How to integrate Altoviz MCP with Mastra AI

This guide walks you through connecting Altoviz to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Altoviz agent that can find customer details by email address, update a client's company information, retrieve current vat rates for invoices through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Altoviz account through Composio's Altoviz MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Altoviz is a cloud-based billing and invoicing platform for businesses. It streamlines online payments, expense tracking, and customizable invoice management.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Altoviz to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Altoviz agent that can find customer details by email address, update a client's company information, retrieve current vat rates for invoices through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Altoviz account through Composio's Altoviz MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
  • Set up your environment so Mastra, OpenAI, and Composio work together
  • Create a Tool Router session in Composio that exposes Altoviz tools
  • Connect Mastra's MCP client to the Composio generated MCP URL
  • Fetch Altoviz tool definitions and attach them as a toolset
  • Build a Mastra agent that can reason, call tools, and return structured results
  • Run an interactive CLI where you can chat with your Altoviz agent

What is Mastra AI?

Mastra AI is a TypeScript framework for building AI agents with tool support. It provides a clean API for creating agents that can use external services through MCP.

Key features include:

  • MCP Client: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol servers
  • Toolsets: Organize tools into logical groups
  • Step Callbacks: Monitor and debug agent execution
  • OpenAI Integration: Works with OpenAI models via @ai-sdk/openai

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

The Altoviz MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Altoviz account. It provides structured and secure access to your billing, invoicing, and customer management data, so your agent can manage products, find customers, update records, and retrieve financial information on your behalf.

  • Product management and creation: Instruct your agent to create new products, update details, or delete products from your Altoviz catalog with ease.
  • Customer and contact lookup: Effortlessly find customers or contacts by email, enabling quick access to client details and supporting streamlined communication.
  • Financial classification and VAT management: Let your agent fetch available classifications and VAT rates, ensuring accurate tax handling and financial document setup.
  • Unit retrieval for transactions: Retrieve all available measurement units in your system, supporting precise product and invoice management.
  • Customer information updates: Have your agent modify or update customer records, keeping your business data up-to-date without manual intervention.

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

Composio's Composio SDK helps agents find the right tools for a task at runtime. You can plug in multiple toolkits (like Gmail, HubSpot, and GitHub), and the agent will identify the relevant app and action to complete multi-step workflows. This can reduce token usage and improve the reliability of tool calls. Read more here: Getting started with Composio SDK

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK follows a three-phase workflow:

  1. Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
  2. Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
  3. Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

Step by step09 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Node.js 18 or higher
  • A Composio account with an active API key
  • An OpenAI API key
  • Basic familiarity with TypeScript
2

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
  • Go to the OpenAI dashboard and create an API key.
  • You need credits or a connected billing setup to use the models.
  • Store the key somewhere safe.
Composio API Key
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Go to Settings and copy your API key.
  • This key lets your Mastra agent talk to Composio and reach Altoviz through MCP.
3

Install dependencies

bash
npm install @composio/core @mastra/core @mastra/mcp @ai-sdk/openai dotenv

Install the required packages.

What's happening:

  • @composio/core is the Composio SDK for creating MCP sessions
  • @mastra/core provides the Agent class
  • @mastra/mcp is Mastra's MCP client
  • @ai-sdk/openai is the model wrapper for OpenAI
  • dotenv loads environment variables from .env
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
COMPOSIO_USER_ID=your_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates your requests to Composio
  • COMPOSIO_USER_ID tells Composio which user this session belongs to
  • OPENAI_API_KEY lets the Mastra agent call OpenAI models
5

Import libraries and validate environment

typescript
import "dotenv/config";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import * as readline from "readline";

import type { AiMessageType } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const openaiAPIKey = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY;
const composioAPIKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const composioUserID = process.env.COMPOSIO_USER_ID;

if (!openaiAPIKey) throw new Error("OPENAI_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioAPIKey) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioUserID) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set");

const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioAPIKey as string,
});
What's happening:
  • dotenv/config auto loads your .env so process.env.* is available
  • openai gives you a Mastra compatible model wrapper
  • Agent is the Mastra agent that will call tools and produce answers
  • MCPClient connects Mastra to your Composio MCP server
  • Composio is used to create a Tool Router session
6

Create a Tool Router session for Altoviz

typescript
async function main() {
  const session = await composio.create(
    composioUserID as string,
    {
      toolkits: ["altoviz"],
    },
  );

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;
  console.log("Altoviz MCP URL:", composioMCPUrl);
What's happening:
  • create spins up a short-lived MCP HTTP endpoint for this user
  • The toolkits array contains "altoviz" for Altoviz access
  • session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that Mastra's MCPClient will connect to
7

