How to connect Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to send a follow-up email to yesterday's meeting attendees, list unread emails from your manager, schedule a calendar event from an email, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Connecting Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

The Zoho mail MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Zoho mail account. It provides structured and secure access to your mailbox, so your agent can perform actions like searching emails, sending messages, managing folders, organizing conversations, and handling attachments on your behalf.

• Smart email search and filtering: Ask your agent to find emails based on sender, subject, keywords, or date ranges for quick information retrieval.
• Automated composing and sending: Let your agent draft and send new emails, reply to existing threads, or create message templates to streamline communication.
• Folder and label organization: Have your agent organize your inbox by moving messages to folders, applying tags, or archiving threads for a clutter-free workspace.
• Attachment management: Retrieve, download, or send attachments through your agent—making file sharing and access seamless within your email workflow.
• Bulk message actions: Instruct your agent to mark emails as read or unread, star important messages, or clean up your inbox by deleting or archiving in bulk.