Stack exchange MCP for AI Agents

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Stack exchange MCP or direct API to search questions, post answers, fetch user activity, and manage content across Stack Overflow and other communities through natural language.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create Filter

Tool to create a custom filter for Stack Exchange API responses.

Find Similar Questions

Tool to find questions similar to a hypothetical one based on a title and optional tag combination.

Get Access Tokens

Tool to read the properties for a set of access tokens obtained via OAuth 2.

Get Answer Comments

Tool to retrieve comments on a set of answers from Stack Exchange.

Get Answer Flag Options

Tool to fetch valid flag options for a specific answer.

Get Answers By IDs

Tool to retrieve a set of answers by their IDs from a Stack Exchange site.

Get Badge Recipients By IDs

Tool to retrieve recently awarded badges constrained to a specific set of badge IDs.

Get Badges By IDs

Tool to retrieve badges by their IDs on a Stack Exchange site.

Get Collective Answers

Tool to retrieve answers belonging to the specified collective(s) on a Stack Exchange site.

Get Collective Questions

Tool to retrieve questions associated with the specified collective.

Get Collectives

Tool to retrieve all collectives on a Stack Exchange site in alphabetical order.

Get Collectives By Slugs

Tool to retrieve Collective objects by their slugs from a Stack Exchange site.

Get Collective Tags

Retrieve tags associated with specified Stack Overflow collectives.

Get Collective Users

Tool to retrieve users who are members of the specified Collectives on Stack Exchange.

Get Comment Flag Options

Tool to fetch valid flag options for a given comment.

Get Comments

Retrieves comments from a Stack Exchange site (e.

Get Comments By IDs

Tool to retrieve specific comments by their IDs from a Stack Exchange site.

Get Events

Retrieves a stream of recent events that occurred on a Stack Exchange site.

Get Filters By IDs

Tool to retrieve the fields included by the given filters and the safeness of those filters.

Get Linked Questions

Tool to get questions which link to those questions identified in the ids parameter.

Get Me

Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's profile information from Stack Exchange.

Get My Achievements

Retrieves the authenticated user's recent network-wide achievements across all Stack Exchange sites.

Get My Associated Accounts

Tool to retrieve all Stack Exchange accounts associated with the authenticated user.

Get My Featured Questions

Tool to retrieve questions with active bounties offered by the authenticated user.

Get My Mentions

Tool to retrieve comments mentioning the authenticated user on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Merge History

Tool to retrieve account merge history for the authenticated user.

Get My Network Activity

Tool to retrieve a summary of the authenticated user's activity across the Stack Exchange network.

Get My No Answer Questions

Tool to retrieve questions owned by the authenticated user that have no answers.

Get My Posts

Tool to retrieve posts (questions and answers) owned by the authenticated user from a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Privileges

Tool to retrieve privileges for the authenticated user on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Questions

Tool to retrieve questions owned by the authenticated user on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Reputation

Tool to retrieve reputation changes for the authenticated user on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Reputation History

Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's public reputation history on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Suggested Edits

Tool to retrieve suggested edits submitted by the authenticated user on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Tag Preferences

Tool to retrieve tag preferences for the authenticated user on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Tags

Tool to retrieve tags the authenticated user is active in on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Timeline

Tool to retrieve a timeline of actions the authenticated user has taken on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Top Answers In Tags

Tool to retrieve the top 30 answers the authenticated user has posted in response to questions with specific tags.

Get My Top Answer Tags

Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's top 30 tags by answer score on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Top Questions In Tags

Tool to retrieve the top 30 questions the authenticated user has posted in response to questions with the given tags.

Get My Top Question Tags

Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's top 30 tags by question score on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Top Tags

Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's top 30 tags by combined question and answer score on a Stack Exchange site.

Get My Unaccepted Questions

Tool to retrieve questions owned by the authenticated user that have no accepted answer.

Get My Unanswered Questions

Tool to retrieve questions owned by the authenticated user that are not considered answered.

Get Post Comments

Tool to retrieve comments on posts identified by IDs, regardless of post type (question or answer).

