How to connect Archive.org 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 Archive.org account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to find Wayback snapshots for example.com, download all files for item ABC123, retrieve IIIF image manifest for ABC123, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Connecting Archive.org 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 Archive.org through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

The Archive.org MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Archive.org account. It provides structured and secure access to archived content, Wayback captures, item records, usage analytics, and account tasks, so your agent can search collections, retrieve files, manage items, inspect activity, and handle reviews on your behalf.

• Content search and retrieval: Have your agent search Archive.org by keywords and metadata, inspect complete item records, and download public files.
• Wayback history research: Instruct your agent to find the closest archived version of a web page or list available captures for a website.
• Item and file management: Direct your agent to check identifier availability, upload, copy, or delete files, update item metadata, and request new derivatives.
• Images, manifests, and analytics: Let the agent inspect IIIF image details and manifests, render selected image regions, and review item views, history, geography, and referrers.
• Account tasks and reviews: Have your agent check your account details, monitor catalog tasks and limits, read task logs, and create, update, retrieve, or delete your reviews.