How to integrate Elevenreader MCP with Claude Agent SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Elevenreader to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Elevenreader agent that can convert a blog post to audio narration, summarize this article and read aloud, generate an audio version of meeting notes through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Elevenreader account through Composio's Elevenreader MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Elevenreader is an AI-powered text-to-speech service by ElevenLabs that converts written content into lifelike audio. It enables fast, natural audio generation from any text.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Elevenreader to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Elevenreader agent that can convert a blog post to audio narration, summarize this article and read aloud, generate an audio version of meeting notes through natural language commands.

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

The Elevenreader MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Elevenreader account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Elevenreader operations on your behalf.

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 Elevenreader 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 Elevenreader 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 Elevenreader
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['elevenreader'],
  });
  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 Elevenreader
  • 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 Elevenreader 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 Elevenreader
  • 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 Elevenreader 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: ['elevenreader']
  });
  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 Elevenreader 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 Elevenreader 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 Elevenreader action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Documentation To Knowledge Base

Tool to add documentation to a conversational AI agent's knowledge base.

Add Pronunciation Dictionary From File

Tool to add a pronunciation dictionary from a .

Add Pronunciation Dictionary From Rules

Tool to add a pronunciation dictionary from rules in ElevenLabs.

Add Pronunciation Dictionary Rules

Tool to add pronunciation rules to an ElevenLabs pronunciation dictionary.

Add Shared Voice

Tool to add a shared voice from another user's public library to your own voice library.

Add Tool

Tool to add a conversational AI tool to ElevenLabs ConvAI.

Calculate Public LLM Expected Cost

Tool to calculate expected LLM usage costs based on prompt length, knowledge base size, and RAG configuration.

Cancel batch call

Tool to cancel an active batch call operation.

Compute RAG Index

Tool to compute RAG index for a knowledge base document.

Create Agent

Tool to create a conversational AI agent with ElevenLabs.

Create Agent Response Test

Tool to create an agent response test for testing conversational AI agents.

Create Audio Native Project

Tool to create an Audio Native enabled project on ElevenLabs.

Create Batch Call

Tool to submit a batch call request to ElevenLabs ConvAI.

Create File Document

Tool to create a file document in the ElevenLabs knowledge base.

Create Folder

Tool to create a folder in the ElevenLabs knowledge base.

Create Convai Workspace Secret

Tool to create a Convai workspace secret in ElevenLabs.

Create Text Document

Tool to create a text document in the ElevenLabs knowledge base.

Create URL Document

Tool to create a URL document in the ElevenLabs knowledge base.

Delete Agent

Tool to permanently delete an agent from ElevenLabs.

Delete Batch Call

Tool to delete a specific batch call.

Delete Agent Response Test

Tool to delete an agent response test.

Delete Conversation

Tool to delete a conversation by its unique ID.

Delete Dubbing

Tool to permanently delete a dubbing project by its ID.

Delete Knowledge Base Document

Tool to permanently delete a document from the knowledge base.

Delete Phone Number

Tool to permanently delete a phone number from ElevenLabs ConvAI.

Delete RAG Index

Tool to permanently delete a RAG index from a knowledge base document.

Delete Convai Workspace Secret

Tool to delete a specific Convai workspace secret.

Delete Speech History Item

Tool to permanently delete a speech history item by its ID.

Delete Tool

Tool to permanently delete a conversational AI tool from ElevenLabs.

Delete Transcript By Id

Tool to permanently delete a speech-to-text transcript by its ID.

Download Speech History Items

Tool to download speech history items from ElevenLabs.

Duplicate Agent

Tool to duplicate an existing agent.

Edit Voice

Tool to edit an existing voice in ElevenLabs.

Edit Voice Settings

Tool to edit voice settings for a specific voice in ElevenLabs.

Generate Composition Plan

Tool to generate a music composition plan using ElevenLabs Music API.

Get agent

Tool to retrieve complete details for a specific conversational AI agent by ID.

Get Agent Knowledge Base Size

Tool to retrieve the size of a conversational AI agent's knowledge base.

