How to connect Bench 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 Bench account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to pause workflow for 10 seconds, simulate delay during test runs, wait before running next benchmark, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Connecting Bench 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:

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 Bench through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

The Bench MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Bench environment. It provides structured and secure access to benchmarking operations, so your agent can perform actions like simulating wait times, testing response delays, and orchestrating timed pauses within automated workflows.

• Simulate processing delays: Instruct your agent to initiate a sleep or wait state, mimicking real-world processing or benchmarking scenarios.
• Test agent response times: Have the agent pause for a set duration to measure how your applications handle delays or timeouts.
• Orchestrate workflow timing: Use controlled sleep intervals to sequence multi-step tasks or coordinate between services during automation runs.
• Benchmark system latency: Trigger sleep commands to evaluate how your systems and integrations perform under different timing constraints.