How to integrate Anchor browser MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Anchor browser to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Anchor browser agent that can fetch full content of a product page, list all active browser sessions now, get details for a specific browser profile through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Anchor browser account through Composio's Anchor browser MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Anchor browser is a developer platform for AI-powered web automation. It transforms complex browser actions into easy API endpoints for streamlined web interaction.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Anchor browser to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Anchor browser agent that can fetch full content of a product page, list all active browser sessions now, get details for a specific browser profile through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Anchor browser account through Composio's Anchor browser 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:
  • Get and set up your OpenAI and Composio API keys
  • Install the necessary dependencies
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Anchor browser
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Anchor browser as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Anchor browser operations

What is OpenAI Agents SDK?

The OpenAI Agents SDK is a lightweight framework for building AI agents that can use tools and maintain conversation state. It provides a simple interface for creating agents with hosted MCP tool support.

Key features include:

  • Hosted MCP Tools: Connect to external services through hosted MCP endpoints
  • SQLite Sessions: Persist conversation history across interactions
  • Simple API: Clean interface with Agent, Runner, and tool configuration
  • Streaming Support: Real-time response streaming for interactive applications

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

The Anchor browser MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Anchor browser account. It provides structured and secure access to powerful web automation features, so your agent can fetch web content, manage browser sessions, control profiles, and interact with extensions on your behalf.

  • Automated webpage content retrieval: Instruct your agent to browse to any URL and fetch the fully rendered page content in HTML or markdown, enabling easy scraping or summarization.
  • Session and profile management: Let your agent create, list, or delete browser profiles, as well as start, end, or monitor multiple browsing sessions for different workflows or user contexts.
  • Browser extension control: Have the agent list all installed browser extensions, making it easy to audit and manage your browser environment programmatically.
  • Resource and file listing: Ask your agent to retrieve a list of files or resources uploaded during browser automation tasks, ensuring nothing gets lost in the shuffle.
  • Comprehensive session oversight: Quickly get an overview of all active browser sessions, their statuses, and terminate any or all sessions instantly for security or resource management needs.

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:
  • Composio API Key and OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live Anchor browser project
  • Some knowledge of Python or Typescript
2

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
  • Go to the OpenAI dashboard and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models, or you can connect to another model provider.
  • Keep the API key safe.
Composio API Key
3

Install dependencies

npm install @composio/openai-agents @openai/agents dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the OpenAI Agents SDK.

4

Set up environment variables

bash
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...your-api-key
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-api-key
USER_ID=composio_user@gmail.com

Create a .env file and add your OpenAI and Composio API keys.

5

Import dependencies

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIAgentsProvider } from '@composio/openai-agents';
import { Agent, hostedMcpTool, run, OpenAIConversationsSession } from '@openai/agents';
import * as readline from 'readline';
What's happening:
  • You're importing all necessary libraries.
  • The Composio and OpenAIAgentsProvider classes are imported to connect your OpenAI agent to Composio tools like Anchor browser.
6

Set up the Composio instance

dotenv.config();

const composioApiKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const userId = process.env.USER_ID;

if (!composioApiKey) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key');
}
if (!userId) {
  throw new Error('USER_ID is not set');
}

// Initialize Composio
const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioApiKey,
  provider: new OpenAIAgentsProvider(),
});
What's happening:
  • dotenv.config() loads your .env file so COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID are available as environment variables.
  • Creating a Composio instance using the API Key and OpenAIAgentsProvider class.
7

Create a Tool Router session

// Create Tool Router session for Anchor browser
const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
  toolkits: ['anchor_browser'],
});
const mcpUrl = session.mcp.url;

What is happening:

  • You give the Tool Router the user id and the toolkits you want available. Here, it is only anchor_browser.
  • The router checks the user's Anchor browser connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Anchor browser.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Anchor browser tools only when needed during the conversation.
8

Configure the agent

// Configure agent with MCP tool
const agent = new Agent({
  name: 'Assistant',
  model: 'gpt-5',
  instructions:
    'You are a helpful assistant that can access Anchor browser. Help users perform Anchor browser operations through natural language.',
  tools: [
    hostedMcpTool({
      serverLabel: 'tool_router',
      serverUrl: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': composioApiKey },
      requireApproval: 'never',
    }),
  ],
});
What's happening:
  • We're creating an Agent instance with a name, model (gpt-5), and clear instructions about its purpose.
  • The agent's instructions tell it that it can access Anchor browser and help with queries, inserts, updates, authentication, and fetching database information.
  • The tools array includes a hostedMcpTool that connects to the MCP server URL we created earlier.
  • The headers object includes the Composio API key for secure authentication with the MCP server.
  • requireApproval: 'never' means the agent can execute Anchor browser operations without asking for permission each time, making interactions smoother.
9