Get Posts By IDs

Tool to retrieve a set of posts by their IDs from a Stack Exchange site.

Get Post Suggested Edits

Tool to retrieve suggested edits on posts from a Stack Exchange site.

Get Question Answers

Tool to retrieve all answers for a set of questions identified by their IDs.

Get Question Close Options

Tool to fetch flag options that make up close reasons for a specific question.

Get Question Comments

Tool to retrieve comments on a set of questions from Stack Exchange.

Get Question Flag Options

Tool to fetch valid flag options, including close reasons, for a specific question.

Get Questions

Tool to retrieve a list of questions from a Stack Exchange site without requiring tags or keywords.

Get Questions By Answer IDs

Tool to retrieve questions that specific answers belong to on a Stack Exchange site.

Get Questions By IDs

Tool to retrieve a set of questions by their IDs from a Stack Exchange site.

Get Question Timeline

Tool to retrieve timeline events for specified questions on a Stack Exchange site.

Get Related Tags

Tool to retrieve tags most related to the specified tags on a Stack Exchange site.

Get Revisions By IDs

Tool to retrieve revisions for specific posts by their IDs.

Search Questions

Tool to search the site for questions meeting certain criteria.

Get Site Info

Tool to retrieve comprehensive statistics and information about a Stack Exchange site.

Get Sites

Retrieves a comprehensive list of all Stack Exchange network sites with detailed information including site names, URLs, styling, and api_site_parameter values needed for other API calls.

Get Suggested Edits By IDs

Tool to retrieve suggested edits by their IDs from a Stack Exchange site.

Get Tag FAQ

Tool to retrieve frequently asked questions for a set of tags on Stack Exchange.

Get Tag Info

Tool to retrieve tag objects representing specified tags on a Stack Exchange site.

Get Tag Synonyms

Tool to retrieve all synonyms that point to the specified tags on a Stack Exchange site.

Get Tag Top Answerers

Tool to retrieve the top 30 answerers active in a single tag, of either all-time or the last 30 days.

Get Tag Top Askers

Tool to retrieve the top askers active in a single tag.

Get Tag Wikis

Tool to retrieve wiki content for specified tags on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Answers

Tool to retrieve answers posted by specific users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Associated Accounts

Tool to retrieve all Stack Exchange accounts associated with specified users by their account IDs.

Get User Badges

Tool to retrieve badges earned by specified users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Comments

Tool to retrieve comments posted by specified users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Comments To User

Tool to retrieve comments that specific users have posted in reply to a single user.

Get User Favorites

Tool to retrieve the questions that users have favorited/bookmarked.

Get User Featured Questions

Tool to retrieve questions with active bounties offered by specified users.

Get User Full Reputation History

Tool to retrieve a user's full reputation history on a Stack Exchange site, including private events.

Get User Inbox

Tool to retrieve a user's inbox from Stack Exchange.

Get User Mentions

Tool to retrieve comments that mention specific users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Merge History

Tool to retrieve account merge history for specified user account IDs across the Stack Exchange network.

Get User No Answer Questions

Tool to retrieve questions asked by specified users that have zero undeleted answers.

Get User Notifications

Tool to retrieve notifications for a specific Stack Exchange user by ID.

Get User Posts

Tool to retrieve posts (questions and answers) posted by specific users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Privileges

Tool to retrieve privileges a specific user has on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Questions

Tool to retrieve questions asked by specific users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Reputation

Tool to retrieve reputation changes for users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Reputation History

Tool to retrieve public reputation history for specified Stack Exchange users.

Get Users By IDs

Tool to retrieve user profiles by their IDs from a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Suggested Edits

Tool to retrieve suggested edits submitted by specified users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Tags

Tool to retrieve tags that specified users are active in on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Timeline

Tool to retrieve a timeline of actions taken by specified users on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Top Answers In Tags

Tool to retrieve the top 30 answers a specific user has posted in response to questions with given tags.

Get User Top Answer Tags

Tool to retrieve a single user's top tags by answer score on Stack Exchange.

