# How to integrate Certifier MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

```json
{
  "title": "How to integrate Certifier MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK",
  "toolkit": "Certifier",
  "toolkit_slug": "certifier",
  "framework": "OpenAI Agents SDK",
  "framework_slug": "open-ai-agents-sdk",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:05:58.722Z"
}
```

## Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Certifier to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Certifier agent that can create and send a certificate for webinar attendees, list all credential designs available to your team, get all credentials issued to a specific user through natural language commands.
This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Certifier account through Composio's Certifier MCP server.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

## Also integrate Certifier with

- [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/claude-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/claude-code)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/codex)
- [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/openclaw)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/crew-ai)

## 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 Certifier
- Configure an AI agent that can use Certifier as a tool
- Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Certifier 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 Certifier MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Certifier MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Certifier account. It provides structured and secure access to your digital credential management, so your agent can create, issue, send, and organize certificates and credentials on your behalf.
- Instant credential creation and issuing: Instruct your agent to create, issue, and send new digital certificates or badges to recipients in a single seamless workflow.
- Automated credential delivery: Have your agent send published credentials directly to recipients via email with just a simple command.
- Credential activity insights: Let the agent retrieve and summarize interaction events—like views or downloads—for any issued credential.
- Design and template management: Ask your agent to list available certificate or badge designs, making it easy to select and use templates for new credentials.
- Group and recipient organization: Enable your agent to fetch and organize groups of recipients, streamlining large-scale credential distribution.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `CERTIFIER_CREATE_ISSUE_SEND_CREDENTIAL` | Create, issue, and send credential | Tool to create, issue, and send a credential in a single request. Use when group ID and recipient details are ready. |
| `CERTIFIER_LIST_ATTRIBUTES` | List Attributes | Tool to list all attributes available for credentials. Use when you need to retrieve attribute definitions with pagination. |
| `CERTIFIER_LIST_CREDENTIAL_INTERACTIONS` | List Credential Interactions | Tool to list credential interactions. Use when you need to retrieve interaction events for a specific credential, with optional filtering and pagination. |
| `CERTIFIER_LIST_CREDENTIALS` | List Credentials | Tool to list credentials. Use after authentication to retrieve paginated credentials. |
| `CERTIFIER_LIST_DESIGNS` | List Designs | Tool to list all designs. Use after authentication to retrieve certificate and badge designs with pagination. |
| `CERTIFIER_LIST_EMAIL_TEMPLATES` | List Email Templates | Tool to list all email templates available for credential delivery. Use when you need to retrieve available email templates for sending credentials. |
| `CERTIFIER_LIST_GROUPS` | List Groups | Tool to list all groups. Use when you need to retrieve groups with pagination (limit and cursor). |
| `CERTIFIER_SEARCH_CREDENTIALS` | Search Credentials | Tool to search for credentials using advanced filters and criteria. Use when you need to find specific credentials based on status, recipient, dates, or other properties. Supports complex queries with logical operators (AND, OR, NOT). |
| `CERTIFIER_CERTIFIER_SEND_CREDENTIAL` | Send a Credential | Tool to send a published credential via email. Use after confirming the credential is published. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK

The Certifier MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent to Certifier. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Certifier operations on your behalf through a secure, permission-based interface.
With Composio's managed implementation, you don't have to create your own developer app. For production, if you're building an end product, we recommend using your own credentials. The managed server helps you prototype fast and go from 0-1 faster.

## Step-by-step Guide

### 1. Prerequisites

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

### 1. Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
- Go to the [OpenAI dashboard](https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/api-keys) 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
- Log in to the [Composio dashboard](https://dashboard.composio.dev?utm_source=toolkits&utm_medium=framework_docs).
- Go to Settings and copy your API key.

### 2. Install dependencies

Install the Composio SDK and the OpenAI Agents SDK.
```python
pip install composio_openai_agents openai-agents python-dotenv
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/openai-agents @openai/agents dotenv
```

### 3. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file and add your OpenAI and Composio API keys.
```bash
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...your-api-key
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-api-key
USER_ID=composio_user@gmail.com
```

### 4. Import dependencies

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 Certifier.
```python
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
```

```typescript
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';
```

### 5. Set up the Composio instance

No description provided.
```python
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())
```

```typescript
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(),
});
```

### 6. Create a Tool Router session

What is happening:
- You give the Tool Router the user id and the toolkits you want available. Here, it is only certifier.
- The router checks the user's Certifier connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
- The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Certifier.
- This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Certifier tools only when needed during the conversation.
```python
# Create a Certifier Tool Router session
session = composio.create(
    user_id=user_id,
    toolkits=["certifier"]
)

mcp_url = session.mcp.url
```

```typescript
// Create Tool Router session for Certifier
const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
  toolkits: ['certifier'],
});
const mcpUrl = session.mcp.url;
```

### 7. Configure the agent

No description provided.
```python
# Configure agent with MCP tool
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    model="gpt-5",
    instructions=(
        "You are a helpful assistant that can access Certifier. "
        "Help users perform Certifier 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",
            }
        )
    ],
)
```

```typescript
// Configure agent with MCP tool
const agent = new Agent({
  name: 'Assistant',
  model: 'gpt-5',
  instructions:
    'You are a helpful assistant that can access Certifier. Help users perform Certifier operations through natural language.',
  tools: [
    hostedMcpTool({
      serverLabel: 'tool_router',
      serverUrl: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': composioApiKey },
      requireApproval: 'never',
    }),
  ],
});
```

### 8. Start chat loop and handle conversation

No description provided.
```python
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())
```

```typescript
// 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);
});
```

## Complete Code

```python
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=["certifier"]
)
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 Certifier. "
        "Help users perform Certifier 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())
```

```typescript
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: ['certifier'],
  });
  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 Certifier. Help users perform Certifier 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 Certifier MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Certifier.
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.

## How to build Certifier MCP Agent with another framework

- [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/claude-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/claude-code)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/codex)
- [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/openclaw)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/certifier/framework/crew-ai)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Certifier MCP?

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

### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Certifier while using Tool Router?

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

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