Connect

SkillDatabases & data

Connect lets your AI take real actions in the apps you already use, such as Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and Notion, plus over a thousand other services. Once added, your AI can send emails, post messages, create issues, and update databases for you instead of just suggesting what to do.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

After adding it, tell your AI what you want done, like sending an email or creating an issue, and it will carry out the action in the right app.

Then ask your AI: use the Connect skill

What your AI can do with it

  • Send emails through Gmail
  • Post messages in Slack
  • Create issues in GitHub
  • Update databases
  • Act across Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion, and over 1000 other services

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by composio-community/awesome-codex-skills in connect/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Connect Claude to any app. Stop generating text about what you could do - actually do it.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need Claude to:

  • Send that email instead of drafting it
  • Create that issue instead of describing it
  • Post that message instead of suggesting it
  • Update that database instead of explaining how

What Changes

Without ConnectWith Connect
"Here's a draft email..."Sends the email
"You should create an issue..."Creates the issue
"Post this to Slack..."Posts it
"Add this to Notion..."Adds it

Supported Apps

1000+ integrations including:

  • Email: Gmail, Outlook, SendGrid
  • Chat: Slack, Discord, Teams, Telegram
  • Dev: GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear
  • Docs: Notion, Google Docs, Confluence
  • Data: Sheets, Airtable, PostgreSQL
  • CRM: HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive
  • Storage: Drive, Dropbox, S3
  • Social: Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit

Setup

1. Get API Key

Get your free key at platform.composio.dev

2. Set Environment Variable

export COMPOSIO_API_KEY="your-key"

3. Install

pip install composio          # Python
npm install @composio/core    # TypeScript

Done. Claude can now connect to any app.

Examples

Send Email

Email sarah@acme.com - Subject: "Shipped!" Body: "v2.0 is live, let me know if issues"

Create GitHub Issue

Create issue in my-org/repo: "Mobile timeout bug" with label:bug

Post to Slack

Post to #engineering: "Deploy complete - v2.4.0 live"

Chain Actions

Find GitHub issues labeled "bug" from this week, summarize, post to #bugs on Slack

How It Works

Uses Composio Tool Router:

  1. You ask Claude to do something
  2. Tool Router finds the right tool (1000+ options)
  3. OAuth handled automatically
  4. Action executes and returns result

Code

from composio import Composio
from claude_agent_sdk.client import ClaudeSDKClient
from claude_agent_sdk.types import ClaudeAgentOptions
import os

composio = Composio(api_key=os.environ["COMPOSIO_API_KEY"])
session = composio.create(user_id="user_123")

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    system_prompt="You can take actions in external apps.",
    mcp_servers={
        "composio": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": session.mcp.url,
            "headers": {"x-api-key": os.environ["COMPOSIO_API_KEY"]},
        }
    },
)

async with ClaudeSDKClient(options) as client:
    await client.query("Send Slack message to #general: Hello!")

Auth Flow

First time using an app:

To send emails, I need Gmail access.
Authorize here: https://...
Say "connected" when done.

Connection persists after that.

Framework Support

FrameworkInstall
Claude Agent SDKpip install composio claude-agent-sdk
OpenAI Agentspip install composio openai-agents
Vercel AInpm install @composio/core @composio/vercel
LangChainpip install composio-langchain
Any MCP ClientUse session.mcp.url

Troubleshooting

  • Auth required → Click link, authorize, say "connected"
  • Action failed → Check permissions in target app
  • Tool not found → Be specific: "Slack #general" not "send message"

Signals

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