Get Agent Shareable Link

Tool to get a shareable link for a conversational AI agent.

Calculate Agent LLM Expected Cost

Tool to calculate expected LLM usage costs for a conversational AI agent.

Get Agent Response Test

Tool to retrieve agent response test details by test ID.

Get Agent Response Tests Summaries

Tool to retrieve agent response test summaries by test IDs.

Get Agent Summaries

Tool to retrieve summaries for multiple agents by their IDs.

Get Agent Widget Config

Tool to retrieve the widget configuration for a conversational AI agent.

Get Audio From History Item

Tool to retrieve the audio file from a speech history item.

Get Audio Native Project Settings

Tool to retrieve audio native project settings from ElevenLabs.

Get Batch Call By Id

Tool to retrieve a batch call by its ID.

Get conversation history

Tool to retrieve complete conversation details including transcript, metadata, and analysis.

Get Conversations

Tool to retrieve conversations from ElevenLabs Conversational AI.

Get Conversation Signed Link

Tool to get a signed URL for a conversation with an agent.

Get ConvAI dashboard settings

Tool to retrieve ConvAI dashboard settings including configured charts.

Get Documentation From Knowledge Base

Tool to retrieve a specific document from a conversational AI agent's knowledge base by document ID.

Get Dubbed File

Tool to download a dubbed audio or video file from a dubbing project.

Get Dubbing Metadata

Tool to retrieve metadata for a dubbing project by ID.

Get Dubbed Transcript

Tool to retrieve the transcript of a dubbed audio or video file.

Get Dubbing Transcripts

Tool to retrieve transcripts from a dubbing project in various formats.

Get Generate Voice Parameters

Tool to retrieve voice generation parameters from ElevenLabs.

Get Knowledge Base Content

Tool to retrieve the text content of a knowledge base document by ID.

Get Knowledge Base Dependent Agents

Tool to retrieve the list of conversational AI agents that depend on a specific knowledge base document.

Get Knowledge Base Source File URL

Tool to retrieve a signed URL for downloading the source file of a document from the knowledge base.

Get Knowledge Base Summaries

Tool to retrieve summaries for multiple knowledge base documents by their IDs.

Get Library Voices

Tool to retrieve shared voices from the ElevenLabs voice library.

Get Live Count

Tool to retrieve the count of active ongoing conversations.

Get Models

Tool to retrieve available ElevenLabs speech synthesis models.

Get Or Create RAG Indexes

Tool to compute or retrieve RAG indexes for knowledge base documents in batch.

Get phone number

Tool to retrieve details for a specific phone number by ID.

Get Pronunciation Dictionaries

Tool to get a list of pronunciation dictionaries and their metadata.

Get Pronunciation Dictionary Metadata

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific pronunciation dictionary by ID.

Get Pronunciation Dictionary Version PLS

Tool to download a PLS file with pronunciation dictionary version rules.

Get RAG Indexes

Tool to retrieve RAG indexes for a specific knowledge base document.

Get RAG Index Overview

Tool to retrieve an overview of the RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) index.

Get Resource Metadata

Tool to retrieve metadata and sharing permissions for a workspace resource.

Get ConvAI workspace secrets

Tool to retrieve ConvAI workspace secrets with pagination support.

Get ConvAI workspace settings

Tool to retrieve ConvAI workspace settings including MCP server access, LiveKit stack configuration, RAG retention, and webhook settings.

Get Signed URL (Deprecated)

Tool to get a signed URL for an agent conversation.

Get Similar Library Voices

Tool to find similar voices from the ElevenLabs library by uploading an audio sample.

Get Single Use Token

Tool to create a single-use token for ElevenLabs API.

Get Speech History

Tool to list generated speech history items from ElevenLabs.

Get speech history item by ID

Tool to retrieve complete details for a specific speech history item by ID.

Get Test Invocation

Tool to retrieve test invocation details by invocation ID.

Get tool

Tool to retrieve complete details for a specific conversational AI tool by ID.

