How to integrate Browser tool MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Browser tool to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Browser tool agent that can copy highlighted text from this webpage, drag and drop a file to upload section, fetch and summarize main page content, click login button at top right corner through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Browser tool account through Composio's Browser tool MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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 Browser tool
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Browser tool as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Browser tool operations

What is open-ai-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 Browser tool MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Browser tool MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to browser automation tools. It provides structured and secure access to browser actions, so your agent can fetch web content, perform clicks, automate keyboard shortcuts, move the mouse, and interact with on-page elements just like a real user.

  • Fetch and analyze webpage content: Let your agent retrieve the full HTML or clean text of any web page for data extraction, analysis, or decision-making.
  • Automated mouse and keyboard interactions: Instruct your agent to perform precise clicks, double clicks, drags, and keyboard shortcuts to navigate, select, or manipulate content on the page.
  • Clipboard and text extraction: Have the agent copy highlighted text, read clipboard contents, or transfer data between the browser and other tools for seamless workflows.
  • Drag-and-drop automation: Enable your agent to handle complex drag-and-drop actions, such as moving files or rearranging lists, to mimic advanced user interactions.
  • Fine-grained UI element control: Direct your agent to move the mouse, press and hold, or release buttons at exact coordinates to interact with dynamic or custom web interfaces.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Copy Selected TextCopy currently selected text on the page to clipboard - ideal for extracting highlighted content, copying form data, or harvesting visible text selections.
Drag and DropExecute precise drag and drop operations - essential for file uploads, list reordering, element moving, and complex ui interactions that require drag-based manipulation.
Fetch Webpage ContentYour eyes: get page content for decision-making.
Get Clipboard ContentRead current content from the system clipboard - essential for data transfer workflows, extracting copied text, and reading user-copied data for processing.
Keyboard ShortcutExecute keyboard shortcuts and key combinations - essential for copy/paste, navigation, and application commands that agents need for efficient browser automation.
Mouse ClickPrecision clicker: manual clicking with coordinates.
Mouse Double ClickExecute a precise double click at specified screen coordinates - ideal for opening files, selecting text, or activating ui elements that require double click gestures.
Mouse Down (Press and Hold)Press and hold mouse button at coordinates - use for starting custom drag operations, text selections, or long-press interactions.
Mouse MoveMove mouse cursor to precise coordinates without clicking - perfect for triggering hover effects, revealing tooltips, and positioning for subsequent interactions.
Mouse Up (Release Button)Release mouse button at coordinates - completes drag operations, text selections, and long-press interactions.
Navigate to URLAlways start here: creates browser session and navigates to url.
Paste TextPaste text content at the current cursor position - perfect for filling forms, inserting data into text fields, or quick content insertion at focused elements.
AI Perform Web TaskAi automation: complex workflows only.
Screenshot WebpageCapture high-quality screenshot of any webpage with extensive customization options - perfect for archiving, visual documentation, full-page captures, and cross-device viewport testing.
Scroll PagePage navigation: smooth scrolling.
Set Clipboard ContentStore text content in the system clipboard for later paste operations - perfect for preparing data transfers, staging content for forms, or cross-application data sharing.
Take ScreenshotVisual verification: capture screenshot of current browser viewport.
Type TextControlled input: human-like typing.

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Tool Router?

Composio's Tool Router 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 Tool Router

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

How the Tool Router works

The Tool Router 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

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Composio API Key and OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live Browser tool project
  • Some knowledge of Python or Typescript

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

Install dependencies

pip install composio_openai_agents openai-agents python-dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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.

Import dependencies

import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

from composio import Composio
from composio_openai_agents import OpenAIAgentsProvider
from agents import Agent, Runner, HostedMCPTool, SQLiteSession
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 Browser tool.

Set up the Composio instance

load_dotenv()

api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
user_id = os.getenv("USER_ID")

if not api_key:
    raise RuntimeError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key")

# Initialize Composio
composio = Composio(api_key=api_key, provider=OpenAIAgentsProvider())
What's happening:
  • load_dotenv() loads your .env file so OPENAI_API_KEY and COMPOSIO_API_KEY are available as environment variables.
  • Creating a Composio instance using the API Key and OpenAIAgentsProvider class.

