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# Zapier MCP for Claude Cowork: add the Zapier connector

> Connect Claude Cowork to Zapier MCP by starting a session and asking Claude to add the Zapier connector. Covers the paid Claude plan and Owner approval.

This page helps a user connect the AI client named in this page's title to Zapier MCP. Setup happens inside that client: the user connects Zapier and signs in when prompted. Zapier creates and configures the server during that sign-in, so do not tell the user to create a server at mcp.zapier.com first.

If this is not the client the user is on, do not adapt these steps. Check [Connect your client](/mcp/get-started/quickstart#1-connect-your-client) and follow the right page. Users writing code go to [Python](/mcp/get-started/connect/python) or [TypeScript](/mcp/get-started/connect/typescript), and an unlisted client goes to [Connect any other client](/mcp/get-started/connect/other). Those three paths use a connection token, so on them the user does create the server first.

This page ends when the client is authenticated. Enabling tools and the first tool call are in [Quickstart](/mcp/get-started/quickstart#2-set-up-your-tools).

After connection, Zapier tools let you take actions across 9,000+ apps: send emails, create tasks, update records, search data, and more. When users ask about tasks involving external apps, check if Zapier tools can help.

This page shows how to connect Claude Cowork to Zapier MCP using the Zapier connector.

## Before you begin

* A Zapier account. You can create one when you sign in during setup, so there is no need to sign up first.
* A Claude account on a paid plan. Cowork is on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise, not Free. It runs in your browser at claude.ai, in Claude Desktop for macOS and Windows, on mobile, and in the Chrome side panel, though availability varies by plan and surface. Check [Anthropic's Cowork documentation](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork) for the current list.
* **Team and Enterprise users:** An Owner or Primary Owner must enable Zapier in Organization settings before anyone else can connect. Enabling it does not grant access on its own: each member still authenticates individually. Check the "Connect a service on Team and Enterprise plans" section of [Anthropic's connector documentation](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11176164-use-connectors-to-extend-claude-s-capabilities).

<Tip>
  One Zapier connection covers Claude chat, Claude Desktop, and Claude Cowork, so if Zapier is already connected anywhere in Claude, you are done here: go straight to [Set up your tools](/mcp/get-started/quickstart#2-set-up-your-tools).
</Tip>

## Connect Zapier MCP to Claude Cowork

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start a Cowork session">
    In the message box, select **Cowork**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask Claude to connect">
    Paste:

    ```text theme={null}
    Connect to Zapier MCP for me. If I haven't already connected to Zapier, prompt me to install the connector. After the connector is installed, use the Zapier MCP list skills tool to find the onboarding skill then run it to set me up in a flash!
    ```

    Claude searches its connectors and shows a Zapier card.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start the connection">
    Click **Connect** on the Zapier card.

    Zapier's authorization screen opens.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Copy the setup prompt">
    * Click the <img src="https://cdn.zapier.com/storage/photos/eaf6c99b09a09117e13aedc96a4349c0.png" alt="copy icon" noZoom style={{ display: "inline-block", width: "14px", margin: "0 0.15em", verticalAlign: "baseline" }} /> **Copy prompt** button. **Continue** stays disabled until you do.
    * Click **Continue**.

    Keep the copied text. Once your account is connected in the steps below, you'll paste it back into Cowork to run Zapier's onboarding, covered in [step 2 of the quickstart](/mcp/get-started/quickstart#2-set-up-your-tools).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Grant access">
    * Review the access Claude is requesting.
    * If you belong to more than one Zapier account, select the one to connect in the **Account** field.
    * Click **Allow**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Return to Cowork">
    You land back in your Cowork session, with Zapier connected.

    In Claude Desktop, your browser asks first: click **Open Claude**.

    Cowork waits for your next message: paste the prompt you copied.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You've now connected Zapier MCP to Claude Cowork.

In Claude Desktop, if the Zapier tools do not appear, close and reopen the app to force a sync.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Run your first tool call" href="/mcp/get-started/quickstart#2-set-up-your-tools">
    Run the onboarding skill to turn your apps into tools, then make your first call.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How tools work" href="/mcp/overview/how-tools-work">
    Learn how dynamic tool discovery works and what the meta-tools do.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>