Start chat loop and handle conversation

// Keep conversation state across turns
const conversationSession = new OpenAIConversationsSession();

// Simple CLI
const rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout,
  prompt: 'You: ',
});

console.log('\nComposio Tool Router session created.');
console.log('\nChat started. Type your requests below.');
console.log("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n");

try {
  const first = await run(agent, 'What can you help me with?', { session: conversationSession });
  console.log(`Assistant: ${first.finalOutput}\n`);
} catch (e) {
  console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
}

rl.prompt();

rl.on('line', async (userInput) => {
  const text = userInput.trim();

  if (['exit', 'quit', 'q'].includes(text.toLowerCase())) {
    console.log('Goodbye!');
    rl.close();
    process.exit(0);
  }

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

  try {
    const result = await run(agent, text, { session: conversationSession });
    console.log(`\nAssistant: ${result.finalOutput}\n`);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
  }

  rl.prompt();
});

rl.on('close', () => {
  console.log('\n👋 Session ended.');
  process.exit(0);
});
What's happening:
  • The program prints a session URL that you visit to authorize Anchor browser.
  • After authorization, the chat begins.
  • Each message you type is processed by the agent using run().
  • The responses are printed to the console.
  • Typing exit, quit, or q cleanly ends the chat.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Anchor browser and OpenAI Agents SDK:

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIAgentsProvider } from '@composio/openai-agents';
import { Agent, hostedMcpTool, run, OpenAIConversationsSession } from '@openai/agents';
import * as readline from 'readline';

const composioApiKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const userId = process.env.USER_ID;

if (!composioApiKey) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key');
}
if (!userId) {
  throw new Error('USER_ID is not set');
}

// Initialize Composio
const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioApiKey,
  provider: new OpenAIAgentsProvider(),
});

async function main() {
  // Create Tool Router session
  const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
    toolkits: ['anchor_browser'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session.mcp.url;

  // Configure agent with MCP tool
  const agent = new Agent({
    name: 'Assistant',
    model: 'gpt-5',
    instructions:
      'You are a helpful assistant that can access Anchor browser. Help users perform Anchor browser operations through natural language.',
    tools: [
      hostedMcpTool({
        serverLabel: 'tool_router',
        serverUrl: mcpUrl,
        headers: { 'x-api-key': composioApiKey },
        requireApproval: 'never',
      }),
    ],
  });

  // Keep conversation state across turns
  const conversationSession = new OpenAIConversationsSession();

  // Simple CLI
  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'You: ',
  });

  console.log('\nComposio Tool Router session created.');
  console.log('\nChat started. Type your requests below.');
  console.log("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n");

  try {
    const first = await run(agent, 'What can you help me with?', { session: conversationSession });
    console.log(`Assistant: ${first.finalOutput}\n`);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
  }

  rl.prompt();

  rl.on('line', async (userInput) => {
    const text = userInput.trim();

    if (['exit', 'quit', 'q'].includes(text.toLowerCase())) {
      console.log('Goodbye!');
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }

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

    try {
      const result = await run(agent, text, { session: conversationSession });
      console.log(`\nAssistant: ${result.finalOutput}\n`);
    } catch (e) {
      console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on('close', () => {
    console.log('\nSession ended.');
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error('Fatal error:', err);
  process.exit(1);
});

Conclusion

This was a starter code for integrating Anchor browser MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Anchor browser.

Key features:

  • Hosted MCP tool integration through Composio's Tool Router
  • SQLite session persistence for conversation history
  • Simple async chat loop for interactive testing
You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom business logic, or building a web interface around the agent.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Click Mouse

Tool to perform a mouse click at specified coordinates within a browser session.

Copy Selected Text

Tool to copy currently selected text in a browser session to the clipboard.

Create Integration

Tool to create a new integration with a third-party service like 1Password.

Create or Update Task Draft

Tool to create or update the draft version of a task.

Create Profile

Creates a new browser profile from an active session.

Create Task

Tool to create a new task or update an existing task with the same name.

