How to integrate Reply io MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Reply io to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Reply io agent that can list all active campaigns this week, show contacts added to sales lists, delete a campaign by campaign id through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Reply io account through Composio's Reply io 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 Reply io to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Reply io agent that can list all active campaigns this week, show contacts added to sales lists, delete a campaign by campaign id through natural language commands.

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

The Reply io MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Reply io account. It provides structured and secure access to your sales engagement platform, so your agent can manage campaigns, handle contacts, organize sequences, and automate routine sales operations on your behalf.

  • Campaign and sequence management: Effortlessly list, browse, and delete campaigns or sequences to keep your outreach organized and up to date.
  • Contact and list organization: Let your agent fetch, review, and organize your Reply io contacts and contact lists for targeted sales actions.
  • Email account administration: Retrieve all connected email accounts or remove outdated ones, making sure your sales tools stay streamlined.
  • User and access control: Easily remove users or generate unique identifiers for tasks, maintaining security and clarity in your team’s workflow.
  • Automated data retrieval: Quickly pull up paginated lists of campaigns, sequences, email accounts, or contact lists to inform your sales strategies and next steps.

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

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 Reply io action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Contact to Sequence

Move an existing contact to a sequence in Reply.

Archive Sequence

Tool to archive a sequence.

Clear Contact Status

Tool to clear statuses from contacts.

Connect Exchange Account via OAuth

Tool to initiate OAuth connection for an Exchange email account.

Connect Gmail Account

Tool to initiate Gmail account connection via OAuth.

Create Contact

Tool to create a new contact in Reply.

Create Sequence Step

Tool to add a new step to an existing sequence.

Delete Contact

Tool to delete a contact.

Delete Email Account

Tool to delete a specific email account.

Delete Schedule

Tool to delete a schedule.

Delete Sequence

Tool to delete a sequence.

Delete User

Tool to delete a user.

Generate ULID

Generate ULID

Get Contact by ID

Tool to retrieve a contact by ID.

Get Contact Status

Tool to get contact status.

Get Current User

Tool to get the current authenticated user's ID.

Reply.io Get Disconnected Email Accounts

Tool to list email accounts that are currently disconnected due to authentication or connection errors.

Get Sequence By ID

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a sequence by its ID.

Get Sequence Contacts Extended

Tool to retrieve all contacts enrolled in a sequence with additional details.

Get Sequence Step by ID

Tool to retrieve details of a specific sequence step.

List Contacts Basic

Tool to list contacts.

Reply.io List Email Accounts

Tool to list all email accounts.

Reply.io List Lists

Tool to list all contact lists.

List Sequences

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of sequences.

List Sequence Steps

Tool to retrieve all steps in a sequence.

Pause Sequence

Tool to pause a running sequence.

Remove Contact From Sequence

Tool to remove a contact from a sequence.

Bulk Remove Contacts from Sequence

Tool to bulk remove multiple contacts from a sequence at once.

Search Contacts by Email

Tool to search contacts by email.

Set Contact Status

Tool to set the status of one or more contacts.

Start Sequence

Tool to start a sequence.

Update Contact

Tool to update an existing contact's information.

Update Email Account

Tool to update an existing email account with custom SMTP/IMAP settings.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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