How to integrate Tapfiliate MCP with Claude Agent SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Tapfiliate to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Tapfiliate agent that can list all active affiliates for this month, retrieve payout methods for affiliate jane doe, create a payment for affiliate id 12345 through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Tapfiliate account through Composio's Tapfiliate 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 Tapfiliate to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Tapfiliate agent that can list all active affiliates for this month, retrieve payout methods for affiliate jane doe, create a payment for affiliate id 12345 through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Tapfiliate account through Composio's Tapfiliate 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 Claude/Anthropic and Composio API keys
  • Install the necessary dependencies
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Tapfiliate
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Tapfiliate as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Tapfiliate operations

What is Claude Agent SDK?

The Claude Agent SDK is Anthropic's official framework for building AI agents powered by Claude. It provides a streamlined interface for creating agents with MCP tool support and conversation management.

Key features include:

  • Native MCP Support: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol servers
  • Permission Modes: Control tool execution permissions
  • Streaming Responses: Real-time response streaming for interactive applications
  • Context Manager: Clean async context management for sessions

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

The Tapfiliate MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Tapfiliate account. It provides structured and secure access to your affiliate and referral program data, so your agent can perform actions like managing affiliates, tracking commissions, handling payments, and organizing programs on your behalf.

  • Affiliate management and insights: Instantly list all affiliates, retrieve detailed affiliate profiles, or remove affiliates as your programs evolve.
  • Commission tracking and reporting: Let your agent fetch comprehensive commission records, apply filters, and access historical payouts for monitoring performance.
  • Automated payment handling: Effortlessly list, retrieve, or create payments to credit affiliates, ensuring accurate and timely compensation.
  • Payout method discovery: Retrieve available payout options for affiliates to streamline compensation workflows and support diverse payment needs.
  • Program organization and overview: Quickly list all affiliate programs and assets, helping you stay on top of your marketing initiatives and campaign structure.

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 Claude/Anthropic API Key
  • Primary know-how of Claude Agents SDK
  • A Tapfiliate account
  • Some knowledge of Python
2

Getting API Keys for Claude/Anthropic and Composio

Claude/Anthropic API Key
  • Go to the Anthropic Console and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models.
  • 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

npm install @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk @composio/core dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the Claude Agents SDK.

What's happening:

  • @composio/core provides Composio integration for Anthropic
  • @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk is the core agent framework
  • dotenv/config loads environment variables
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio
  • USER_ID identifies the user for session management
  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY authenticates with Anthropic/Claude
5

Import dependencies

import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

dotenv.config();
What's happening:
  • We're importing all necessary libraries including the Claude Agent SDK and Composio
  • The dotenv.config() function loads environment variables from your .env file
  • This setup prepares the foundation for connecting Claude with Tapfiliate functionality
6

Create a Composio instance and Tool Router session

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

  // Create Tool Router session for Tapfiliate
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['tapfiliate'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session?.mcp.url;
What's happening:
  • The function checks for the required COMPOSIO_API_KEY environment variable
  • We're creating a Composio instance using our API key
  • The create method creates a Tool Router session for Tapfiliate
  • The returned url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use
7

Configure Claude Agent with MCP

const options: Options = {
  permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
  mcpServers: {
    composio: {
      type: 'http',
      url: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
    }
  },
  systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Tapfiliate tools via Composio.',
  maxTurns: 10,
};
What's happening:
  • We're configuring the Claude Agent options with the MCP server URL
  • permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions' allows the agent to execute operations without asking for permission each time
  • The system prompt instructs the agent that it has access to Tapfiliate
  • maxTurns: 10 limits the conversation length to prevent excessive API usage
8

Create client and start chat loop

const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'You: '
  });

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}
What's happening:
  • The readline interface is created to handle user input and output
  • The query function is used to send the user's input to the agent
  • The chat loop continues until the user types 'exit' or 'quit'
9

Run the application

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}
What's happening:
  • The chat function is the entry point for the application
  • The try-catch block is used to handle any errors that occur

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Tapfiliate and Claude Agent SDK:

import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['tapfiliate']
  });
  const mcp_url = session?.mcp.url;

  const options: Options = {
    permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
    mcpServers: {
      composio: {
        type: 'http',
        url: mcp_url,
        headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
      }
    },
    systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Tapfiliate tools via Composio.',
    maxTurns: 10,
  };

  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'You: '
  });

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}

Conclusion

You've successfully built a Claude Agent SDK agent that can interact with Tapfiliate through Composio's Tool Router.

Key features:

  • Native MCP support through Claude's agent framework
  • Streaming responses for real-time interaction
  • Permission bypass for smooth automated workflows
You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom business logic, or building a web interface around the agent.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Retrieve an Affiliate

Tool to retrieve details of a specific affiliate.

Cancel a Payment

Tool to cancel a specific payment.

List all commissions

Tool to retrieve all commissions.

Create an Affiliate

Tool to create a new affiliate account.

Create Affiliate Group

Tool to create a new affiliate group.

Create Affiliate Note

Tool to create a note for an affiliate.

Create Affiliate Prospect

Tool to create an affiliate prospect.

Delete affiliate meta data

Tool to delete metadata by key for an affiliate.

Delete an affiliate prospect

Tool to delete a specific affiliate prospect.

Delete an affiliate

Tool to delete a specific affiliate.

Get Affiliate Balances

Tool to retrieve an affiliate's balances across multiple currencies.

Get Affiliate Meta Data by Key

Tool to retrieve specific metadata value by key for an affiliate.

Get Affiliate Prospect

Tool to retrieve details of a specific affiliate prospect.

Retrieve a Program

Tool to retrieve details of a specific program.

List affiliate custom fields

Tool to get custom fields configured for affiliates.

List all affiliate groups

Tool to list all affiliate groups.

List Affiliate Meta Data

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific affiliate.

List affiliate notes

Tool to list notes for a specific affiliate.

List affiliate's payments

Tool to list all payments for a specific affiliate.

List Affiliate Programs

Tool to list all programs (affiliations) associated with a specific affiliate.

List Affiliate Prospects

Tool to list all affiliate prospects.

List all affiliates

Tool to list all affiliates.

List all balances

Tool to list all outstanding affiliate balances.

List conversions

Tool to list all conversions.

List all customers

Tool to list all customers with optional filtering by program, customer ID, affiliate, or date range.

List program affiliates

Tool to list all affiliates in a specific program.

List program bonuses

Tool to list all bonuses for a specific program.

List program commission types

Tool to list commission types for a specific program.

List program MLM levels

Tool to list MLM levels for a program.

Create a Payment

Tool to create a payment.

List all payments

Tool to list all payments.

Retrieve a Payment

Tool to retrieve details of a specific payment.

List all payout methods

Tool to retrieve a list of all payout methods for an affiliate.

List all programs

Tool to list all programs.

Remove affiliate group from affiliate

Tool to remove affiliate group from an affiliate.

Set Affiliate Group

Tool to set the affiliate group for a specific affiliate.

Set Affiliate Meta Data

Tool to update (replace) metadata for an affiliate.

Set Affiliate Metadata by Key

Tool to set or update a specific metadata field for an affiliate by key.

Set Affiliate Parent

Tool to set a parent affiliate relationship for a child affiliate.

Update Affiliate Group

Tool to update an affiliate group's details.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Claude Agent 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 Tapfiliate tools.

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

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