How to connect Pinata 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 Pinata account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to upload metadata JSON to IPFS, list public Pinata files by group, create signed upload URL for images, 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 Pinata account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to upload metadata JSON to IPFS, list public Pinata files by group, create signed upload URL for images, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Pinata 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 Pinata account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Upload metadata JSON to IPFS"
  • "List public Pinata files by group"
  • "Create signed upload URL for images"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Pinata MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Pinata account. It provides structured and secure access to your public IPFS files, groups, gateways, and upload records, so your agent can find files, organize groups, inspect gateways, review upload activity, and create secure upload links on your behalf.

  • Public file discovery: Have your agent list and filter files stored on your public IPFS network.
  • File group organization: Let the agent create, view, rename, update, and delete groups that organize your public files.
  • Gateway review: Direct your agent to list the gateways owned by your Pinata account.
  • Upload activity tracking: Instruct your agent to review upload records, including filenames, content references, file sizes, associated groups, and timestamps.
  • Controlled upload access: Have your agent create a short-lived upload link restricted by file size and content type.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create Public Group

Create a group for organizing files on the connected account's public IPFS network.

Create Signed Public Upload URL

Create a 60-second signed URL for one size- and MIME-constrained public IPFS upload.

Delete Public Group

Permanently delete one public-network group by ID.

Get Public Group

Return one public-network group by its Pinata group ID.

List Gateways

Return one page of gateways owned by the connected Pinata account without changing gateway configuration.

List Public Files

Return one page of files on the connected account's public IPFS network, optionally filtered by file attributes.

List Public Groups

Return one page of groups that organize files on the connected account's public IPFS network.

List Upload Metadata

List upload-service records, including upload IDs, filenames, CIDs, sizes, group IDs, and timestamps.

Update Public Group

Update the name, visibility flag, or both for one public-network group.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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