How to integrate ReferralRock MCP with Autogen

This guide walks you through connecting ReferralRock to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working ReferralRock agent that can list all active referral campaigns, add a new member to referral program, show referral stats for this week through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a ReferralRock account through Composio's ReferralRock MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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ReferralRock is a referral marketing platform for creating and managing referral programs. It helps businesses drive word-of-mouth growth and increase customer acquisition.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting ReferralRock to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working ReferralRock agent that can list all active referral campaigns, add a new member to referral program, show referral stats for this week through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a ReferralRock account through Composio's ReferralRock 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 required dependencies for Autogen and Composio
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for ReferralRock
  • Wire that MCP URL into Autogen using McpWorkbench and StreamableHttpServerParams
  • Configure an Autogen AssistantAgent that can call ReferralRock tools
  • Run a live chat loop where you ask the agent to perform ReferralRock operations

What is AutoGen?

Autogen is a framework for building multi-agent conversational AI systems from Microsoft. It enables you to create agents that can collaborate, use tools, and maintain complex workflows.

Key features include:

  • Multi-Agent Systems: Build collaborative agent workflows
  • MCP Workbench: Native support for Model Context Protocol tools
  • Streaming HTTP: Connect to external services through streamable HTTP
  • AssistantAgent: Pre-built agent class for tool-using assistants

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

The ReferralRock MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your ReferralRock account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform ReferralRock 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 step08 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

You will need:

  • A Composio API key
  • An OpenAI API key (used by Autogen's OpenAIChatCompletionClient)
  • A ReferralRock account you can connect to Composio
  • Some basic familiarity with Autogen and Python async
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
  • 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

bash
pip install composio python-dotenv
pip install autogen-agentchat autogen-ext-openai autogen-ext-tools

Install Composio, Autogen extensions, and dotenv.

What's happening:

  • composio connects your agent to ReferralRock via MCP
  • autogen-agentchat provides the AssistantAgent class
  • autogen-ext-openai provides the OpenAI model client
  • autogen-ext-tools provides MCP workbench support

4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-composio-api-key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
USER_ID=your-user-identifier@example.com

Create a .env file in your project folder.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY is required to talk to Composio
  • OPENAI_API_KEY is used by Autogen's OpenAI client
  • USER_ID is how Composio identifies which user's ReferralRock connections to use
5

Import dependencies and create Tool Router session

python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a ReferralRock session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["referralrock"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
What's happening:
  • load_dotenv() reads your .env file
  • Composio(api_key=...) initializes the SDK
  • create(...) creates a Tool Router session that exposes ReferralRock tools
  • session.mcp.url is the MCP endpoint that Autogen will connect to
6

Configure MCP parameters for Autogen

python
# Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
    url=url,
    timeout=30.0,
    sse_read_timeout=300.0,
    terminate_on_close=True,
    headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
)

Autogen expects parameters describing how to talk to the MCP server. That is what StreamableHttpServerParams is for.

What's happening:

  • url points to the Tool Router MCP endpoint from Composio
  • timeout is the HTTP timeout for requests
  • sse_read_timeout controls how long to wait when streaming responses
  • terminate_on_close=True cleans up the MCP server process when the workbench is closed
7

Create the model client and agent

python
# Create model client
model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
    model="gpt-5",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
)

# Use McpWorkbench as context manager
async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
    # Create ReferralRock assistant agent with MCP tools
    agent = AssistantAgent(
        name="referralrock_assistant",
        description="An AI assistant that helps with ReferralRock operations.",
        model_client=model_client,
        workbench=workbench,
        model_client_stream=True,
        max_tool_iterations=10
    )

What's happening:

  • OpenAIChatCompletionClient wraps the OpenAI model for Autogen
  • McpWorkbench connects the agent to the MCP tools
  • AssistantAgent is configured with the ReferralRock tools from the workbench
8

Run the interactive chat loop

python
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
print("Ask any ReferralRock related question or task to the agent.\n")

# Conversation loop
while True:
    user_input = input("You: ").strip()

    if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
        print("\nGoodbye!")
        break

    if not user_input:
        continue

    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

    # Run the agent with streaming
    try:
        response_text = ""
        async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
            if hasattr(message, "content") and message.content:
                response_text = message.content

