How to integrate Asana MCP with Mastra AI

This guide walks you through connecting Asana to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Asana agent that can create a new project for q3 goals, add followers to the product launch task, attach a file to today's meeting notes task through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Asana account through Composio's Asana MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Asana is a collaborative work management platform for teams to organize and track projects. It streamlines teamwork, boosts productivity, and keeps everyone aligned on goals.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Asana to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Asana agent that can create a new project for q3 goals, add followers to the product launch task, attach a file to today's meeting notes task through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Asana account through Composio's Asana 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 Asana tools
  • Connect Mastra's MCP client to the Composio generated MCP URL
  • Fetch Asana 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 Asana 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 Asana MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Asana MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Asana account. It provides structured and secure access to your Asana workspace, so your agent can perform actions like creating tasks, managing projects, tagging work, assigning followers, and attaching files on your behalf.

  • Automated task creation and updates: Let your agent create new tasks with specific details, add tasks to projects or sections, and update them as work progresses.
  • Collaborator and follower management: Easily add users as followers to tasks, ensuring that the right people stay informed and engaged with project updates.
  • Project and workspace organization: Create new projects, define custom fields, and set up tags to keep your Asana workspace organized and tailored to your team's workflow.
  • File and attachment handling: Allow your agent to upload and attach important files directly to tasks, making sure all documentation stays in the right context.
  • Goal and resource linking: Link tasks, projects, or portfolios to goals, or add supporting relationships to help your team track progress and dependencies more effectively.

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 Asana 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 Asana

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

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;
  console.log("Asana MCP URL:", composioMCPUrl);
What's happening:
  • create spins up a short-lived MCP HTTP endpoint for this user
  • The toolkits array contains "asana" for Asana 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 Asana toolkit
8

Create the Mastra agent

typescript
const agent = new Agent({
    name: "asana-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Asana 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: {
        asana: 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 Asana 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 Asana 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: ["asana"],
  });

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;

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

  const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();

  const agent = new Agent({
    name: "asana-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Asana 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: { asana: 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 Asana 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 & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

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

Add Followers to Project

Tool to add followers to a project in Asana.

Add Followers to Task

Tool to add followers to a task in Asana.

Add item to portfolio

Add a project (or other supported item) to an Asana portfolio using the native addItem endpoint.

Add Members to Project

Tool to add users to a project in Asana.

Add Project to Task

Tool to add a project to a task in Asana.

Add Supporting Relationship to Goal

Tool to add a supporting goal relationship to a goal.

Add Tag to Task

Tool to add an existing tag to a task in Asana.

Add Task Dependencies

Tool to add dependency relationships to an Asana task.

Add task to section

Adds an existing task to a section, optionally positioning it before or after another task in that section; if no position is specified, the task is added to the end.

Add User for Team

Tool to add a user to a team in Asana.

Add User for Workspace

Tool to add a user to a workspace or organization in Asana.

Approve Access Request

Tool to approve an access request in Asana.

Create Access Request

Tool to create an access request in Asana.

Create Allocation

Creates a new allocation.

Create a project

Creates a new Asana project in the specified workspace.

Create a tag in a workspace

Creates a new tag, with properties like name and color defined in the request body, within a specific Asana workspace (using `workspace_gid`); this tag helps categorize tasks, is confined to the workspace, and is not automatically applied to tasks.

Create task in asana with specific details

Creates a new Asana task; requires 'workspace', 'parent', or 'projects' for association, and 'followers', 'projects', 'tags' are set only at creation.

Create Attachment for Object

Tool to upload an attachment or link an external resource to a task, project, or project_brief in Asana.

Create Attachment for Task

Tool to upload an attachment to a task.

Create Custom Field

Tool to create a new custom field in a workspace.

Create Enum Option for Custom Field

Tool to create a new enum option for a custom field in Asana.

Create Membership

Tool to create a membership by adding a user or team to a project, goal, or portfolio.

Create Project Brief

Tool to create a project brief for a project.

Create project for team

Tool to create a project in a team.

Create project for workspace

Tool to create a project in a workspace.

Create Project Status Update

Tool to create a new status update on a project.

Create a section in a project

Creates a new SECTION (not a task) in a project.

Create Status Update for Object

Tool to create a status update on a project, portfolio, or goal.

Create subtask

Creates a new Asana subtask under an existing parent task (`task_gid`); `due_on` and `due_at` are mutually exclusive and cannot be set simultaneously.

Create a tag

Tool to create a new tag in an Asana workspace.