Configure Mastra MCP client and fetch tools

typescript
const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
    id: composioUserID as string,
    servers: {
      nasdaq: {
        url: new URL(composioMCPUrl),
        requestInit: {
          headers: session.mcp.headers,
        },
      },
    },
    timeout: 30_000,
  });

console.log("Fetching MCP tools from Composio...");
const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();
console.log("Number of tools:", Object.keys(composioTools).length);
What's happening:
  • MCPClient takes an id for this client and a list of MCP servers
  • The headers property includes the x-api-key for authentication
  • getTools fetches the tool definitions exposed by the Altoviz toolkit
8

Create the Mastra agent

typescript
const agent = new Agent({
    name: "altoviz-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Altoviz tools via Composio.",
    model: "openai/gpt-5",
  });
What's happening:
  • Agent is the core Mastra agent
  • name is just an identifier for logging and debugging
  • instructions guide the agent to use tools instead of only answering in natural language
  • model uses openai("gpt-5") to configure the underlying LLM
9

Set up interactive chat interface

typescript
let messages: AiMessageType[] = [];

console.log("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n");

const rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout,
  prompt: "> ",
});

rl.prompt();

rl.on("line", async (userInput: string) => {
  const trimmedInput = userInput.trim();

  if (["exit", "quit", "bye"].includes(trimmedInput.toLowerCase())) {
    console.log("\nGoodbye!");
    rl.close();
    process.exit(0);
  }

  if (!trimmedInput) {
    rl.prompt();
    return;
  }

  messages.push({
    id: crypto.randomUUID(),
    role: "user",
    content: trimmedInput,
  });

  console.log("\nAgent is thinking...\n");

  try {
    const response = await agent.generate(messages, {
      toolsets: {
        altoviz: composioTools,
      },
      maxSteps: 8,
    });

    const { text } = response;

    if (text && text.trim().length > 0) {
      console.log(`Agent: ${text}\n`);
        messages.push({
          id: crypto.randomUUID(),
          role: "assistant",
          content: text,
        });
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("\nError:", error);
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on("close", async () => {
    console.log("\nSession ended.");
    await mcpClient.disconnect();
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error("Fatal error:", err);
  process.exit(1);
});
What's happening:
  • messages keeps the full conversation history in Mastra's expected format
  • agent.generate runs the agent with conversation history and Altoviz toolsets
  • maxSteps limits how many tool calls the agent can take in a single run
  • onStepFinish is a hook that prints intermediate steps for debugging

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Altoviz and Mastra AI:

typescript
import "dotenv/config";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import * as readline from "readline";

import type { AiMessageType } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const openaiAPIKey = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY;
const composioAPIKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const composioUserID = process.env.COMPOSIO_USER_ID;

if (!openaiAPIKey) throw new Error("OPENAI_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioAPIKey) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioUserID) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set");

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: composioAPIKey as string });

async function main() {
  const session = await composio.create(composioUserID as string, {
    toolkits: ["altoviz"],
  });

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;

  const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
    id: composioUserID as string,
    servers: {
      altoviz: {
        url: new URL(composioMCPUrl),
        requestInit: {
          headers: session.mcp.headers,
        },
      },
    },
    timeout: 30_000,
  });

  const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();

  const agent = new Agent({
    name: "altoviz-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Altoviz tools via Composio.",
    model: "openai/gpt-5",
  });

  let messages: AiMessageType[] = [];

  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: "> ",
  });

  rl.prompt();

  rl.on("line", async (input: string) => {
    const trimmed = input.trim();
    if (["exit", "quit"].includes(trimmed.toLowerCase())) {
      rl.close();
      return;
    }

    messages.push({ id: crypto.randomUUID(), role: "user", content: trimmed });

    const { text } = await agent.generate(messages, {
      toolsets: { altoviz: composioTools },
      maxSteps: 8,
    });

    if (text) {
      console.log(`Agent: ${text}\n`);
      messages.push({ id: crypto.randomUUID(), role: "assistant", content: text });
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on("close", async () => {
    await mcpClient.disconnect();
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main();

Conclusion

You've built a Mastra AI agent that can interact with Altoviz through Composio's Tool Router. You can extend this further by:
  • Adding other toolkits like Gmail, Slack, or GitHub
  • Building a web-based chat interface around this agent
  • Using multiple MCP endpoints to enable cross-app workflows
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create Contact

Creates a new contact in the Altoviz system.

Create Customer

Creates a new customer in Altoviz.

Create Customer Family

Creates a new customer family in Altoviz for categorizing and organizing customers into groups.

Create Product

Creates a new product in the Altoviz system.

Create Product Family

Tool to create a new product family in Altoviz.

Create Receipt

Creates a new receipt in the Altoviz system to record customer payments.

Create Sale Credit

Creates a new draft credit note (avoir) in Altoviz.

