Backendless MCP for AI Agents

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Backendless MCP or direct API to query data, manage users, trigger custom API services, and send notifications through natural language.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Copy File

Tool to copy a file or directory within Backendless file storage.

Create Directory

Tool to create a new directory at the specified path.

Create Backendless Hive

Tool to create a new Hive.

Create Backendless Timer

Tool to create a new timer with schedule and code.

Delete Directory

Tool to delete a directory at the specified path in Backendless file storage.

Delete File

Deletes a file from Backendless file storage at the specified path.

Delete Backendless Timer

Deletes a Backendless timer by its unique name.

Directory Listing

Tool to retrieve a listing of files and directories at a given path.

General Object Retrieval

Tool to retrieve objects from a specified Backendless table with filtering, sorting, and pagination.

Get All Values

Tool to retrieve all values from a map in a specified Hive.

Get Counter Value

Tool to retrieve the current value of a Backendless counter.

Get File Count

Tool to get the count of files in a Backendless directory.

Get Key Items

Tool to retrieve values for a specified key in a list (all, single, or range).

Get Backendless Timer

Tool to retrieve information about a specific timer.

Map Put

Tool to set or update key-value pairs in a Hive map.

Move File

Tool to move a file or directory within Backendless file storage.

Publish Message

Tool to publish a message to a specified messaging channel.

Reset Counter

Tool to reset a Backendless counter back to zero.

Set Counter Value

Tool to set a Backendless counter to a specific value conditionally.

Update Backendless Timer

Tool to update schedule or code of an existing timer.

Delete User

Tool to delete a user by user ID.

Find User by ID

Tool to retrieve user information by ID.

Grant Permission to User

Tool to grant a permission to a user on a specific data object.

User Login

Tool to log in a registered user with identity and password.

User Logout

Tool to log out the currently authenticated user.

User Password Recovery

Tool to initiate password recovery for a user.

User Registration

Tool to register a new user with email and password.

Revoke Permission from User

Tool to revoke a permission from a specified user or role on a specific data object.

Update User

Tool to update properties of an existing Backendless user.

Validate User Token

Tool to validate a user session token.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Backendless MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
Install the Composio SDK and Claude Agent SDK
2

Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });

console.log("Creating Tool Router session...");
const { mcp } = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${mcp.url}`);
Initialize the Composio client and create a Tool Router session
3

Connect to AI Agent

typescript
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from 'ai';

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: mcp.url,
    headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key' }
  }
});

const tools = await client.tools();

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai('gpt-4o'),
  tools,
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'List all files in /user_uploads directory' }],
  stopWhen: stepCountIs( 5 )
});

console.log(`Agent: ${text}`);
Use the MCP server with your AI agent
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Backendless API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/openai
Install the Composio SDK
2

Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from '@composio/openai';

const composio = new Composio({
  provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider(),
});
const openai = new OpenAI({});
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
3

Execute Backendless Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

typescript
const tools = session.tools;
const response = await openai.responses.create({
  model: 'gpt-4.1',
  tools: tools,
  input: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'List all users created this week in the Users table'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
Get tools from Tool Router session and execute Backendless actions with your Agent

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Backendless Integration

  • Supports both Backendless MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Backendless data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in API key management so you never have to expose secrets in code
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Backendless access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Backendless
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Backendless resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Backendless requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. Learn more.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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