How to connect Discord 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 Discord account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all Discord servers I belong to, show your connected accounts on Discord, fetch your Discord profile information, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Discord is a real-time messaging and VoIP platform for communities and teams. It lets users chat, share media, and collaborate across public and private channels.

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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 Discord account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all Discord servers I belong to, show your connected accounts on Discord, fetch your Discord profile information, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Discord 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 Discord account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "List all Discord servers I belong to"
  • "Show your connected accounts on Discord"
  • "Fetch your Discord profile information"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Discord MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Discord account. It provides structured and secure access to your Discord profile, connected accounts, servers, and invites, so your agent can fetch user details, list your servers (guilds), retrieve invite info, and manage your Discord presence on your behalf.

  • Retrieve and manage user profile information: Your agent can fetch your Discord profile details, including email and connected third-party accounts, to help keep your data organized and up-to-date.
  • Server (guild) discovery and membership checks: Effortlessly list all servers you belong to and verify your membership status in any server.
  • Access invite details and server info: Instantly get information about specific Discord invite codes, including the destination server or channel details.
  • Guild member insights: Allow your agent to retrieve your own guild member information across servers, including permissions and roles.
  • OAuth2 application and authorization review: Let your agent fetch your app’s OAuth2 authorization details, so you always know what permissions are granted and when tokens expire.
TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

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

Consume Entitlement

Marks a one-time purchase consumable entitlement as consumed for a given application.

Delete Test Entitlement

Deletes a currently active test entitlement for a given application.

Delete User Application Role Connection

Deletes the current user's application role connection for the specified application.

Edit Application Command Permissions

Edits the permissions for a specific application command in a guild.

Get Application Command Permissions

Retrieves the permissions for a specific application command in a guild.

Get Batch Application Command Permissions

Retrieves permissions for all commands of an application in a guild.

Get Current User Application Entitlements

Tool to retrieve entitlements for the current user for a given application.

Get Gateway

Tool to retrieve a valid WebSocket (wss) URL for establishing a Gateway connection to Discord.

Get Guild Template

Tool to retrieve information about a Discord guild template using its unique template code.

Get Guild Widget

Tool to retrieve the guild widget in JSON format.

Get Guild Widget PNG

Tool to retrieve a PNG image widget for a Discord guild.

Get my guild member

Retrieves the guild member object for the currently authenticated user within a specified guild, including roles, nickname, join date, and permissions.

Get my OAuth2 authorization

Retrieves current OAuth2 authorization details for the application, including app info, scopes, token expiration, and user data (contingent on scopes like 'identify').

Get My User

Fetches comprehensive profile information for the currently authenticated Discord user, including email if the 'email' scope is granted.

Get OpenID Connect userinfo

Retrieve OpenID Connect compliant user information for the authenticated user.

Get Public Keys

Tool to retrieve Discord OAuth2 public keys.

Get SKU Subscription

Retrieves a specific subscription by ID for a given SKU.

Get User

Retrieve information about a Discord user.

Get User Application Role Connection

Retrieves the application role connection for the currently authenticated user for a specified application.

Resolve Invite

Tool to resolve and retrieve information about a Discord invite code.

Leave Guild

Leaves a Discord guild (server) on behalf of the currently authenticated user.

List My Connections

Retrieves a list of the authenticated user's connected third-party accounts on Discord.

List My Guilds

Lists the current user's guilds, returning partial data for each; primarily used for displaying server lists or verifying memberships.

List SKU Subscriptions

Lists all subscriptions for a given SKU.

List Sticker Packs

Tool to retrieve all available Discord Nitro sticker packs.

Modify Current User

Modifies the currently authenticated Discord user's profile.

Update User Application Role Connection

Updates the application role connection for the currently authenticated user for a specified application.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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