        # Print the final response
        if response_text:
            print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
        else:
            print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")
What's happening:
  • The script prompts you in a loop with You:
  • Autogen passes your input to the model, which decides which ReferralRock tools to call via MCP
  • agent.run_stream(...) yields streaming messages as the agent thinks and calls tools
  • Typing exit, quit, or bye ends the loop

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with ReferralRock and AutoGen:

python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a ReferralRock session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["referralrock"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url

    # Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
    server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
        url=url,
        timeout=30.0,
        sse_read_timeout=300.0,
        terminate_on_close=True,
        headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
    )

    # Create model client
    model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
        model="gpt-5",
        api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
    )

    # Use McpWorkbench as context manager
    async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
        # Create ReferralRock assistant agent with MCP tools
        agent = AssistantAgent(
            name="referralrock_assistant",
            description="An AI assistant that helps with ReferralRock operations.",
            model_client=model_client,
            workbench=workbench,
            model_client_stream=True,
            max_tool_iterations=10
        )

        print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
        print("Ask any ReferralRock related question or task to the agent.\n")

        # Conversation loop
        while True:
            user_input = input("You: ").strip()

            if user_input.lower() in ['exit', 'quit', 'bye']:
                print("\nGoodbye!")
                break

            if not user_input:
                continue

            print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

            # Run the agent with streaming
            try:
                response_text = ""
                async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
                    if hasattr(message, 'content') and message.content:
                        response_text = message.content

                # Print the final response
                if response_text:
                    print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
                else:
                    print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Conclusion

You now have an Autogen assistant wired into ReferralRock through Composio's Tool Router and MCP. From here you can:
  • Add more toolkits to the toolkits list, for example notion or hubspot
  • Refine the agent description to point it at specific workflows
  • Wrap this script behind a UI, Slack bot, or internal tool
Once the pattern is clear for ReferralRock, you can reuse the same structure for other MCP-enabled apps with minimal code changes.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Remove Email from Unsubscribe List

Tool to remove an email address from the unsubscribe list.

Delete Webhook

Tool to delete a webhook subscription.

Delete Members from Program

Tool to delete members from a referral program.

Delete Referral

Tool to delete one or more referrals from a referral program.

Delete Rewards

Tool to delete rewards from members or referrals in a referral program.

Get Email Unsubscribed Status

Tool to check if an email address is unsubscribed from communications.

Get Webhook History for Event

Tool to retrieve webhook history for a specific event.

List Program Members

Tool to list program members with filtering and pagination.

Get Member Statistics

Tool to retrieve comprehensive statistics for a single member from ReferralRock.

Get Payout

Tool to retrieve payout list by ID.

Get Payout Details by ID

Tool to get payout details by ID.

Get Pending Payouts

Tool to get pending payouts for a member or recipient.

Get Payout Transactions

Tool to get payout transaction history for referral program participants.

Get Single Program

Tool to retrieve a single referral program by name.

List Referral Programs

List all referral programs in ReferralRock.

Get Referrals

Tool to list referrals with filtering and pagination options.

Get Single Referral

Tool to retrieve a single referral by email, ID, or external ID.

Get Reward Rules

Tool to get reward rules for a program.

Get Rewards

Tool to list rewards with optional filtering and pagination.

Remove Email from Unsubscribe List

Tool to remove an email address from the unsubscribe list.

Unsubscribe Email Address

Tool to unsubscribe an email address from the ReferralRock mailing list.

Create Webhook Subscription

Tool to create or update a webhook subscription for event notifications.

Create Invite Feed Entry

Tool to create an invite feed entry for automatic invitations.

Create Invite Feed Entries

Tool to create multiple invite feed entries for automatic invites in ReferralRock.

Generate Member Access Token

Tool to generate pre-authenticated member access URLs for sharing and portal experiences.

Generate Member Access URLs

Tool to generate member access URLs for custom share experience or secure portal embedding.

Add new member to program

Tool to create a new member and add them to a referral program.

Remove Members from Program

Tool to remove members from a referral program.

Create Referral Action

Tool to create a referral action for processing recurring rewards.

Remove Referral

Tool to remove referrals from a referral program.

Create New Referral

Tool to create a new referral in ReferralRock based on a member's referral code.

Update Referral Status

Tool to update referral status in ReferralRock.

Update Referral Details

Tool to update referral details in a referral program.

Issue Reward to Member

Tool to issue a reward to a member in the Referral Rock system.

Remove Rewards

Tool to remove rewards from members or referrals of a referral program.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Autogen 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 ReferralRock tools.

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

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