# How to connect Tavily to Claude Cowork ```json { "title": "How to connect Tavily to Claude Cowork", "toolkit": "Tavily", "toolkit_slug": "tavily", "framework": "Claude Cowork", "framework_slug": "claude-cowork", "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/claude-cowork", "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/claude-cowork.md", "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:27:56.409Z" } ``` ## 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 Tavily account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to find latest news about electric vehicles, search for recent AI research papers, get top articles on remote work trends, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security. ## Also integrate Tavily with - [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/chatgpt) - [Antigravity](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/antigravity) - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/claude-code) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/codex) - [Cursor](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/cursor) - [VS Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/vscode) - [OpenCode](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/opencode) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/crew-ai) ## Connect Tavily to Claude Cowork ### Connecting Tavily 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. 2. Add the Composio MCP server Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL: ```bash https://connect.composio.dev/mcp ``` ## 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 Tavily through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent. ## What is the Tavily MCP server, and what's possible with it? The Tavily MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Tavily account. It provides structured and secure access to advanced web search and data retrieval, so your agent can perform actions like searching the web, filtering results, setting search parameters, and extracting relevant information from online sources on your behalf. - Custom web search with filters: Ask your agent to search the web with custom depth, result count, and domain restrictions for highly targeted results. - Document and content type discovery: Direct your agent to locate specific types of content—like articles, PDFs, or news—from across the internet. - Relevant data extraction: Have your agent pull and summarize key information from search results to save you time and effort. - Domain-specific research: Instruct your agent to confine searches to specific websites or sources for more trustworthy or relevant outcomes. - Efficient knowledge retrieval: Let your agent quickly surface facts, references, or recent developments from the web without manual browsing. ## Supported Tools | Tool slug | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | `TAVILY_CRAWL` | Tavily crawl | Tool to perform intelligent graph-based website crawling with parallel path exploration and content extraction. Use when you need to traverse and extract content from multiple pages of a website following specific patterns or instructions. Supports depth/breadth controls, domain filtering, and natural language instructions for guided crawling. | | `TAVILY_EXTRACT` | Tavily extract | Tool to extract and parse web page content from specified URLs using Tavily's extract endpoint. Use when you need to retrieve clean, structured content from web pages with optional image extraction and content reranking based on query relevance. | | `TAVILY_GET_USAGE` | Get Tavily usage | Tool to retrieve API key and account usage statistics from Tavily. Use when you need to check credit consumption, limits, and per-endpoint usage for search, extract, crawl, map, and research operations. | | `TAVILY_MAP` | Tavily map website | Tool to map a website and discover its pages. Use when you need to scan a website and get a structured list of URLs/pages it contains without extracting full content. | | `TAVILY_TAVILY_SEARCH` | Tavily search | Use this to perform a web search via the Tavily API; offers controls for search depth, content types, result count, and domain filtering. Requires an active Tavily connection (401 = auth failure). Rate limit: ~2 req/s; apply exponential backoff on HTTP 429. Results are nested under response_data.results (not a flat list). Subject to HTTP 429 on rapid bursts. | ## Supported Triggers None listed. ## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK The Tavily MCP server connects Claude Cowork to your Tavily account through Composio. Once connected, Cowork can use the available Tavily tools and triggers to complete tasks on your behalf. ## Complete Code None listed. ## How to build Tavily MCP Agent with another framework - [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/chatgpt) - [Antigravity](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/antigravity) - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/claude-code) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/codex) - [Cursor](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/cursor) - [VS Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/vscode) - [OpenCode](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/opencode) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/tavily/framework/crew-ai) ## Related Toolkits - [Firecrawl](https://composio.dev/toolkits/firecrawl) - Firecrawl automates large-scale web crawling and data extraction. It helps organizations efficiently gather, index, and analyze content from online sources. - [Exa](https://composio.dev/toolkits/exa) - Exa is a data extraction and search platform for gathering and analyzing information from websites, APIs, or databases. It helps teams quickly surface insights and automate data-driven workflows. - [Serpapi](https://composio.dev/toolkits/serpapi) - SerpApi is a real-time API for structured search engine results. It lets you automate SERP data collection, parsing, and analysis for SEO and research. - [Peopledatalabs](https://composio.dev/toolkits/peopledatalabs) - Peopledatalabs delivers B2B data enrichment and identity resolution APIs. 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It helps you manage internet access, enforce policies, and monitor usage across devices and networks. - [Databox](https://composio.dev/toolkits/databox) - Databox is a business analytics platform that connects your data from any tool and device. It helps you track KPIs, build dashboards, and discover actionable insights. - [Databricks](https://composio.dev/toolkits/databricks) - Databricks is a unified analytics platform for big data and AI on the lakehouse architecture. It empowers data teams to collaborate, analyze, and build scalable solutions efficiently. - [Datagma](https://composio.dev/toolkits/datagma) - Datagma delivers data intelligence and analytics for business growth and market discovery. Get actionable market insights and track competitors to inform your strategy. - [Delighted](https://composio.dev/toolkits/delighted) - Delighted is a customer feedback platform based on the Net Promoter System®. 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It helps teams capture call notes automatically and search or summarize meetings effortlessly. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Tavily MCP? With a standalone Tavily MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Tavily tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Tavily 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 Tavily tools. ### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Tavily while using Tool Router? Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Tavily 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 Tavily data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. --- [See all toolkits](https://composio.dev/toolkits) · [Composio docs](https://docs.composio.dev/llms.txt)