# How to integrate Elorus MCP with Autogen

```json
{
  "title": "How to integrate Elorus MCP with Autogen",
  "toolkit": "Elorus",
  "toolkit_slug": "elorus",
  "framework": "AutoGen",
  "framework_slug": "autogen",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/elorus/framework/autogen",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/elorus/framework/autogen.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-06T08:10:11.561Z"
}
```

## Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Elorus to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Elorus agent that can create a new invoice for acme corp, list all unpaid bills from last month, email latest invoice to a specific contact through natural language commands.
This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Elorus account through Composio's Elorus MCP server.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

## Also integrate Elorus with

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

## TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
- Get and set up your OpenAI and Composio API keys
- Install the required dependencies for Autogen and Composio
- Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Elorus
- Wire that MCP URL into Autogen using McpWorkbench and StreamableHttpServerParams
- Configure an Autogen AssistantAgent that can call Elorus tools
- Run a live chat loop where you ask the agent to perform Elorus operations

## What is AutoGen?

Autogen is a framework for building multi-agent conversational AI systems from Microsoft. It enables you to create agents that can collaborate, use tools, and maintain complex workflows.
Key features include:
- Multi-Agent Systems: Build collaborative agent workflows
- MCP Workbench: Native support for Model Context Protocol tools
- Streaming HTTP: Connect to external services through streamable HTTP
- AssistantAgent: Pre-built agent class for tool-using assistants

## What is the Elorus MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Elorus MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Elorus account. It provides structured and secure access to your invoicing, billing, and time-tracking tools, so your agent can perform actions like creating invoices, managing contacts, tracking estimates, and sending billing communications on your behalf.
- Automated invoice creation and delivery: Instruct your agent to generate new invoices, fill in all necessary details, and instantly email them to clients or contacts with just a prompt.
- Comprehensive contact management: Ask your agent to fetch, list, and organize your business contacts, so you can easily keep your client database up to date or find specific clients in seconds.
- Dynamic bills and expenses tracking: Let your agent retrieve and manage lists of bills and expenses, helping you stay on top of accounts payable and overall financial health.
- Flexible product and service catalog management: Direct your agent to create new products or services, update details, or fetch lists of items for invoicing and inventory purposes.
- Estimates and credit notes retrieval: Have your agent pull up estimates or credit notes with filters for date, contact, or status—ideal for monitoring ongoing deals and financial adjustments.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `ELORUS_CREATE_INVOICE` | Create Invoice | Tool to create a new invoice. use after gathering all invoice details. |
| `ELORUS_CREATE_PRODUCT` | CREATE_PRODUCT | Tool to create a new product or service in elorus. use when you need to add or configure items/services in your product catalog. |
| `ELORUS_EMAIL_INVOICE` | Email Invoice | Tool to email an existing invoice to specified contacts. use after generating an invoice and obtaining contact ids. |
| `ELORUS_GET_BILLS` | Get Bills | Tool to retrieve a list of bills. use when you need to list bills with optional filters after creation. |
| `ELORUS_GET_CONTACTS` | Get Contacts | Tool to retrieve a list of contacts. use after authentication to fetch contacts in batches. example: 'list page 2 of active company contacts sorted by name.' |
| `ELORUS_GET_CREDIT_NOTES` | Get Credit Notes | Tool to retrieve a list of credit notes. use when you need to fetch credit notes filtered by page, contact, date range, or currency. |
| `ELORUS_GET_EMAIL_TEMPLATES` | Get Email Templates | Tool to retrieve a list of email templates. use when you need to fetch and page through existing templates in the organization. |
| `ELORUS_GET_ESTIMATES` | Get Estimates | Tool to retrieve a list of estimates. use when you need to list estimates with pagination after creation. |
| `ELORUS_GET_INVOICES` | Get Invoices | Tool to retrieve a list of invoices. use when you need to list invoices with filtering and pagination options. |
| `ELORUS_GET_PRODUCTS` | Get Products | Tool to retrieve a list of products/services with optional filtering, sorting, and pagination. use when you need to fetch products for reports, ui lists, or inventory management. |
| `ELORUS_GET_TAXES` | Get Taxes | Tool to retrieve a list of taxes. use after authentication to list taxes with optional filters. |
| `ELORUS_GET_TEMPLATES` | Get Templates | Tool to retrieve a list of document templates. use when you need to list and paginate available templates. |
| `ELORUS_UPDATE_CONTACT` | Update Contact | Tool to update an existing contact by id. use when you need to modify contact details after retrieving current information. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

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

The Elorus MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agents and assistants directly to Elorus. Instead of manually wiring Elorus APIs, OAuth, and scopes yourself, you get a structured, tool-based interface that an LLM can call safely.
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

You will need:
- A Composio API key
- An OpenAI API key (used by Autogen's OpenAIChatCompletionClient)
- A Elorus account you can connect to Composio
- Some basic familiarity with Autogen and Python async

### 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).
- Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
- Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.

