How to Connect Claude to Outlook (takes 2 minutes)

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Original language: English

Original video: How to Connect Claude to Outlook (takes 2 minutes) · Channel: Composio · 03:05 · Watch on YouTube

Topics: AI agents, Task and workflow automation, Claude, AI developer tools

Summary

The video demonstrates how to connect one or more Outlook accounts to Claude using Composio. It walks through connecting Outlook accounts in Composio, then adding Composio as a custom connector in Claude. The presenter tests the setup by checking the connected accounts, creating a draft email, and sending it. The video also points to Composio’s list of available Outlook actions and documentation.

Key points

Composio can connect multiple Outlook accounts, while Claude’s official connector is described as connecting one account at a time.
Outlook accounts are connected from the Apps menu in the Composio dashboard.
Additional Outlook accounts can be added by creating a new connection and signing in to another account.
Add Composio in Claude through Settings, Connectors, and Add a new custom connector.
The connector name is Composio, and the URL provided is connect.composio.dev/mcp.
After adding the connector, allow Claude to access Composio.
Composio permissions can be set to Always allow so Claude does not ask for permission each time it runs a tool.
The presenter tests the connection by checking the number of Outlook accounts and creating and sending a draft email.
Composio’s Outlook app page lists other actions, including accepting calendar invites, adding attachments, and moving or updating messages.

Chapters

Start	Chapter	Summary
00:00	Introduction and Composio setup	The presenter introduces Composio and explains how to find Outlook in the Composio dashboard.
00:30	Connect Outlook accounts	The presenter authorizes an Outlook account in Composio and shows how to add a second account.
01:00	Add Composio to Claude	The presenter navigates to Claude’s connector settings and adds Composio as a custom connector.
01:32	Authorize and test the connection	After authorizing Claude to access Composio, the presenter checks the connected Outlook accounts and creates a draft email.
02:03	Send an email and explore Outlook actions	The presenter sends the draft from Claude and points out other Outlook actions available through Composio.

Quotes

Composio is a tool to help you connect apps to your AI agent quickly and safely. — 00:00

And now, Composio is connected to my Outlook account. — 00:30

And now Composio is connected to Claude. — 01:32

So the connection is working as expected. — 02:03

But overall, this is how you connect your Outlook mail accounts to Claude using Composio. — 03:05

Concepts and entities

Composio, Outlook, Claude, MCP

Full transcript (original language)

00:00 Hey, in this video, I’m going to show you how to connect your Outlook Mail accounts to Claude using Composio. Composio is a tool to help you connect apps to your AI agent quickly and safely. This is very useful as Composio can connect multiple Outlook accounts and also send emails for you, while your official connector from Claude can only connect one account at a time. You can sign up for a free account on the platform here, and then from the Composio dashboard, go to the Apps menu. Over here, you can connect all kinds of apps to Composio.

00:30 Let’s search for Outlook using the search bar. And here it is, so let’s select that. Log in to your Outlook account here. You need to give permissions to Composio to access your Outlook account. Let’s give it all access for now. Scroll down here, and then click Accept. And now, Composio is connected to my Outlook account. If you want to connect multiple Outlook accounts, you can easily do so. Just click the New button over here to create a new connection, and then sign in

01:00 into the other account you want to give access to. Allow access. And now I have two Outlook accounts connected to Composio. You can see there are two active connections here. Alright, the next step is to connect Claude to Composio. To do that, just go to Claude Chat interface, open the sidebar, then go to your profile, look for settings, and then find the Connectors menu. This is where you can add a new connector to Claude. So let’s add a new custom connector. Here we need to enter the name, which is

01:32 Composio, and then the URL, which is connect.composio.dev slash mcp. Add the connector. And next, you can configure the authentication method. Just leave it at the recommended options. Click Add. And then after a moment, you will be asked to connect Composio. So let’s do that. Here, you have to let Claude access Composio. So just allow that. And now Composio is connected to Claude. This means Claude can access any apps connected to Composio.

02:03 Also, you can set the permissions for Composio here. You can select Always allow, so that Claude won’t ask for your permission each time it wants to run a tool from Composio. When you’re done, simply close the menu. And now let’s do a quick test. I will ask Claude to show how many Outlook accounts I have. And now Claude is using Composio to scan how many connected Outlook accounts. Okay, it says I have two emails here. So the connection is working as expected. Let’s try to create a draft email next,

02:33 create a simple greeting email in the first account, and then address it to the second account. Claude will use Composio to run the instructions. And now the draft email is finished. Let’s jump to Outlook, then open the drafts menu. And here’s the draft email written by Claude. I will now ask Claude to send it. And the email is now sent. If we go back to Outlook, we can see that the email is gone from the draft folder. And then if we open the Sent menu, here’s

03:05 the email that we just sent using Claude. Okay, so that’s how you can manage multiple Outlook accounts using Claude and Composio. If you want to know what else Claude can do with your Outlook account, you can go back to Composio. And here, just click the Outlook app. And here’s the list of actions you can do, like accept calendar invite, add attachments, batch move or update messages, and so on. Feel free to look around the documentation here. But overall, this is how you connect your Outlook mail accounts to Claude using Composio.