Create a Tool Router session

# Create a Browser tool Tool Router session
session = composio.create(
    user_id=user_id,
    toolkits=["browser_tool"]
)

mcp_url = session.mcp.url

What is happening:

  • You give the Tool Router the user id and the toolkits you want available. Here, it is only browser_tool.
  • The router checks the user's Browser tool connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Browser tool.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Browser tool tools only when needed during the conversation.

Configure the agent

# Configure agent with MCP tool
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    model="gpt-5",
    instructions=(
        "You are a helpful assistant that can access Browser tool. "
        "Help users perform Browser tool operations through natural language."
    ),
    tools=[
        HostedMCPTool(
            tool_config={
                "type": "mcp",
                "server_label": "tool_router",
                "server_url": mcp_url,
                "headers": {"x-api-key": api_key},
                "require_approval": "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 Browser tool 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 dict includes the Composio API key for secure authentication with the MCP server.
  • require_approval: 'never' means the agent can execute Browser tool operations without asking for permission each time, making interactions smoother.

Start chat loop and handle conversation

print("\nComposio Tool Router session created.")

chat_session = SQLiteSession("conversation_openai_toolrouter")

print("\nChat started. Type your requests below.")
print("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n")

async def main():
    try:
        result = await Runner.run(
            agent,
            "What can you help me with?",
            session=chat_session
        )
        print(f"Assistant: {result.final_output}\n")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}\n")

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()
        if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit", "q"}:
            print("Goodbye!")
            break

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent,
            user_input,
            session=chat_session
        )
        print(f"Assistant: {result.final_output}\n")

asyncio.run(main())
What's happening:
  • The program prints a session URL that you visit to authorize Browser tool.
  • After authorization, the chat begins.
  • Each message you type is processed by the agent using Runner.run().
  • The responses are printed to the console, and conversations are saved locally using SQLite.
  • Typing exit, quit, or q cleanly ends the chat.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Browser tool and open-ai-agents-sdk:

import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

from composio import Composio
from composio_openai_agents import OpenAIAgentsProvider
from agents import Agent, Runner, HostedMCPTool, SQLiteSession

load_dotenv()

api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
user_id = os.getenv("USER_ID")

if not api_key:
    raise RuntimeError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key")

# Initialize Composio
composio = Composio(api_key=api_key, provider=OpenAIAgentsProvider())

# Create Tool Router session
session = composio.create(
    user_id=user_id,
    toolkits=["browser_tool"]
)
mcp_url = session.mcp.url

# Configure agent with MCP tool
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    model="gpt-5",
    instructions=(
        "You are a helpful assistant that can access Browser tool. "
        "Help users perform Browser tool operations through natural language."
    ),
    tools=[
        HostedMCPTool(
            tool_config={
                "type": "mcp",
                "server_label": "tool_router",
                "server_url": mcp_url,
                "headers": {"x-api-key": api_key},
                "require_approval": "never",
            }
        )
    ],
)

print("\nComposio Tool Router session created.")

chat_session = SQLiteSession("conversation_openai_toolrouter")

print("\nChat started. Type your requests below.")
print("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n")

async def main():
    try:
        result = await Runner.run(
            agent,
            "What can you help me with?",
            session=chat_session
        )
        print(f"Assistant: {result.final_output}\n")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}\n")

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()
        if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit", "q"}:
            print("Goodbye!")
            break

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent,
            user_input,
            session=chat_session
        )
        print(f"Assistant: {result.final_output}\n")

asyncio.run(main())

Conclusion

This was a starter code for integrating Browser tool MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Browser tool.

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.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Browser tool MCP?

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

Can I use Tool Router MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK?

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 Browser tool tools.

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Browser tool while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Browser tool 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.

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

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 Browser tool data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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