How to integrate Brilliant directories MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Brilliant directories to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Brilliant directories agent that can add a new member with company details, delete user and remove their uploaded images, list all categories used to organize members through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Brilliant directories account through Composio's Brilliant directories MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Brilliant Directories is an all-in-one platform for building and managing online membership communities and business directories. It streamlines listings, member management, and engagement tools into a single, easy interface.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Brilliant directories to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Brilliant directories agent that can add a new member with company details, delete user and remove their uploaded images, list all categories used to organize members through natural language commands.

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

The Brilliant directories MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Brilliant directories account. It provides structured and secure access to your membership community and business directory platform, so your agent can perform actions like managing users, retrieving data categories, and automating lead and review workflows on your behalf.

  • User creation and management: Easily instruct your agent to create new users with detailed profiles or delete existing members, streamlining your directory's onboarding and maintenance.
  • Deep data category access: Ask your agent to fetch all available data categories from your site, making it simple to organize content or power dynamic site navigation experiences.
  • Lead field discovery and automation: Let your agent retrieve the full structure of your leads table, helping you automate lead capture, validation, or enrichment workflows with up-to-date field metadata.
  • Review field extraction and insights: Direct your agent to pull all available review fields, enabling smarter review management, analytics, or custom reporting based on your site’s feedback system.
  • User data field exploration: Have your agent fetch and analyze all user-related fields, supporting advanced user segmentation, targeted updates, or personalized communications.

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 Brilliant directories 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 Brilliant directories.
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 Brilliant directories
const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
  toolkits: ['brilliant_directories'],
});
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 brilliant_directories.
  • The router checks the user's Brilliant directories connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Brilliant directories.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Brilliant directories 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 Brilliant directories. Help users perform Brilliant directories 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 Brilliant directories 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 Brilliant directories 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 Brilliant directories.
  • 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 Brilliant directories 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: ['brilliant_directories'],
  });
  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 Brilliant directories. Help users perform Brilliant directories 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 Brilliant directories MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Brilliant directories.

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 Brilliant directories action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Album Photo

Tool to add a new album photo to a user's portfolio in Brilliant Directories.

Create Data Category

Creates a new data category (post type) in the Brilliant Directories website database.

Create Data Post

Tool to create a new Single Image Post (member post) in the Brilliant Directories database.

Create Lead

Tool to create a new lead in the Brilliant Directories database.

Create Portfolio Group

Creates a new multi-image portfolio post in the Brilliant Directories database.

Create Unsubscribe

Tool to add an unsubscriber to the database and unsubscribe a member from email campaigns.

Create User

Creates a new user/member account in the Brilliant Directories website database.

Create Users Click

Tool to add a new user clicked link tracking record to the database.

Create Widget

Tool to create a new widget in the Brilliant Directories website database.

Delete Album Photo

Tool to delete an album photo and its related data from the database.

Delete Data Category

Tool to permanently delete a post type (data category) and all related data from the database.

Delete Lead

Tool to delete a lead and their related data from the database.

Delete Portfolio Group

Tool to delete a multi-image post (portfolio group) and its related data from the database.

Delete Unsubscribe Record

Tool to delete an unsubscribe record and its related data from the database.

Delete User

This tool deletes an existing user record from the Brilliant Directories website database.

Delete Users Click

Tool to delete a user clicked link and their related data from the database.

Delete Widget

Tool to delete a widget and its related data from the database.

Get Album Photo

Retrieves the complete metadata and details for a single album image from Brilliant Directories.

Get Data Categories Fields

This tool retrieves all available custom fields for Data Categories (Post Types) in a Brilliant Directories website.

Get Data Category

Tool to retrieve configuration data for a single post type (data category) in Brilliant Directories.

Get Data Post

Tool to retrieve a single image/video post from the Brilliant Directories member posts system.

Get Lead

Tool to retrieve a single lead's complete information from Brilliant Directories.

Get Lead Fields

This tool retrieves all available fields in the leads table from a Brilliant Directories website.

Get Portfolio Group

Tool to retrieve multi-image post data by group_id.

Get Review

Tool to retrieve complete review data from Brilliant Directories based on review_id.

Get Reviews Fields

Get metadata about all available fields in the users_reviews table from a Brilliant Directories website.

Get Unsubscribe Record

Tool to retrieve a single unsubscriber record by ID.

Get User by ID

Tool to retrieve comprehensive data for a single user by their user_id.

Get User Data

Retrieves comprehensive user data from the Brilliant Directories database by searching for a specific property value.

Get User Clicked Link

Tool to retrieve click tracking data for a single user clicked link based on the click_id.

Get User Transactions

Retrieves payment and transaction history for a member in Brilliant Directories.

Get Widget

Retrieves the data of a single widget based on the widget_id.

Match Leads

Tool to match a batch of emails or user IDs to a specific lead record.

Search Reviews

Search reviews and their related data from the database.

Search Users

Search for users/members in the Brilliant Directories database with advanced filtering options.

Update Album Photo

Updates an existing album photo record in the Brilliant Directories database.

Update Data Category

Tool to update an existing post type (data category) record in Brilliant Directories.

Update Data Post

Updates a single image post record and related data in the Brilliant Directories database.

Update Lead

Updates an existing lead record in the Brilliant Directories website database.

Update Portfolio Group

Tool to update a multi-image post (portfolio group) record in the Brilliant Directories database.

Update Unsubscribe

Updates an existing unsubscribe list record in the Brilliant Directories database.

Update User

Updates an existing user record in the Brilliant Directories website database.

Update User Click Record

Updates a user clicked link record and their related data from the database.

Update Widget

Tool to update an existing widget record in the Brilliant Directories database.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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