How to integrate Circleci MCP with Claude Agent SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Circleci to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Circleci agent that can trigger a new pipeline on main branch, list all pipelines for backend service, get test results from last successful build through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Circleci account through Composio's Circleci 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 Circleci to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Circleci agent that can trigger a new pipeline on main branch, list all pipelines for backend service, get test results from last successful build through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Circleci account through Composio's Circleci 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 Claude/Anthropic and Composio API keys
  • Install the necessary dependencies
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Circleci
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Circleci as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Circleci operations

What is Claude Agent SDK?

The Claude Agent SDK is Anthropic's official framework for building AI agents powered by Claude. It provides a streamlined interface for creating agents with MCP tool support and conversation management.

Key features include:

  • Native MCP Support: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol servers
  • Permission Modes: Control tool execution permissions
  • Streaming Responses: Real-time response streaming for interactive applications
  • Context Manager: Clean async context management for sessions

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

The Circleci MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Circleci account. It provides structured and secure access to your Circleci projects and pipelines, so your agent can trigger builds, fetch job artifacts, monitor workflows, and analyze test results on your behalf.

  • Automated pipeline triggering and management: Let your agent start new builds for specific branches or tags, enabling continuous integration workflows without manual intervention.
  • Workflow and job status monitoring: Ask your agent to fetch detailed information about jobs and workflows, including status, timing, and execution environment, to stay on top of your CI/CD processes.
  • Artifact and test result retrieval: Have the agent collect job artifacts or extract comprehensive test metadata and failure messages for easier debugging and reporting.
  • Pipeline and runner insights: Get your agent to list all pipelines for a project or enumerate available self-hosted runners, making it simple to manage and audit your Circleci resources.
  • User and configuration access: Retrieve user profile details or fetch pipeline YAML configurations as needed for documentation, troubleshooting, or workflow optimization.

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 Claude/Anthropic API Key
  • Primary know-how of Claude Agents SDK
  • A Circleci account
  • Some knowledge of Python
2

Getting API Keys for Claude/Anthropic and Composio

Claude/Anthropic API Key
  • Go to the Anthropic Console and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models.
  • Keep the API key safe.
Composio API Key
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
  • Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.
3

Install dependencies

npm install @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk @composio/core dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the Claude Agents SDK.

What's happening:

  • @composio/core provides Composio integration for Anthropic
  • @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk is the core agent framework
  • dotenv/config loads environment variables
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio
  • USER_ID identifies the user for session management
  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY authenticates with Anthropic/Claude
5

Import dependencies

import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

dotenv.config();
What's happening:
  • We're importing all necessary libraries including the Claude Agent SDK and Composio
  • The dotenv.config() function loads environment variables from your .env file
  • This setup prepares the foundation for connecting Claude with Circleci functionality
6

Create a Composio instance and Tool Router session

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

  // Create Tool Router session for Circleci
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['circleci'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session?.mcp.url;
What's happening:
  • The function checks for the required COMPOSIO_API_KEY environment variable
  • We're creating a Composio instance using our API key
  • The create method creates a Tool Router session for Circleci
  • The returned url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use
7

Configure Claude Agent with MCP

const options: Options = {
  permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
  mcpServers: {
    composio: {
      type: 'http',
      url: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
    }
  },
  systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Circleci tools via Composio.',
  maxTurns: 10,
};
What's happening:
  • We're configuring the Claude Agent options with the MCP server URL
  • permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions' allows the agent to execute operations without asking for permission each time
  • The system prompt instructs the agent that it has access to Circleci
  • maxTurns: 10 limits the conversation length to prevent excessive API usage
8

Create client and start chat loop

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

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}
What's happening:
  • The readline interface is created to handle user input and output
  • The query function is used to send the user's input to the agent
  • The chat loop continues until the user types 'exit' or 'quit'
9

Run the application

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}
What's happening:
  • The chat function is the entry point for the application
  • The try-catch block is used to handle any errors that occur

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Circleci and Claude Agent SDK:

import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['circleci']
  });
  const mcp_url = session?.mcp.url;

  const options: Options = {
    permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
    mcpServers: {
      composio: {
        type: 'http',
        url: mcp_url,
        headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
      }
    },
    systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Circleci tools via Composio.',
    maxTurns: 10,
  };

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

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}

Conclusion

You've successfully built a Claude Agent SDK agent that can interact with Circleci through Composio's Tool Router.

Key features:

  • Native MCP support through Claude's agent framework
  • Streaming responses for real-time interaction
  • Permission bypass for smooth automated workflows
You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom business logic, or building a web interface around the agent.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create Context

Tool to create a new context in CircleCI.

Create Context (GraphQL)

Tool to create a new CircleCI context using the GraphQL API.

Create Context Restriction

Tool to create a context restriction in CircleCI.

Create Organization Orb Allowlist

Tool to create a new URL Orb allow-list entry for an organization.

Create Organization Project

Tool to create a new project within a CircleCI organization.

