How to connect Api bible 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 Api bible account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all books in the Old Testament, find verses about forgiveness in NIV, get section breakdown for Genesis in ESV, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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API.Bible is a developer platform for Scripture content and passage search. Easily integrate Bible verses and translations into your apps or chatbots.

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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 Api bible account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list all books in the Old Testament, find verses about forgiveness in NIV, get section breakdown for Genesis in ESV, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Api bible 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 Api bible account

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

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "List all books in the Old Testament"
  • "Find verses about forgiveness in NIV"
  • "Get section breakdown for Genesis in ESV"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

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

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

The Api bible MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Api bible account. It provides structured and secure access to Scripture content, so your agent can perform actions like searching verses, retrieving books, exploring Bible versions, and fetching specific sections or metadata on your behalf.

  • Comprehensive verse search: Instantly ask your agent to find Bible verses containing specific words or topics across supported translations.
  • Explore all books of the Bible: Retrieve a full catalog of every biblical book, making it easy to browse or reference any part of Scripture.
  • List and select Bible translations: Have your agent list all available Bible versions so you can choose the translation that fits your needs.
  • Detailed section and passage retrieval: Fetch detailed content for any section or passage once you know the Bible and book IDs—perfect for study or quotation.
  • Access Bible version metadata: Get in-depth metadata about any specific Bible edition, including language, abbreviation, and publisher details.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Get All Books

Retrieve all books for a specific Bible version.

Get Audio Bible by ID

Tool to retrieve details of a specific audio Bible by its ID.

Get Audio Book

Tool to retrieve a single audio Book object for a given audio Bible ID and book ID.

Get Audio Chapter

Tool to retrieve a single audio chapter with mp3 resource URL.

Get Bible by ID

Tool to retrieve details of a specific Bible version by its ID.

Get Book

Tool to retrieve a single Book object for a given Bible version and book ID.

Get Chapter

Retrieve a complete chapter with all verses from a Bible version.

Get Passage

Retrieve a Bible passage by ID.

Get Section

Retrieve detailed content for a Bible section by ID.

Get Sections

Tool to retrieve a list of sections for a specific book in a Bible version.

Get Supported Bible Versions

Retrieve a list of available Bible versions (translations) from API.

Get Verse

Retrieve a specific Bible verse by ID.

List Audio Bibles

Tool to retrieve an array of audio Bible objects authorized for the current API Key.

List Audio Books

Tool to retrieve all books for a specific audio Bible version.

List Audio Chapters

Tool to retrieve a list of audio chapters for a specific book in an audio Bible version.

List Chapters

Tool to retrieve an array of Chapter objects for a given Bible version and book.

List Chapter Sections

Tool to retrieve an array of section objects for a specific chapter in a Bible version.

List Verses

Tool to retrieve an array of verses for a specific chapter in a Bible version.

Search Bible Verses

Search for Bible verses containing specified keywords or passage references.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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