospect.

Delete an affiliate

Tool to delete a specific affiliate.

Get Affiliate Balances

Tool to retrieve an affiliate's balances across multiple currencies.

Get Affiliate Meta Data by Key

Tool to retrieve specific metadata value by key for an affiliate.

Get Affiliate Prospect

Tool to retrieve details of a specific affiliate prospect.

Retrieve a Program

Tool to retrieve details of a specific program.

List affiliate custom fields

Tool to get custom fields configured for affiliates.

List all affiliate groups

Tool to list all affiliate groups.

List Affiliate Meta Data

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific affiliate.

List affiliate notes

Tool to list notes for a specific affiliate.

List affiliate's payments

Tool to list all payments for a specific affiliate.

List Affiliate Programs

Tool to list all programs (affiliations) associated with a specific affiliate.

List Affiliate Prospects

Tool to list all affiliate prospects.

List all affiliates

Tool to list all affiliates.

List all balances

Tool to list all outstanding affiliate balances.

List conversions

Tool to list all conversions.

List all customers

Tool to list all customers with optional filtering by program, customer ID, affiliate, or date range.

List program affiliates

Tool to list all affiliates in a specific program.

List program bonuses

Tool to list all bonuses for a specific program.

List program commission types

Tool to list commission types for a specific program.

List program MLM levels

Tool to list MLM levels for a program.

Create a Payment

Tool to create a payment.

List all payments

Tool to list all payments.

Retrieve a Payment

Tool to retrieve details of a specific payment.

List all payout methods

Tool to retrieve a list of all payout methods for an affiliate.

List all programs

Tool to list all programs.

Remove affiliate group from affiliate

Tool to remove affiliate group from an affiliate.

Set Affiliate Group

Tool to set the affiliate group for a specific affiliate.

Set Affiliate Meta Data

Tool to update (replace) metadata for an affiliate.

Set Affiliate Metadata by Key

Tool to set or update a specific metadata field for an affiliate by key.

Set Affiliate Parent

Tool to set a parent affiliate relationship for a child affiliate.

Update Affiliate Group

Tool to update an affiliate group's details.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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