How to connect Vestaboard 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 Vestaboard account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all your Vestaboard subscriptions, send 'Lunch is ready!' to kitchen board, display daily quote on office Vestaboard, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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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 Vestaboard account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all your Vestaboard subscriptions, send 'Lunch is ready!' to kitchen board, display daily quote on office Vestaboard, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Vestaboard 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 Vestaboard account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

"List all your Vestaboard subscriptions"
"Send 'Lunch is ready!' to kitchen board"
"Display daily quote on office Vestaboard"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Vestaboard MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Vestaboard account. It provides structured and secure access to your Vestaboard displays, so your agent can perform actions like listing subscriptions, sending custom messages, and managing display content on your behalf.

List all Vestaboard subscriptions: Easily retrieve and review every Vestaboard subscription linked to your account so you know exactly which displays your agent can manage.
Send messages to any board: Direct your agent to post custom messages or notifications to a specific Vestaboard subscription in real time, perfect for reminders, daily schedules, or inspirational quotes.
Automate display updates: Schedule or trigger automatic content updates across multiple Vestaboards without manual effort, keeping your displays fresh and relevant.
Centralized display management: Manage all your connected Vestaboards from one place—no need to hop between apps or devices to update your displays.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

List Subscriptions

Lists all Vestaboard subscriptions accessible with the current credentials.

Send Message to Vestaboard

Send a message to a Vestaboard board.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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