How to integrate Booqable MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Booqable to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Booqable agent that can add a new customer named alice brown, list all active orders for this week, create a rental order for customer id 123 through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Booqable account through Composio's Booqable MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Booqable to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Booqable agent that can add a new customer named alice brown, list all active orders for this week, create a rental order for customer id 123 through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Booqable account through Composio's Booqable 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 Booqable
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Booqable as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Booqable 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 Booqable MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Booqable MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Booqable account. It provides structured and secure access to your rental management system, so your agent can perform actions like creating customers, managing orders, retrieving inventory data, and organizing product groups on your behalf.

  • Customer management and onboarding: Effortlessly create new customers, fetch details for existing clients, or delete customer records when needed—all through your AI agent.
  • Order creation and tracking: Let your agent generate new rental orders, retrieve specific order details, or list and filter all existing orders based on your business needs.
  • Inventory and product group organization: Have your agent create new product groups to organize inventory, fetch product group information, or remove groups that are no longer needed.
  • Automated cleanup and archiving: Direct your agent to archive customers or orders, helping you keep your database clean and 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:
  • Composio API Key and OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live Booqable 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 Booqable.
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 Booqable
const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
  toolkits: ['booqable'],
});
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 booqable.
  • The router checks the user's Booqable connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Booqable.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Booqable 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 Booqable. Help users perform Booqable 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 Booqable 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 Booqable 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 Booqable.
  • 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 Booqable 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: ['booqable'],
  });
  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 Booqable. Help users perform Booqable 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 Booqable MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Booqable.

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 Booqable action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Customer

Tool to create a new customer.

Create Order

Tool to create a new order.

Create Product Group

Tool to create a new product group in Booqable.

Delete Customer

Tool to delete (archive) a customer by ID.

Delete Order

Tool to delete (archive) an order by ID.

Delete Product Group

Tool to delete a product group by ID.

Get Customer

Tool to fetch a specific customer by ID.

Get Customers

Tool to retrieve a list of customers.

Get Inventory Levels

Tool to fetch inventory levels for products.

Get New Order

Tool to retrieve a new order template with default values.

Get Order

Tool to retrieve a specific order by ID.

Get Product

Tool to fetch a specific product by ID.

Get Product Group

Tool to fetch a specific product group by ID.

List Barcodes

Tool to retrieve a list of barcodes.

List Bundle Items

Tool to retrieve a list of bundle items.

List Clusters

Tool to retrieve a list of clusters from Booqable.

List Coupons

Tool to retrieve a list of coupons.

List Default Properties

Tool to retrieve a list of default properties from Booqable.

List Documents

Tool to retrieve a list of documents.

List Email Templates

Tool to list email templates from Booqable.

List Employees

Tool to retrieve a list of employees from Booqable.

List Inventory Breakdowns

Tool to retrieve a list of inventory breakdowns filtered by status and product/product group.

List Items

Tool to retrieve a list of items (products and product groups).

List Lines

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of lines from orders.

List Locations

Tool to retrieve a list of locations from Booqable.

List Notes

Tool to retrieve a list of notes.

List Orders

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of orders.

List Payment Methods

Tool to retrieve a list of payment methods from Booqable.

List Payments

Tool to list all payments from Booqable.

List Photos

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of photos from Booqable.

List Plannings

Tool to retrieve planning records that track product and bundle reservations across locations and time periods.

List Price Rulesets

Tool to list price rulesets.

List Price Structures

Tool to list price structures.

List Product Groups

Tool to list product groups from Booqable API v4.

List Products

Tool to retrieve a list of products.

List Properties

Tool to retrieve a list of properties.

List Provinces

Tool to retrieve a list of provinces.

List Stock Item Plannings

Tool to retrieve a list of stock item plannings.

List Stock Items

Tool to retrieve a list of stock items.

List Tax Rates

Tool to retrieve a list of tax rates.

List Tax Values

Tool to retrieve a list of tax values.

List Users

Tool to retrieve a list of users from Booqable.

Search Bundles

Tool to search bundles with advanced filtering.

Search Customers

Tool to search customers in the Booqable system.

Search Documents

Tool to search documents using advanced filtering with logical operators.

Search Items

Tool to search items (products and bundles) with advanced filtering.

Search Orders

Tool to search orders with advanced filtering using logical operators.

Search Plannings

Tool to search plannings with advanced filtering.

Update Company

Tool to update the current company's information in Booqable.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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