How to connect Apaleo 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most secure way to connect your Apaleo account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to archive a property that's no longer active, clone existing property for new location, create a new unit group for suites, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.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most secure way to connect your Apaleo account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to archive a property that's no longer active, clone existing property for new location, create a new unit group for suites, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Apaleo 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 Apaleo account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Archive a property that's no longer active"
  • "Clone existing property for new location"
  • "Create a new unit group for suites"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Apaleo MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Apaleo account. It provides structured and secure access to your property management operations, so your agent can perform actions like managing properties, handling units, checking availability, and automating setup tasks on your behalf.

  • Property management and archiving: Enable your agent to create, clone, or archive properties, letting you quickly scale or reorganize your portfolio as your business evolves.
  • Unit and unit group operations: Let your agent create new units or unit groups, check if specific units exist, and manage all aspects of your inventory with ease.
  • Attribute and setup automation: Ask your agent to create or verify unit attributes, ensuring your property data is always up-to-date and consistent.
  • Bulk unit creation: Allow your agent to generate multiple units in one go, following custom naming rules, to save you time during onboarding or expansion.
  • Property cloning and rapid deployment: Have your agent clone existing properties with all inventory and rate plans, making it simple to launch new locations based on proven setups.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Archive a property

Use this endpoint to archive an existing live property This operation set the IsArchived flag to trueYou must have at least one of these scopes: 'properties.

Check if a property exists

Check if a property exists by id.

Check if a unit attribute exists

Check if a unit attribute existsYou must have at least one of these scopes: 'unitattributes.

Check if a unit exists

Check if a unit exists by id.

Check if a unit group exists

Check if a unit group exists by id.

Clones a property

Use this call to clone a specific property.

Create a unit

Use this call to create a new unit.

Create a unit attribute

Use this call to create a new unit attribute.

Create a unit group

Use this call to create a new unit group.

Create multiple units

Use this call to create multiple units, following a naming rule.

Creates a property

Use this call to create a new property.

Delete a unit

Use this call to delete a unit.

Delete a unit group

Use this call to delete a unit group.

Deletes unit attribute

Deletes unit attributeYou must have at least one of these scopes: 'unitattributes.

Get a properties list

Get the list of properties.

Get a property

Get a property by id.

Get a unit

Get a unit by id.

Get a unit group

Get a unit group by id.

Get a units list

Get the list of units.

Get unit attribute by id

Get unit attribute by idYou must have at least one of these scopes: 'unitattributes.

Get unit attribute list

Get unit attribute listYou must have at least one of these scopes: 'unitattributes.

List Unit Groups

Get the list of unit groups.

Move property to live

Use this endpoint to move an existing test property to live This operation changes the property status to 'Live'You must have at least one of these scopes: 'properties.

Replace a unit group

Use this call to modify a unit group.

Reset Property Data

This endpoint deletes transactional data for a property in 'Test' status.

Returns a list of supported countries

Returns a list of ISO country codes that could be used to create properties.

Returns number of unit groups

Returns number of unit groups matching the filter criteriaYou must have at least one of these scopes: 'unitgroups.

Returns number of units

Returns number of units matching the filter criteriaYou must have at least one of these scopes: 'units.

Return total count of properties

Return total count of propertiesYou need to be authorized (no particular scope required)

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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