### 2. Install dependencies

Install Composio, Autogen extensions, and dotenv.
What's happening:
- composio connects your agent to Elorus via MCP
- autogen-agentchat provides the AssistantAgent class
- autogen-ext-openai provides the OpenAI model client
- autogen-ext-tools provides MCP workbench support
```bash
pip install composio python-dotenv
pip install autogen-agentchat autogen-ext-openai autogen-ext-tools
```

### 3. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in your project folder.
What's happening:
- COMPOSIO_API_KEY is required to talk to Composio
- OPENAI_API_KEY is used by Autogen's OpenAI client
- USER_ID is how Composio identifies which user's Elorus connections to use
```bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-composio-api-key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
USER_ID=your-user-identifier@example.com
```

### 4. Import dependencies and create Tool Router session

What's happening:
- load_dotenv() reads your .env file
- Composio(api_key=...) initializes the SDK
- create(...) creates a Tool Router session that exposes Elorus tools
- session.mcp.url is the MCP endpoint that Autogen will connect to
```python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a Elorus session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["elorus"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
```

### 5. Configure MCP parameters for Autogen

Autogen expects parameters describing how to talk to the MCP server. That is what StreamableHttpServerParams is for.
What's happening:
- url points to the Tool Router MCP endpoint from Composio
- timeout is the HTTP timeout for requests
- sse_read_timeout controls how long to wait when streaming responses
- terminate_on_close=True cleans up the MCP server process when the workbench is closed
```python
# Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
    url=url,
    timeout=30.0,
    sse_read_timeout=300.0,
    terminate_on_close=True,
    headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
)
```

### 6. Create the model client and agent

What's happening:
- OpenAIChatCompletionClient wraps the OpenAI model for Autogen
- McpWorkbench connects the agent to the MCP tools
- AssistantAgent is configured with the Elorus tools from the workbench
```python
# Create model client
model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
    model="gpt-5",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
)

# Use McpWorkbench as context manager
async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
    # Create Elorus assistant agent with MCP tools
    agent = AssistantAgent(
        name="elorus_assistant",
        description="An AI assistant that helps with Elorus operations.",
        model_client=model_client,
        workbench=workbench,
        model_client_stream=True,
        max_tool_iterations=10
    )
```

### 7. Run the interactive chat loop

What's happening:
- The script prompts you in a loop with You:
- Autogen passes your input to the model, which decides which Elorus tools to call via MCP
- agent.run_stream(...) yields streaming messages as the agent thinks and calls tools
- Typing exit, quit, or bye ends the loop
```python
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
print("Ask any Elorus related question or task to the agent.\n")

# Conversation loop
while True:
    user_input = input("You: ").strip()

    if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
        print("\nGoodbye!")
        break

    if not user_input:
        continue

    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

    # Run the agent with streaming
    try:
        response_text = ""
        async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
            if hasattr(message, "content") and message.content:
                response_text = message.content

        # Print the final response
        if response_text:
            print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
        else:
            print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")
```

## Complete Code

```python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a Elorus session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["elorus"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url

    # Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
    server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
        url=url,
        timeout=30.0,
        sse_read_timeout=300.0,
        terminate_on_close=True,
        headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
    )

    # Create model client
    model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
        model="gpt-5",
        api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
    )

    # Use McpWorkbench as context manager
    async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
        # Create Elorus assistant agent with MCP tools
        agent = AssistantAgent(
            name="elorus_assistant",
            description="An AI assistant that helps with Elorus operations.",
            model_client=model_client,
            workbench=workbench,
            model_client_stream=True,
            max_tool_iterations=10
        )

        print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
        print("Ask any Elorus related question or task to the agent.\n")

        # Conversation loop
        while True:
            user_input = input("You: ").strip()

            if user_input.lower() in ['exit', 'quit', 'bye']:
                print("\nGoodbye!")
                break

            if not user_input:
                continue

            print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

            # Run the agent with streaming
            try:
                response_text = ""
                async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
                    if hasattr(message, 'content') and message.content:
                        response_text = message.content

                # Print the final response
                if response_text:
                    print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
                else:
                    print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())
```

## Conclusion

You now have an Autogen assistant wired into Elorus through Composio's Tool Router and MCP. From here you can:
- Add more toolkits to the toolkits list, for example notion or hubspot
- Refine the agent description to point it at specific workflows
- Wrap this script behind a UI, Slack bot, or internal tool
Once the pattern is clear for Elorus, you can reuse the same structure for other MCP-enabled apps with minimal code changes.

## How to build Elorus MCP Agent with another framework

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

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## Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

### Can I use Tool Router MCP with Autogen?

Yes, you can. Autogen 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 Elorus tools.

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

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

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