Create task comment

Adds a new text comment (story) to an existing Asana task, appearing in its activity feed.

Create Team

Tool to create a new team in an Asana workspace.

Delete Allocation

Tool to delete an allocation by its ID.

Delete Attachment

Tool to delete an attachment by its globally unique identifier.

Delete Custom Field

Tool to delete a custom field by its globally unique identifier.

Delete Membership

Tool to delete a membership by its GID.

Delete a project

Delete a project.

Delete Project Brief

Tool to delete a project brief by its GID.

Delete Project Status

Tool to delete a project status by its GID.

Delete a section

Tool to delete a section by its GID.

Delete Status Update

Tool to delete a status update by its GID.

Delete Story

Tool to delete a story by its GID.

Delete a Tag

Tool to delete a specific tag by its GID.

Delete a task

Delete a task.

Duplicate Project

Duplicate a project.

Duplicate Task

Duplicate a task

Get Access Requests

Tool to retrieve access requests for a target object.

Get Allocation

Get an allocation by ID.

Get Allocations

Tool to get multiple allocations.

Get a project

Retrieves a specific Asana project by its `project_gid`, with an option to include additional fields for comprehensive details using `opt_fields`; this action does not return tasks within the project.

Get a task

Retrieves full details for a specified task GID accessible by the user; use `opt_fields` to customize returned data.

Get Attachment

Tool to get a single attachment by its globally unique identifier.

Get Audit Log Events

Tool to get audit log events for a workspace.

Get a user task list

Retrieves a specific user's task list from Asana by its `user_task_list_gid`, optionally returning extended details like name, owner, and workspace if specified in `opt_fields`.

Get current user

Retrieves the authenticated user's full record, including accessible workspaces, often used as an initial call to establish user context for subsequent operations.

Get Custom Field

Tool to get a single custom field by its globally unique identifier.

Get Custom Fields for Workspace

Tool to get all custom fields in a workspace.

Get Custom Types

Tool to get all custom types associated with a project.

Get Events on a Resource

Retrieve events on a resource to monitor changes.

Get Favorites for User

Tool to get a user's favorites within a specified workspace.

Get Goal

Retrieve the full record for a single goal by its GID.

Get Goal Relationships

Tool to retrieve goal relationships.

Get Goals

Tool to retrieve multiple goals.

Get Job

Tool to retrieve a job by its globally unique identifier.

Get Membership

Tool to retrieve a single membership by its ID.

Get Memberships

Tool to retrieve memberships for goals, projects, portfolios, or custom fields.

Get multiple projects

Returns a list of projects filtered by workspace or team (one required), with optional archived status filter, supporting pagination for large datasets.

Get multiple tasks

Retrieves a list of tasks, allowing filtering by assignee (requires `workspace`), project, section, `completed_since`, and `modified_since`; `workspace` also requires `assignee`.

Get multiple users

Returns a list of users in an Asana workspace or organization, optionally filtered by workspace or team GID, with support for pagination and specifying optional fields.

Get multiple workspaces

Retrieves all workspaces accessible by the authenticated user, returning an empty list if the user has no accessible workspaces.

Get Portfolio

Retrieve the full record for a single portfolio by its GID.

Get Portfolio Items

Retrieve items in a portfolio.

Get Portfolio Memberships

Tool to retrieve multiple portfolio memberships.

Get Portfolios

Retrieve multiple portfolios.

Get Project Brief

Tool to retrieve a project brief by its GID.

Get Project Membership

Tool to get a project membership by ID.

Get Project Memberships For Project

Tool to get memberships from a specific project.

Get Projects for Task

Tool to get all projects a task is in.

Get Projects for Team

Tool to get a list of projects for a specific team in Asana.

Get Project Status

Tool to retrieve the full record for a single project status by its GID.

Get Project Status Updates

Tool to get status updates for a specific project.

Get Multiple Project Templates

Tool to retrieve multiple project templates.

Get Project Templates for Team

Tool to get a team's project templates in Asana.

Get Reactions on Object

Tool to get reactions with a specific emoji base character on an object.

Get Section

Retrieve the full record for a single section by its GID.

Get sections in a project

Returns compact records for all sections (used to group tasks) in a specified project.

Get Status Update

Tool to retrieve the full record for a single status update by its GID.

Get Status Updates

Retrieve status updates from an object.

Get Stories for Task

Tool to get stories (comments, status updates, etc.

Get Story

Tool to retrieve a story.

Get Tag

Tool to get a single tag by its globally unique identifier.

