How to integrate Tomtom MCP with Claude Agent SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Tomtom to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Tomtom agent that can find nearby ev charging stations with live status, calculate fastest driving route to airport, search for italian restaurants around times square through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Tomtom account through Composio's Tomtom 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 Tomtom to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Tomtom agent that can find nearby ev charging stations with live status, calculate fastest driving route to airport, search for italian restaurants around times square through natural language commands.

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

The Tomtom MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Tomtom account. It provides structured and secure access to TomTom's advanced mapping, navigation, and location services, so your agent can perform actions like calculating routes, searching for points of interest, retrieving live traffic data, and managing map assets on your behalf.

  • Dynamic route calculation and navigation: Ask your agent to generate driving, walking, or cycling routes with waypoints and real-time traffic considerations to optimize travel plans.
  • Flexible location and place search: Let your agent perform fuzzy searches for addresses or points of interest, or find nearby locations by category such as restaurants, EV charging stations, or landmarks.
  • Real-time traffic flow and road insights: Retrieve up-to-date traffic flow data for specific road segments, helping you monitor congestion, speed trends, and plan detours proactively.
  • EV charging station availability: Check the current status and availability of EV charging stations, making it easy to plan electric vehicle journeys with confidence.
  • Map styling and asset management: Manage map fonts, styles, sprites, and copyrights to customize the look and feel of maps integrated into your applications.

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 Tomtom 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 Tomtom 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 Tomtom
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['tomtom'],
  });
  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 Tomtom
  • 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 Tomtom 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 Tomtom
  • 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 Tomtom 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: ['tomtom']
  });
  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 Tomtom 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 Tomtom 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 Tomtom action and event your agent gets out of the box.

List Map Fonts

Tool to list available font asset versions for map rendering.

List Assets Sprites

Tool to list available sprites for a given asset version.

List map styles

Tool to list available map styles.

Calculate Long Distance EV Route

Tool to calculate long-distance electric vehicle routes with optimal charging stops.

Calculate Matrix Routing Sync

Tool to calculate route matrix synchronously for multiple origins and destinations (up to 200 cells).

Calculate Reachable Range

Tool to calculate the reachable range from a starting point given time, fuel, or energy constraints.

Calculate Route

Tool to calculate driving routes.

Calculate Route with Body

Tool to calculate routes with advanced options via POST request.

Category Search

Tool to search for Points of Interest by category.

Create Notifications Contact Group

Tool to create a contact group for TomTom notifications.

Create Routing Batch

Tool to submit asynchronous batch routing requests to TomTom API.

Create Routing Batch Sync

Tool to execute synchronous batch routing requests for multiple routes or reachable ranges.

Create Routing Matrix Async

Tool to submit asynchronous matrix routing calculation between multiple origins and destinations.

Create Waypoint Optimization

Tool to optimize the sequence of waypoints to find the fastest route.

Geometry Filter

Tool to filter POIs by geometric boundaries (circles or polygons).

Create Snap to Roads

Tool to snap GPS track points to the road network, correcting for GPS inaccuracies.

Create Snap to Roads Batch

Tool to submit asynchronous batch snap to roads requests to TomTom API.

Delete Notifications History

Tool to clear the entire notifications history for the account.

Download Batch Search Results

Tool to download results of an asynchronous batch search job.

Download Matrix Routing Async Result

Tool to download results of asynchronous matrix routing job.

Download Snap to Roads Async Result

Tool to download results of asynchronous snap to roads batch job.

EV Charging Stations Availability

Tool to retrieve EV charging station availability info.

Flow Segment Data

Tool to retrieve traffic flow data for a specific road segment.

Fuzzy Search

Tool to perform a fuzzy search for addresses and points of interest.

Geocode Query

Tool to convert a free-form address query into geographic coordinates.

Get Autocomplete Suggestions

Tool to get search suggestions as user types a query.

Get Map Tile Copyrights

Tool to retrieve copyright information for TomTom map tiles.

Get Geometry Search

Tool to search for POIs and locations within specified geometric areas (circles or polygons).

Get Hillshade Tile

Tool to retrieve hillshade terrain map tiles for specified coordinates and zoom.

Get Incident Viewport

Tool to retrieve incident viewport information including Traffic Model ID.

Get Map Copyrights Bounding Box

Tool to retrieve copyright information for a geographic bounding box.

Get Map Copyrights Caption

Tool to retrieve the copyright caption text for TomTom maps.

Get Map Copyrights (Global)

Tool to retrieve copyright information for the whole world in the Maps API Raster Tile Service.