Create Sale Invoice

Creates a new draft sale invoice in Altoviz.

Delete Colleague

Tool to delete a colleague from Altoviz.

Delete Customer

Tool to delete a customer from Altoviz.

Delete Customer Family

Tool to delete a customer family from Altoviz.

Delete Product

This tool allows you to delete an existing product from Altoviz.

Delete Product Family

Tool to delete a product family from Altoviz.

Delete Receipt

Tool to delete a receipt from Altoviz.

Delete Draft Sale Credit

Tool to delete a draft credit from Altoviz.

Delete Sale Invoice

Tool to delete a draft sale invoice from Altoviz.

Delete Sale Quote

Tool to delete a sale quote from Altoviz.

Delete Supplier

Tool to delete a supplier from Altoviz.

Download Purchase Invoice

Tool to download a purchase invoice as a PDF file from Altoviz.

Download Sale Credit PDF

Tool to download a sale credit as a PDF file from Altoviz.

Download Sale Invoice PDF

Tool to download a sale invoice as a PDF file from Altoviz.

Find Contact by Email

This tool allows searching for contacts in Altoviz using an email address.

Find Customer by Email

This tool allows you to find a customer in Altoviz by their email address.

Find Product by Number

Search for a product in Altoviz by its product number/SKU.

Find Product by Number or Internal ID

Tool to find a product in Altoviz by exact product number or internal ID.

Find Receipt by Internal ID

Tool to find receipts in Altoviz by customer internal ID.

Find Sale Credits

Tool to find sale credits in Altoviz.

Find Sale Invoices

Tool to find sale invoices in Altoviz.

Find Sale Quotes

Tool to find sale quotes in Altoviz.

Get Classifications List

This tool retrieves a list of classifications from the Altoviz platform.

Get Colleague by ID

Tool to retrieve a colleague's details from Altoviz by their ID.

Get Contact by ID

Tool to retrieve a contact by its unique ID from Altoviz.

Get Current User

Tool to retrieve the current authenticated user's information from Altoviz.

Get Customer by ID

Tool to retrieve a customer by their ID from Altoviz.

Get Customer by Internal ID

Tool to retrieve a single customer from Altoviz by their internal ID.

Get Customer Contacts

Tool to retrieve all contacts associated with a specific customer in Altoviz.

Get Customer Family

Tool to retrieve a customer family by ID from Altoviz.

Get Product by ID

Tool to retrieve a product by its unique ID in Altoviz.

Get Product Family by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific product family by its ID from Altoviz.

Get Receipt by ID

Tool to retrieve a receipt by its ID from Altoviz.

Get Sale Credit by ID

Tool to retrieve a sale credit by its ID from Altoviz.

Get Sale Invoice by ID

Tool to retrieve a sale invoice by its ID from Altoviz.

Get Settings

Tool to retrieve application settings from Altoviz.

Get Supplier by ID

Tool to retrieve a supplier by their ID from Altoviz.

Get Supplier Contacts

Tool to retrieve all contacts associated with a specific supplier in Altoviz.

Get Units List

This tool retrieves a list of all available units in the Altoviz system.

Get VAT Rates

This tool retrieves a list of all available VAT rates from Altoviz.

List Colleagues

Retrieves a list of colleagues from Altoviz.

List Contacts

Tool to retrieve a list of contacts from Altoviz with optional filtering and pagination.

List Customer Families

Tool to list customer families from Altoviz.

List Customers

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of customers from Altoviz.

List Product Families

Tool to retrieve a list of product families from Altoviz.

List Receipts

Tool to retrieve a list of receipts from Altoviz.

List Sale Credits

Tool to retrieve a list of sale credits from Altoviz.

List Sale Invoices

Tool to retrieve a list of sale invoices from Altoviz.

List Sale Quotes

Tool to retrieve a list of sale quotes from Altoviz.

List Suppliers

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of suppliers from Altoviz.

List Webhooks

Tool to retrieve all configured webhooks from Altoviz.

Register Webhook

Tool to register a new webhook in Altoviz.

Test API Key

Tool to test API key validity and retrieve basic account information.

Unregister Webhook

Tool to unregister a webhook from Altoviz.

Update Colleague Information

Updates an existing colleague's information in Altoviz.

Update Customer Information

Updates an existing customer's information in Altoviz.

Update Receipt

Updates an existing receipt in Altoviz.

Update Sale Credit

Tool to update a draft credit note in Altoviz.

Update Supplier Information

Updates an existing supplier's information in Altoviz.

Upload Purchase Invoice

Tool to upload and create a new purchase invoice from a file (PDF or image format).

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Altoviz MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Altoviz tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Altoviz and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Mastra AI 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 Altoviz tools.

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

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