Get Tags

Get multiple tags in a workspace.

Get Tags for Task

Tool to get all tags associated with a specific task.

Get Tags For Workspace

Tool to get all tags in a specific workspace.

Get Task Attachments

Tool to get the list of attachments for a given task, project, or project_brief.

Get Task Counts For Project

Tool to get task count statistics for a project.

Get tasks for tag

Tool to retrieve tasks associated with a specific Asana tag by tag GID.

Get tasks for user task list

Tool to retrieve tasks from a user task list by user task list GID.

Retrieve tasks for project

Retrieves tasks from a specified Asana project, allowing filtering by completion status and selection of optional fields for detailed responses.

Get tasks from a section

Tool to retrieve tasks that belong to a specific Asana section (column/header) by section GID.

Get Task Subtasks

Tool to retrieve multiple task subtasks from a workspace.

Get Task Templates

Tool to retrieve multiple task templates from a workspace.

Get Team

Tool to retrieve details of a specific team by its GID.

Get Team Membership

Tool to retrieve a complete team membership record by its GID.

Get Team Memberships

Tool to retrieve compact team membership records.

Get Team Memberships for Team

Tool to get memberships from a specific team.

Get Team Memberships For User

Tool to get team memberships for a specific user.

Get Teams for User

Tool to get teams for a specific user in an organization.

Get teams in workspace

Returns the compact records for all teams in the workspace visible to the authorized user.

Get Time Period

Tool to retrieve the full record for a single time period by its GID.

Get Time Periods

Tool to retrieve compact or full representations of time periods.

Get Time Tracking Entries

Tool to get multiple time tracking entries across workspace, tasks, or projects.

Get Time Tracking Entries for Task

Tool to get time tracking entries for a task.

Get Objects via Typeahead

Tool to retrieve objects in a workspace via a typeahead search algorithm.

Get User

Get a user by their ID.

Get User in Workspace

Tool to get a user in a workspace or organization by their GID.

Get Users for Team

Get users in a team.

Get Users in Workspace

Get users in a workspace or organization.

Get User Task List

Tool to get a single user task list by its globally unique identifier.

Get Webhooks

Tool to retrieve multiple webhooks in a workspace.

Get Workspace

Tool to retrieve details of a specific workspace by its GID.

Get Workspace Membership

Tool to retrieve a specific workspace membership by its GID.

Get Workspace Memberships

Tool to retrieve the workspace memberships for a specific workspace.

Get Workspace Memberships For User

Tool to retrieve workspace memberships for a specific user.

Get Workspace Projects

Tool to retrieve the projects associated with a specific workspace.

Reorder Enum Option for Custom Field

Tool to reorder an existing enum option within a custom field by moving it before or after another specified enum option.

Move or Insert Section in Project

Tool to move or reorder an existing section within a project by repositioning it before or after another section.

Instantiate Project Template

Instantiate (create) a real Asana project from a project template, returning the async job record.

Reject access request

Tool to reject an access request.

Remove Follower From Task

Tool to remove one or more followers from a task.

Remove Followers For Project

Tool to remove followers from a project in Asana.

Remove Item from Portfolio

Tool to remove an item (e.

Remove Members from Project

Tool to remove users from a project in Asana.

Remove Project from Task

Tool to remove a project from a task in Asana.

Remove Tag from Task

Tool to remove an existing tag from a task in Asana.

Remove User For Team

Tool to remove a user from a team.

Remove User from Workspace

Tool to remove a user from a workspace or organization.

Search Tasks in Workspace

Tool to search tasks across a workspace with advanced filters.

Set parent for task

Tool to set the parent of a task in Asana.

Submit Parallel Requests (Batch API)

Tool to submit multiple Asana API requests in parallel using the Batch API.

Update Allocation

Tool to update an existing allocation by its ID.

Update a task

Updates attributes of an existing Asana task identified by its task_gid.

Update Custom Field

Tool to update a custom field by its globally unique identifier.

Update Enum Option

Tool to update an enum option for a custom field.

Update a project

Update a project.

Update Project Brief

Tool to update a project brief by its GID.

Update Section

Update a section's name or position within a project.

Update Story

Tool to update a story on a task.

Update Tag

Tool to update an existing tag by its globally unique identifier.

Update a team

Tool to update details of an existing team.

Update User

Update a user's custom fields.

Update User for Workspace

Tool to update a user in a workspace or organization.

Update a webhook

Tool to update an existing Asana webhook's filter configuration.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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