Get Orbis Map Tile

Tool to retrieve Orbis map tiles at specified zoom level and coordinates.

Get Orbis Traffic Incident Tile

Tool to retrieve Orbis Traffic Incident Tiles containing traffic incident data in Protocol Buffer format.

Get Map Style Metadata

Tool to retrieve map style metadata.

Get map styles metadata

Tool to retrieve map style metadata as a Mapbox Style Specification JSON.

Get Contact Group

Tool to retrieve details of a specific contact group by its UUID.

Get Notifications History

Tool to retrieve notifications history from TomTom.

Get Notifications Settings

Tool to retrieve current notification settings.

Orbis Geocode

Tool to geocode addresses using TomTom's Orbis Maps API.

Orbis Places Autocomplete

Tool to get autocomplete suggestions for place searches using TomTom Orbis Maps.

Orbis Structured Geocode

Tool to convert structured address fields into geographic coordinates using TomTom Orbis Maps API.

Get Orbis Traffic Flow Tile

Tool to retrieve Orbis traffic flow tile data in Protocol Buffer format.

Get Orbis Traffic Incident Details

Tool to retrieve detailed Orbis traffic incidents by bounding box or IDs.

Get Routing Batch Results

Tool to download asynchronous batch routing results.

Get Matrix Routing Async Status

Tool to check the status of an asynchronous matrix routing job.

Get Satellite Tile

Tool to retrieve satellite imagery map tiles at specified coordinates and zoom.

Get Snap to Roads Batch Status

Tool to check the status of an asynchronous Snap to Roads batch job.

Get Traffic Flow Tiles Raster

Tool to retrieve raster traffic flow map tiles for visualization.

Get Traffic Incident Details

Tool to retrieve traffic incident details within a bounding box at a specified zoom level.

Get Traffic Incident Tile

Tool to retrieve raster traffic incident map tiles showing traffic incidents at specified coordinates and zoom.

Get Traffic Incident Viewport

Tool to retrieve traffic incidents within a viewport defined by bounding box and zoom level.

List Geofencing Alert Rules

Tool to list geofencing alert rules with optional filtering.

List Geofencing Alerts History

Tool to retrieve geofencing alert history within a specified time range.

List Geofencing Objects

Tool to list all tracked objects in the TomTom Geofencing system.

List Location History Objects

Tool to list objects with location history.

List Notification Groups

Tool to list notification contact groups.

List POI Categories

Tool to retrieve all POI categories supported by TomTom Search API.

List Sprite Versions

Tool to list available sprite asset versions.

Get Map Copyrights

Tool to retrieve copyright information for a specific map tile.

MAP_DISPLAY_RASTER_TILE

Tool to retrieve a raster map tile for specified coordinates and zoom.

Map Display Static Image

Tool to fetch a static map snapshot given center coords and zoom.

Map Display WMS GetMap

Tool to retrieve a map image via WMS GetMap.

Matrix Routing

Tool to calculate travel time and distance matrix between multiple locations.

Nearby Search

Tool to find Points of Interest near a specified location.

Edit Contact Group (Partial)

Tool to partially update a contact group in TomTom Notifications API.

Points of Interest Search

Tool to search for points of interest by query.

Reverse Geocode

Tool to convert geographic coordinates into a human-readable address.

Reverse Geocode Cross Street

Tool to find the nearest cross street or intersection for given geographic coordinates.

Reverse Geocode Orbis

Tool to convert geographic coordinates into a human-readable address using TomTom's Orbis Maps API.

Search Along Route

Tool to search for Points of Interest along a specified route with detour time constraints.

Search Along Route (v2)

Tool to search for Points of Interest along a specified route using Search API v2.

Search Geometry

Tool to search for POIs within geometric areas (circles or polygons).

Orbis Category Search

Tool to search for Points of Interest by category using TomTom Orbis Maps API.

Orbis Places Search

Tool to perform fuzzy search for addresses and points of interest using TomTom Orbis Maps API.

Orbis POI Search

Tool to search for points of interest using TomTom Orbis Maps API.

Snap to Roads (Sync)

Tool to snap GPS points to the road network synchronously.

Structured Geocode

Tool to convert structured address fields into coordinates.

Traffic Incidents

Tool to retrieve detailed traffic incidents within a bounding box.

Update Geofencing Secret

Tool to change the customer secret for TomTom Geofencing API.

Update Notifications Group

Tool to update an existing contact group in TomTom Notifications API.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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