Get User Top Questions In Tags

Tool to retrieve the top 30 questions a user has asked with the given tags.

Get User Top Question Tags

Tool to retrieve a single user's top tags by question score on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Top Tags

Tool to retrieve a single user's top tags by combined question and answer score on a Stack Exchange site.

Get User Unaccepted Questions

Tool to retrieve questions asked by specified users that have at least one answer but no accepted answer.

Get User Unanswered Questions

Tool to retrieve questions asked by specific users that the site considers unanswered.

Get User Unread Inbox

Tool to retrieve unread items in a specific user's Stack Exchange inbox.

Get User Unread Notifications

Tool to retrieve unread notifications for a specific user on Stack Exchange.

List Answers

Tool to retrieve all undeleted answers from a Stack Exchange site.

List Badge Recipients

Tool to retrieve recently awarded badges from a Stack Exchange site.

List Badges

Tool to retrieve all badges available in a Stack Exchange site.

List Elected Moderators

Tool to retrieve users who have moderator powers and were actually elected on a Stack Exchange site.

List Errors

Tool to retrieve the various error codes that can be produced by the Stack Exchange API.

List Featured Questions

Tool to retrieve all questions with active bounties in the system.

List Moderator Only Tags

Tool to retrieve tags that only moderators can use on a Stack Exchange site.

List Moderators

Tool to retrieve users who can exercise moderation powers on a Stack Exchange site.

List Named Badges

Tool to retrieve all explicitly named badges from a Stack Exchange site.

List No Answer Questions

Tool to retrieve questions that have received no answers from a Stack Exchange site.

List Posts

Tool to retrieve all posts (questions and answers) from a Stack Exchange site.

List Privileges

Tool to retrieve all earnable privileges on a Stack Exchange site.

List Required Tags

Tool to retrieve tags found on a site that fulfill required tag constraints on questions.

List Suggested Edits

Tool to retrieve all suggested edits in a Stack Exchange site.

List Tag Badges

Returns badges awarded for participation in specific tags on Stack Exchange sites.

List Tags

Tool to retrieve tags found on a Stack Exchange site.

List Tag Synonyms

Tool to retrieve all tag synonyms found on a Stack Exchange site.

List Unanswered Questions

Tool to retrieve questions the site considers to be unanswered.

List Unanswered Questions My Tags

Tool to retrieve unanswered questions within the authenticated user's favorite or frequented tags.

List Users

Tool to retrieve all users on a Stack Exchange site.

Render Answer

Tool to render a preview of an answer given its body and the question it's on.

Advanced Search

Tool to search a Stack Exchange site for questions matching advanced criteria.

Search Excerpts

Tool to search a Stack Exchange site for items matching given criteria with excerpt snippets.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Stack exchange MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
Install the Composio SDK and Claude Agent SDK
2

Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });

console.log("Creating Tool Router session...");
const { mcp } = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${mcp.url}`);
Initialize the Composio client and create a Tool Router session
3

Connect to AI Agent

typescript
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from 'ai';

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: mcp.url,
    headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key' }
  }
});

const tools = await client.tools();

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai('gpt-4o'),
  tools,
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Search questions tagged python about async io' }],
  stopWhen: stepCountIs( 5 )
});

console.log(`Agent: ${text}`);
Use the MCP server with your AI agent
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Stack exchange API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/openai
Install the Composio SDK
2

Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from '@composio/openai';

const composio = new Composio({
  provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider(),
});
const openai = new OpenAI({});
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
3

Execute Stack exchange Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

typescript
const tools = session.tools;
const response = await openai.responses.create({
  model: 'gpt-4.1',
  tools: tools,
  input: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'Find top Python questions from Stack Overflow today'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
Get tools from Tool Router session and execute Stack exchange actions with your Agent

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Stack exchange Integration

  • Supports both Stack exchange MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for searching, posting, and managing Q&A content

Managed Auth

  • Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Stack exchange access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Stack exchange
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Stack exchange resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

No, you can get started immediately using Composio's built-in Stack exchange app. For production, we recommend configuring your own OAuth credentials.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. Learn more.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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