How to integrate Persona MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Persona to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Persona agent that can get all pending verification cases, trigger a new kyc verification for user, list users who failed identity checks through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Persona account through Composio's Persona 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 Persona to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Persona agent that can get all pending verification cases, trigger a new kyc verification for user, list users who failed identity checks through natural language commands.

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

The Persona MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Persona account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Persona 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 OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live Persona 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 Persona.
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 Persona
const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
  toolkits: ['persona'],
});
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 persona.
  • The router checks the user's Persona connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Persona.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Persona 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 Persona. Help users perform Persona 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 Persona 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 Persona 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 Persona.
  • 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 Persona 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: ['persona'],
  });
  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 Persona. Help users perform Persona 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 Persona MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Persona.

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

Add Tag to Account

Tool to add a tag to an Account in Persona.

Archive Browser Fingerprint List Item

Tool to archive a browser fingerprint list item in Persona.

Archive Country List Item

Tool to archive a Country List Item by ID.

Archive a Geolocation List Item

Tool to archive a geolocation list item from Persona.

Archive Government ID Number List Item

Tool to archive a Government ID Number List Item.

Archive a Name List Item

Tool to archive a name list item in Persona.

Archive a webhook

Tool to archive a Persona webhook by its ID.

Archive Email Address List Item

Tool to archive an Email Address List Item in Persona.

Archive IP Address List Item

Tool to archive an IP address list item in Persona.

Archive Phone Number List Item

Tool to archive a phone number list item in Persona.

Archive String List Item

Tool to archive a String List Item in Persona.

Clone Webhook

Tool to clone an existing Persona webhook.

Consolidate Accounts

Tool to consolidate multiple source accounts into a single destination account.

Create an Account

Tool to create an account in Persona.

Create IP Address List Item

Tool to create an IP Address List Item in Persona.

Create Country List Item

Tool to create a country list item in Persona.

Create Generic Document

Tool to create a generic document in Persona.

Create Email Address List Item

Tool to create an email address list item in Persona.

Create Government ID Number List Item

Tool to create a new government ID number list item in Persona.

Create Name List Item

Tool to create a new name list item in Persona.

Create Phone Number List Item

Tool to create a phone number list item in Persona.

Create String List Item

Tool to create a String List Item in Persona.

Create Webhook

Tool to create a new webhook in Persona.

Disable Webhook

Tool to disable a webhook in Persona.

Enable Webhook

Tool to enable a webhook in Persona.

Expire Inquiry Sessions

Tool to expire all inquiry sessions for specified inquiry IDs.

Import Email Address Lists

Tool to import email addresses into a list from a CSV file.

Import IP Address Lists

Tool to import IP address lists into Persona.

Import Name Lists

Tool to import name lists to Persona.

Import Phone Number Lists

Tool to import phone number lists into Persona.

List All Accounts

Tool to list all accounts in Persona.

List All API Logs

Tool to list all API logs in Persona.

List All Cases

Tool to list all cases in Persona.

List All Devices

Tool to list all devices filtered by inquiry session ID.

List all Events

Tool to list all events from Persona.

List all Importers

Tool to list all importers in Persona.

List All Inquiries

Tool to list all inquiries in Persona.

List All Inquiry Sessions

Tool to list all inquiry sessions in Persona.

List All Lists

Tool to list all lists in Persona.

List All Rate Limits

Tool to list all rate limits in Persona.

List All Reports

Tool to list all reports in Persona.

List All Transactions

Tool to list all transactions in Persona.

List All Webhooks

Tool to list all webhooks in Persona.

List all Workflow Runs

Tool to list all workflow runs in Persona.

Redact an Account

Tool to permanently redact an account in Persona.

Remove Account Tag

Tool to remove a tag from a Persona Account.

Retrieve a Country List Item

Tool to retrieve a country list item by ID in Persona.

Retrieve a Geolocation List Item

Tool to retrieve a geolocation list item from Persona.

Retrieve an Account

Tool to retrieve an account in Persona.

Retrieve a Name List Item

Tool to retrieve a Name List Item in Persona.

Retrieve an Event

Tool to retrieve an event in Persona.

Retrieve an Importer

Tool to retrieve a specific importer in Persona.

Retrieve IP Address List Item

Tool to retrieve an IP Address List Item in Persona.

Retrieve an API Log

Tool to retrieve an API log in Persona.

Retrieve a String List Item

Tool to retrieve a string list item by ID in Persona.

Retrieve a Webhook

Tool to retrieve a webhook by its ID.

Retrieve Browser Fingerprint List Item

Tool to retrieve a browser fingerprint list item in Persona.

Retrieve a Document

Tool to retrieve a document from Persona.

Retrieve Generic Document

Tool to retrieve a generic document in Persona.

Retrieve Email Address List Item

Tool to retrieve an Email Address List Item in Persona.

Retrieve Government ID Number List Item

Tool to retrieve a Government ID Number List Item in Persona.

Retrieve Phone Number List Item

Tool to retrieve a phone number list item in Persona.

Rotate Webhook Secret

Tool to rotate a webhook's secret in Persona.

Search Accounts

Tool to search accounts in Persona using flexible query criteria.

Search Cases

Tool to search cases in Persona using advanced query filters with boolean logic.

Set Tags on Account

Tool to set tags on a Persona Account.

Update an Account

Tool to update an account in Persona.

Update a Webhook

Tool to update a webhook in Persona.

Update Generic Document

Tool to update a generic document in Persona.

FRAMEWORKS

How to build Persona MCP Agent with another framework

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Claude Agent SDK

Use Persona MCP with Claude Agent SDK

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Claude Code

Use Persona MCP with Claude Code

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Claude Cowork

Use Persona MCP with Claude Cowork

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Codex

Use Persona MCP with Codex

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OpenClaw

Use Persona MCP with OpenClaw

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Hermes

Use Persona MCP with Hermes

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CLI

Use Persona MCP with CLI

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Google ADK

Use Persona MCP with Google ADK

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LangChain

Use Persona MCP with LangChain

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Vercel AI SDK

Use Persona MCP with Vercel AI SDK

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Mastra AI

Use Persona MCP with Mastra AI

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LlamaIndex

Use Persona MCP with LlamaIndex

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CrewAI

Use Persona MCP with CrewAI

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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