Delete Extension

Tool to delete a browser extension and remove it from storage.

Delete Integration

Tool to delete an existing integration and remove its stored credentials.

Delete Profile

Tool to delete a browser profile by ID.

Delete Task

Tool to soft delete a task and all its versions.

Delete Task Version

Tool to soft delete a specific version of a task.

Deploy Task

Tool to deploy a task by creating a new version with auto-incremented version number.

Double Click Mouse

Tool to perform a double click at specified coordinates in a browser session.

Drag and Drop

Tool to perform a drag and drop operation from start coordinates to end coordinates within a browser session.

End All Sessions

Tool to terminate all active browser sessions at once.

End Browser Session

Tool to end a specific browser session by ID.

Get Batch Session Status

Tool to retrieve detailed status information for a specific batch including progress and errors.

Get Browser Session

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific browser session.

Get Clipboard Content

Tool to retrieve the current content of the clipboard from a browser session.

Get Latest Task Version

Tool to retrieve the latest version of a task including the full base64 encoded code content.

Get Profile (v2)

Tool to retrieve details of a specific profile by its name.

Get Session Pages

Tool to retrieve all pages associated with a specific browser session.

Get Task Draft

Tool to retrieve the draft version of a task, including the full Base64 encoded code content.

Get Task Execution Result

Tool to retrieve a single task execution result by its ID.

Get Task Metadata

Tool to retrieve task metadata without downloading the full task code.

Get Task Version

Tool to retrieve a specific version of a task, including the full code content.

Get Webpage Content

Tool to retrieve rendered content of a webpage in HTML or Markdown format.

List Agent Resources

List all agent resources (files) uploaded to a browser session.

List Extensions

Retrieves all browser extensions uploaded by the authenticated user.

List Integrations

Tool to retrieve all integrations for the authenticated team.

List Profiles

Tool to fetch all stored browser profiles.

List Session Downloads

Tool to retrieve metadata of files downloaded during a browser session.

List Session Recordings

Tool to list all recordings for a specific browser session.

List Sessions

Tool to list all browser sessions.

List Task Executions

Tool to retrieve execution history for a specific task with filtering and pagination support.

List Tasks

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of all tasks for the authenticated team.

List Task Versions

Tool to retrieve all versions of a specific task, including draft and published versions.

Mouse Move

Tool to move the mouse cursor to specified coordinates within a browser session.

Navigate to URL

Tool to navigate a browser session to a specified URL.

Paste Text

Tool to paste text at the current cursor position in a browser session.

Pause Agent

Tool to pause the AI agent for a specific browser session.

Pause Session Recording

Tool to pause the video recording for a specific browser session.

Perform Keyboard Shortcut

Tool to perform a keyboard shortcut using specified keys in a browser session.

Perform Web Task

Tool to perform autonomous web tasks using AI agents.

Mouse Down

Tool to perform a mouse button down action at specified coordinates within a browser session.

Publish Task Version

Tool to publish a specific version of a task.

Release Mouse Button

Tool to release a mouse button at specified coordinates within a browser session.

Resume Agent

Tool to resume the AI agent for a specific browser session.

Resume Session Recording

Tool to resume video recording for a specific browser session.

Run Task

Tool to execute a task in a browser session with a specific or latest version.

Run Task by Name

Tool to execute a task by its name, always using the latest version.

Screenshot Webpage

Tool to take a screenshot of a specified webpage within a session.

Scroll Session

Tool to perform a scroll action at specified coordinates within a browser session.

Set Clipboard Content

Tool to set the content of the clipboard in a browser session.

Signal Event

Tool to signal a specific event to be received by other processes or sessions.

Start Browser Session

Tool to start a new browser session with optional customizations.

Take Screenshot

Tool to take a screenshot of the current browser session and return it as an image.

Type Text

Tool to type specified text with optional delay between keystrokes.

Update Profile

Updates an existing browser profile with data from an active session.

Update Task Metadata

Updates task metadata (name and description).

Upload Extension

Tool to upload a new browser extension as a ZIP file for use in browser sessions.

Upload File

Tool to upload a file to a browser session as an agent resource.

Upload Files to Session

Tool to upload files directly to a browser session for use with web forms and file inputs.

Wait for Event

Blocks execution until a specific named event is signaled or the timeout expires.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. OpenAI Agents SDK 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 Anchor browser tools.

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

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