How to integrate Yandex MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Yandex to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Yandex agent that can find walking route from red square to gorky park, look up a business by address in moscow, get map tiles for downtown saint petersburg through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Yandex account through Composio's Yandex 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 Yandex to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Yandex agent that can find walking route from red square to gorky park, look up a business by address in moscow, get map tiles for downtown saint petersburg through natural language commands.

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

The Yandex MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Yandex account. It provides structured and secure access to Yandex search, maps, and business information, so your agent can perform actions like business lookup, reverse geocoding, detailed route planning, and retrieving map tiles on your behalf.

  • Business and organization search: Instantly find businesses or organizations by name, address, or tax ID—perfect for regional lookups and company discovery.
  • Reverse geocoding for precise locations: Translate latitude and longitude into street addresses or place names using Yandex Maps, making it easy to identify places from coordinates.
  • Detailed route generation: Let your agent plan step-by-step driving, walking, or public transportation routes between two points, complete with directions and travel options.
  • Custom map tile retrieval: Fetch specific map tile images by their coordinates and zoom level, enabling custom visualizations or interactive map experiences.

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

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 Yandex action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Reverse Geocode Coordinates

Tool to convert geographic coordinates to a human-readable address (reverse geocoding).

Get Account Experiments

Tool to retrieve Yandex Music account experimental features and A/B testing flags.

Get Account Status

Tool to retrieve Yandex Music account status and permissions.

Get Music Genres

Tool to retrieve the list of music genres from Yandex Music.

Get Permission Alerts

Tool to retrieve permission alerts and notifications from Yandex Music API.

Get Playlists by Tag

Tool to retrieve playlist IDs associated with a specific tag.

Get Public Resource Metadata

Tool to retrieve metadata for a public file or folder on Yandex Disk.

Get Public Resource Download Link

Tool to get a direct download link for a publicly shared Yandex Disk resource.

Get Rotor Account Status

Tool to retrieve authenticated user's rotor account status with supplementary fields.

Get Rotor Stations Dashboard

Tool to retrieve recommended radio stations for the current user.

Get Yandex Music Settings

Tool to retrieve Yandex Music settings including available purchase products and payment configuration.

Get Yandex Music Stations List

Tool to retrieve all radio stations with user settings from Yandex Music.

Get Track Download Info

Tool to retrieve available download options for a Yandex Music track.

List Filters

Tool to retrieve all filters configured for a Yandex Metrica counter.

List Goals

Tool to retrieve all goals configured for a Yandex Metrica counter.

List Counter Grants

Tool to retrieve the list of permissions (grants) for a Yandex Metrica counter.

List Log Requests

Tool to retrieve a list of log requests for a Yandex Metrica counter.

List Storage Buckets

Tool to list all Yandex Object Storage buckets owned by the authenticated user.

Organization Search

Tool to find businesses and organizations by name, address, or TIN.

Generate detailed route

Tool to generate detailed route for driving, walking, or public transport.

Yandex Tiles API

Tool to fetch individual map tile images by x/y coordinates and zoom level.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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