Get Tool Dependent Agents

Tool to retrieve the list of conversational AI agents that depend on a specific tool.

Get ConvAI Tools

Tool to retrieve ConvAI tools with pagination support.

Get Transcript By ID

Tool to retrieve a speech-to-text transcript by its unique ID.

Get Characters Usage Metrics

Tool to retrieve character usage metrics from ElevenLabs.

Get User Info

Tool to retrieve information about the authenticated user, including subscription details, character limits, and voice quotas.

Get User Subscription Info

Tool to retrieve detailed subscription information for the authenticated user.

Get User Voices V2

Tool to retrieve voices using the V2 API from ElevenLabs.

Get Voice by ID

Tool to retrieve complete details for a specific voice by ID.

Get Voice Settings

Tool to retrieve the current settings for a specific voice.

Get Default Voice Settings

Tool to retrieve default voice settings for speech synthesis.

Get Workspace Batch Calls

Tool to get all batch calls for a workspace.

Get Workspace Service Accounts

Tool to retrieve all service accounts in the workspace.

Handle SIP Trunk Outbound Call

Tool to initiate an outbound call via SIP trunk using ElevenLabs ConvAI.

Import Phone Number

Tool to import a phone number (Twilio or SIP trunk) into ElevenLabs ConvAI.

Isolate Audio Stream

Tool to isolate vocals/speech from audio files using ElevenLabs Audio Isolation API.

List Agent Branches

Tool to list all branches for a specific agent.

List Agent Response Tests

Tool to list agent response tests from ElevenLabs conversational AI.

List Agents

Tool to list conversational AI agents from ElevenLabs.

List Dubs

Tool to list dubbing projects from ElevenLabs.

List Knowledge Bases

Tool to list knowledge base documents from ElevenLabs.

List MCP Servers

Tool to list all MCP (Model Context Protocol) server configurations in the workspace.

List Phone Numbers

Tool to list all phone numbers available in your ElevenLabs ConvAI workspace.

List Test Invocations

Tool to list test invocations for a specific conversational AI agent.

List WhatsApp Accounts

Tool to list all WhatsApp accounts available in your ElevenLabs ConvAI workspace.

List Workspace Webhooks

Tool to list all webhooks configured in your ElevenLabs workspace.

Bulk Move Knowledge Base Entities

Tool to bulk move documents or folders to a target folder in the knowledge base.

Move Knowledge Base Entity

Tool to move a document or folder to a target folder in the knowledge base.

Patch Agent Settings

Tool to patch (partially update) an agent's settings.

Update Pronunciation Dictionary

Tool to update a pronunciation dictionary.

Post Agent Avatar

Tool to upload an avatar image for a conversational AI agent.

Register Twilio Call

Tool to register a Twilio call with ElevenLabs ConvAI and return TwiML.

Remove Pronunciation Dictionary Rules

Tool to remove rules from a pronunciation dictionary.

Resubmit Tests

Tool to resubmit failed or specific tests from a previous test invocation.

Retry batch call

Tool to retry a failed or cancelled batch call.

Run Agent Test Suite

Tool to run tests on a conversational AI agent.

Run Conversation Simulation

Tool to simulate a conversation between an agent and an AI user.

Simulate Conversation (Stream)

Tool to simulate a conversation with an AI agent using a streaming endpoint.

Update Agent Response Test

Tool to update an existing agent response test in ElevenLabs ConvAI.

Update Audio Native Project Content

Tool to update audio-native project content by uploading a new txt or HTML file.

Update ConvAI Settings

Tool to update ConvAI workspace settings in ElevenLabs.

Update ConvAI dashboard settings

Tool to update ConvAI dashboard settings including chart configurations.

Update Document

Tool to update a document in the ElevenLabs knowledge base.

Update Phone Number

Tool to update a phone number's configuration in ElevenLabs ConvAI.

Update Convai Workspace Secret

Tool to update a Convai workspace secret by ID.

Update Tool

Tool to update a conversational AI tool configuration.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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