Create Organization Group

Tool to create a group in an organization.

Create Project Environment Variable

Tool to create a new environment variable for a CircleCI project.

Create Usage Export Job

Tool to create a usage export job for a CircleCI organization.

Delete Context (GraphQL)

Tool to delete a CircleCI context by its UUID using GraphQL API.

Delete Context Restriction

Tool to delete a context restriction by its ID.

Delete Namespace and Related Orbs

Tool to delete a CircleCI registry namespace and all its associated orbs.

Delete Namespace Alias

Tool to remove a namespace alias by name in CircleCI.

Delete Organization Orb Allowlist Entry

Tool to remove an entry from the organization's URL orb allow-list.

Delete Organization Group

Tool to delete a group from a CircleCI organization.

Delete Project

Tool to delete a CircleCI project and its settings.

Delete Project Environment Variable

Tool to delete an environment variable from a CircleCI project.

Get Context

Tool to retrieve a context by its unique ID.

Get Current User

Tool to retrieve information about the currently authenticated user.

Get Flaky Tests

Tool to get flaky tests for a project.

Get Job Artifacts

Retrieves artifacts (output files like test results, logs, build binaries, reports) produced by a CircleCI job.

Get Job Details

Tool to fetch details of a specific job within a project.

Get Orb Details

Tool to query detailed information about a CircleCI orb using the GraphQL API.

Get Orb Version

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific CircleCI orb version via GraphQL.

Get Organization

Tool to retrieve organization details from CircleCI using GraphQL query.

Get Organization Group

Tool to retrieve a group in an organization.

Get Pipeline Config

Tool to fetch pipeline configuration by ID.

Get Pipeline Definition

Tool to retrieve a pipeline definition by project and definition ID.

Get Project

Tool to retrieve a CircleCI project by its slug.

Get Project Workflows

Tool to get summary metrics for all workflows of a project.

Get Test Metadata

Tool to fetch test metadata for a specific job.

Get Usage Export Job

Tool to retrieve a usage export job by organization ID and job ID.

Get User Information

Tool to retrieve information about a CircleCI user by their unique ID.

Get Workflow Summary

Tool to get metrics and trends for a workflow.

List Context Environment Variables

Tool to list all environment variables for a specific context.

List Insights Branches

Tool to get all branches for a project from CircleCI Insights.

List Insights Summary

Tool to get summary metrics with trends for the entire organization and for each project.

List Namespace Orbs

Tool to list orbs in a CircleCI registry namespace with pagination support.

List Orb Categories

Tool to retrieve all CircleCI orb categories with pagination support.

List Orbs

Tool to list CircleCI orbs with pagination support via GraphQL API.

List Organization Groups

Tool to list all groups in a CircleCI organization.

List Pages Summary

Tool to get summary metrics and trends for a project across its workflows and branches.

List Pipeline Definitions

Tool to list all pipeline definitions for a specific project.

List Pipelines

Tool to get a list of pipelines for an organization.

List Pipelines for Project

Tool to list all pipelines for a specific project.

List Project Environment Variables

Tool to list all environment variables for a CircleCI project.

List Project Schedules

Tool to list all schedules for a specific project.

List Self-Hosted Runners

List self-hosted runners in CircleCI.

List User Collaborations

Tool to retrieve organizations where the authenticated user has access.

List Workflows by Pipeline ID

Tool to list all workflows associated with a specific pipeline.

List Workflows Jobs Workflows

Tool to get summary metrics for a project workflow's jobs.

List Workflows Test Metrics

Tool to get test metrics for a project's workflows.

Query Context

Tool to retrieve a CircleCI context by its UUID using GraphQL API.

Query Namespace Exists

Tool to determine if a namespace exists in the CircleCI registry.

Query Orb Category ID

Tool to fetch the unique category ID for a CircleCI orb category by its name.

Query Orb Exists

Tool to check if an orb exists in CircleCI registry and retrieve its privacy status.

Query Orb ID

Tool to fetch an orb's ID and optionally its namespace ID by orb name.

Query Orb Latest Version

Tool to fetch the latest published version of a CircleCI orb.

Query Orb Source

Tool to retrieve source code of a specific CircleCI orb version via GraphQL.

Query Plan Metrics

Tool to query plan metrics including credit usage by project and organization for a date range.

Remove Context Environment Variable (GraphQL)

Tool to remove an environment variable from a CircleCI context using GraphQL API.

Rename Namespace

Tool to rename a CircleCI namespace by its UUID identifier.

Store Environment Variable

Tool to store an environment variable in a CircleCI context using GraphQL mutation.

Trigger Pipeline

Triggers a new CI/CD pipeline run for a specified CircleCI project.

Upsert Context Environment Variable

Tool to add or update an environment variable in a CircleCI context.

Validate Orb Config

Tool to validate CircleCI orb YAML configuration using the orbConfig GraphQL query.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Claude Agent 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 Circleci tools.

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

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