How to integrate Studio By Ai21 Labs MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Studio By Ai21 Labs to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Studio By Ai21 Labs agent that can generate a summary of this research paper, classify sentiment of this product review, extract key topics from meeting transcript through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Studio By Ai21 Labs account through Composio's Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Studio By Ai21 Labs agent that can generate a summary of this research paper, classify sentiment of this product review, extract key topics from meeting transcript through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Studio By Ai21 Labs account through Composio's Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Studio By Ai21 Labs as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Studio By Ai21 Labs MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Studio By Ai21 Labs account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs.
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 Studio By Ai21 Labs
const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
  toolkits: ['studio_by_ai21_labs'],
});
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 studio_by_ai21_labs.
  • The router checks the user's Studio By Ai21 Labs connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Studio By Ai21 Labs.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs. Help users perform Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs.
  • 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs 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: ['studio_by_ai21_labs'],
  });
  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 Studio By Ai21 Labs. Help users perform Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Studio By Ai21 Labs.

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 Studio By Ai21 Labs action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Check Can Iframe

Tool to check if a URL can be embedded in an iframe.

Compare Text

Tool to compare two text strings and identify differences.

Create Aftersales Parts Classification Batch

Tool to create a batch job for Fnac Aftersales parts classification.

Create Assistant Route

Tool to create a new route for an AI21 Studio assistant.

Create Assistant

Tool to create a new AI assistant in AI21 Studio.

Create Assistant Plan

Tool to create a new plan for an AI21 Studio assistant.

Create Demo

Tool to create a new demo in AI21 Studio.

Generate Requirements

Tool to generate requirements from a query or task description.

Generate Thread Name

Tool to generate a thread name from a query or conversation context.

Create Kirsh Grant Compliance Preview

Tool to preview grant compliance for Kirsh grants.

Kirsh Grant Metadata Preview

Tool to retrieve grant metadata from the Kirsh preview endpoint.

Create MCP Storage

Tool to create MCP (Model Context Protocol) storage in AI21 Studio.

Create Secret

Tool to save a secret in AI21 Studio.

Check Kirsh Grant Compliance

Tool to check compliance for Kirsh grant IDs.

Create Website Connector

Tool to create a website connector in AI21 Studio.

Delete Assistant

Tool to delete an assistant by its unique ID.

Delete Assistant Route

Tool to delete a route from an AI21 Studio assistant.

Delete Demo

Tool to delete a demo by its unique ID.

Delete MCP Storage

Tool to delete an MCP (Model Context Protocol) storage configuration by its unique ID.

Delete Secret

Tool to delete a secret by its unique ID.

Delete Website Connector

Permanently delete a website connector by its unique identifier.

Download Modified Document

Tool to download a modified document from AI21 Labs Studio.

Get Assistant

Tool to retrieve an assistant by its unique identifier.

Get Assistant Route

Tool to retrieve details of a specific route for an AI21 Studio assistant.

Get Assistants By MCP

Tool to retrieve all assistants associated with a specific MCP (Model Context Protocol) storage configuration.

Get Batch Prediction Status

Tool to check the status of a Fnac Aftersales parts classification batch prediction job.

Get Demo

Tool to retrieve a demo by its unique ID.

Grant Kirsh Metadata

Tool to retrieve Kirsh grant metadata by grant ID.

Get Library Batch Status

Tool to get the ingestion status of a library batch.

Get MCP Storage

Tool to retrieve a specific MCP (Model Context Protocol) storage configuration by its unique ID.

Get Output Explanation

Tool to get output explanation for an execution (cached or generated).

Get Plan

Tool to retrieve a specific plan from an AI21 Studio assistant.

Get Website Connector By ID

Tool to retrieve details of a specific website connector by its ID.

Get Website Connector Status

Tool to retrieve the status of a website connector ingestion.

Get Website Connector URL Status

Tool to retrieve the status of a specific URL in the website connector.

Ingest Website Connector

Tool to ingest website content via sitemap URL in AI21 Studio.

Ingest Website Connector URL

Tool to ingest a website URL into AI21 Studio's website connector.

List Assistants

Tool to retrieve all assistants from AI21 Studio.

List Website Connectors

Tool to retrieve website connector information from AI21 Studio.

List Demos

Tool to retrieve all demos from AI21 Studio.

List Library Files

Tool to list files in the workspace library with optional filtering.

List MCP Storage

Tool to retrieve all MCP (Model Context Protocol) storage configurations from AI21 Studio.

List Models

Tool to retrieve information about all available AI21 models.

List Plans

Tool to list all plans for a specific assistant.

List Secrets

Tool to retrieve all secrets from AI21 Studio secret storage.

List Workspace Models

Tool to retrieve all workspace models by organization from AI21 Studio.

List Available Models

Tool to retrieve all available models from AI21 Studio settings.

Modify Assistant

Tool to modify an existing AI21 Studio assistant.

Modify Assistant Route

Tool to modify an existing route within an assistant.

Modify Assistant Plan

Tool to modify an existing assistant plan in AI21 Studio.

Retry Ingest Website

Tool to retry ingestion of a website in AI21 Studio.

Run Assistant

Tool to run an AI21 Studio assistant with conversational input.

Sync Website Connector

Tool to sync a website connector in AI21 Studio.

Update Demo

Tool to update an existing demo in Studio by AI21 Labs.

Update MCP Storage

Tool to update an existing MCP (Model Context Protocol) storage configuration in AI21 Studio.

Update Secret

Tool to update an existing secret in AI21 Studio.

Validate Plan

Tool to validate Python code for an AI21 Studio assistant plan.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Studio By Ai21 Labs MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Studio By Ai21 Labs tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Studio By Ai21 Labs 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 Studio By Ai21 Labs data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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