Adafruit IO MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Adafruit IO MCP or direct API to read device feeds, publish sensor values, monitor dashboards, and trigger IoT workflows through natural language.

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Adafruit IO is Adafruit's cloud platform for connected device and IoT project data. It helps you store, visualize, and act on sensor feeds without running your own backend.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Feeds to Group

Sequentially add 1-10 existing feeds to one group using one documented provider request per feed.

Create Dashboard

Create a dashboard for visualizing and controlling feed data.

Create Feed

Create a feed, optionally within an existing group.

Create Group

Create a group for organizing feeds.

Delete Dashboard

Permanently delete one dashboard by exact key.

Delete Data Point

Permanently delete one feed data point by ID.

Delete Data Points

Permanently delete 1-30 feed data points sequentially through Adafruit IO's single-data-point DELETE endpoint, bounded by the Free-plan limit of 30 data mutations per minute.

Delete Feed

Permanently delete one feed and its retained data by exact feed key.

Delete Group

Permanently delete one group by exact key.

Get Account Status

Return compact identity, plan limits, and current data-write throttle usage for the connected Adafruit IO account.

Get Dashboards

List dashboards, or retrieve one dashboard and its blocks by key.

Get Data Point

Retrieve one feed data point by its exact ID.

Get Feeds

List feeds, or retrieve one feed by key with optional data summary details.

Get Groups

List groups with feed summaries, or retrieve one group by key.

List Feed Data

Return one newest-first page of feed data with an opaque cursor for the next older page.

Publish Feed Data

Publish one or multiple timestamped values to a feed, using the batch endpoint only when multiple points are supplied.

Remove Feeds from Group

Sequentially remove 1-10 feeds from one group using one documented provider request per feed.

Update Dashboard

Update an existing dashboard by exact dashboard key.

Update Data Point

Replace the value and optional metadata of one existing feed data point.

Update Feed

Update an existing feed by exact feed key.

Update Group

Update an existing group by exact group key.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Adafruit IO MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
Install the Composio SDK for Python or TypeScript
2

Initialize Client and Create Tool Router Session

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

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${session.mcp.url}`);
Import and initialize the Composio client, then create a Tool Router session for Adafruit IO
3

Connect to AI Agent

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

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: session.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: 'Publish humidity reading 62 to my greenhouse feed in Adafruit IO'
  }],
  maxSteps: 5,
});

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

Connect Adafruit IO 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 Adafruit IO 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: 'List recent door sensor events from my Adafruit IO feed'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
Get tools from Tool Router session and execute Adafruit IO actions with your Agent

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Adafruit IO Integration

  • Supports both Adafruit IO MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Adafruit IO feeds and device data

Managed Auth

  • Securely stores Adafruit IO API keys so you don't hard-code credentials in agents
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Adafruit IO access
  • Per user and per environment credentials for safer IoT automations

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 feed was read or updated, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Adafruit IO
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Adafruit IO feeds, dashboards, and device data
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Adafruit IO requires you to configure your own API key. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

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

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your Adafruit IO connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

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

Create the key in your Adafruit IO account settings, then paste it once on Composio's connection page. Composio stores it encrypted and uses it only for the Adafruit IO actions your agent runs. Nobody else in your workspace can read it, and you can revoke it inside Adafruit IO at any time.

When you connect a Adafruit IO account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in Adafruit IO as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Whatever the credentials you connect allow inside Adafruit IO. If Adafruit IO lets you scope a key to specific permissions, create a scoped one so the agent can only do what you intend. You can revoke the key inside Adafruit IO at any time.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each Adafruit IO connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

The connection stops working the moment Adafruit IO rejects the old key. Create a new key in Adafruit IO and reconnect the account from the Composio dashboard or by asking your agent to reconnect Adafruit IO. Nothing else changes.

Composio's free plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal Adafruit IO use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your Adafruit IO plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple Adafruit IO accounts).

With Composio, you connect Adafruit IO once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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