How to integrate Bench MCP with Atomic Agent

Atomic Agent is an open-source AI agent that runs on your machine and supports local models through llama.cpp. Connect it to 1,500+ apps through Composio, including Bench.

This guide uses Atomic Agent's built-in Composio integration. You need Atomic Agent v0.5.6 or later, your own Composio API key, and a Bench account. See the Atomic Agent documentation for installation instructions.

How Atomic Agent connects to Bench

Atomic Agent connects to Composio's Tool Router over Streamable HTTP MCP. It discovers the tools needed for your request, and Composio handles account authentication.

Execution and account-connection tools follow Atomic Agent's configured approval policy. Review any approval prompt before allowing an action on your connected account.

Connect Bench to Atomic Agent

1. Sign up or sign in to the Composio dashboard. Copy your API key.
2. In Atomic Agent, open the Integrations tab and select Composio. Select API key, press e, paste the key, and press Enter. The tools become available immediately, without a restart.
3. Ask Atomic Agent to do something in Bench. It searches Composio for the right tool.
4. On first use, open the sign-in link returned in the chat. Connect your Bench account, then return to Atomic Agent to continue.

Headless setup

Add the following line to ~/.atomic-agent/.env, replacing YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY with your key. Start Atomic Agent after saving the file.

The Bench MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Bench environment. It provides structured and secure access to benchmarking operations, so your agent can perform actions like simulating wait times, testing response delays, and orchestrating timed pauses within automated workflows.

• Simulate processing delays: Instruct your agent to initiate a sleep or wait state, mimicking real-world processing or benchmarking scenarios.
• Test agent response times: Have the agent pause for a set duration to measure how your applications handle delays or timeouts.
• Orchestrate workflow timing: Use controlled sleep intervals to sequence multi-step tasks or coordinate between services during automation runs.
• Benchmark system latency: Trigger sleep commands to evaluate how your systems and integrations perform under different timing constraints.

Use Bench from Atomic Agent

With your account connected, ask Atomic Agent to work with Bench in natural language. You can connect more apps through the same Composio integration as you need them.

Visit the Atomic Agent website or inspect the Atomic Agent source code.