# How to integrate Emailoctopus MCP with CrewAI ```json { "title": "How to integrate Emailoctopus MCP with CrewAI", "toolkit": "Emailoctopus", "toolkit_slug": "emailoctopus", "framework": "CrewAI", "framework_slug": "crew-ai", "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/crew-ai", "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/crew-ai.md", "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:10:16.645Z" } ``` ## Introduction This guide walks you through connecting Emailoctopus to CrewAI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Emailoctopus agent that can add new subscribers to your newsletter list, unsubscribe a user from marketing emails, list all recent email campaigns sent through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your CrewAI agent real control over a Emailoctopus account through Composio's Emailoctopus MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved. ## Also integrate Emailoctopus with - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/claude-code) - [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/claude-cowork) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/codex) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/llama-index) ## TL;DR Here's what you'll learn: - Get a Composio API key and configure your Emailoctopus connection - Set up CrewAI with an MCP enabled agent - Create a Tool Router session or standalone MCP server for Emailoctopus - Build a conversational loop where your agent can execute Emailoctopus operations ## What is CrewAI? CrewAI is a powerful framework for building multi-agent AI systems. It provides primitives for defining agents with specific roles, creating tasks, and orchestrating workflows through crews. Key features include: - Agent Roles: Define specialized agents with specific goals and backstories - Task Management: Create tasks with clear descriptions and expected outputs - Crew Orchestration: Combine agents and tasks into collaborative workflows - MCP Integration: Connect to external tools through Model Context Protocol ## What is the Emailoctopus MCP server, and what's possible with it? The Emailoctopus MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Emailoctopus account. It provides structured and secure access to your subscriber lists, contacts, and campaigns, so your agent can perform actions like managing lists, adding contacts, launching campaigns, and handling unsubscriptions on your behalf. - Seamless contact management: Your agent can create new contacts, update details, or remove subscribers from your marketing lists in seconds. - Mailing list creation and organization: Effortlessly set up new mailing lists and keep your audience segmented for targeted campaigns. - Campaign insights and retrieval: Instantly access details about your recent email campaigns, including summaries and performance data. - Automated unsubscriptions and compliance: Quickly unsubscribe contacts or delete them to keep your lists clean and privacy-compliant. - Bulk list management: Retrieve and organize all mailing lists in your account, making it easy to scale and update your marketing efforts. ## Supported Tools | Tool slug | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | `EMAILOCTOPUS_CREATE_CONTACT` | Create Contact | This tool creates a new contact in EmailOctopus. The tool will add a contact to a specified list with the provided information. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_CREATE_FIELD` | Create Field | Tool to create a new custom field on an EmailOctopus mailing list. Use when you need to add additional data fields beyond the default Email, First Name, and Last Name fields. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_CREATE_LIST` | Create List | Creates a new mailing list in EmailOctopus for organizing and managing email contacts. The list is created with default fields (Email address, First name, Last name) and can be used to add contacts, send campaigns, and track subscriber engagement. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_CREATE_TAG` | Create Tag | Tool to create a new tag on an EmailOctopus mailing list. Use when you need to add a new tag for contact segmentation and filtering purposes. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_DELETE_CONTACT` | Delete Contact | Permanently deletes a contact from a specified EmailOctopus list. This action is irreversible - once deleted, the contact and all associated data will be removed from the list. Use this for list management, honoring deletion requests, and data privacy compliance (e.g., GDPR right to erasure). | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_DELETE_FIELD` | Delete Field | Permanently deletes a custom field from a specified EmailOctopus list. This action is irreversible - once deleted, the field and all associated data will be removed from the list. Use this for list customization and field management. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_DELETE_LIST` | Delete List | This tool allows you to delete an existing mailing list from your EmailOctopus account. Once a list is deleted, it cannot be recovered, and all contacts within the list will be permanently removed. Note: Lists can only be deleted if no contacts within the list have received an email in the last 7 days. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_DELETE_TAG` | Delete Tag | Tool to delete a tag from a mailing list in EmailOctopus. Use when you need to remove an existing tag that is no longer needed for contact organization or segmentation. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_GET_ALL_LISTS` | Get All Lists | This tool retrieves all the mailing lists associated with the EmailOctopus account. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_GET_CONTACT` | Get Contact | Tool to retrieve details of a specific contact from an EmailOctopus list. Use when you need to fetch contact information including email, fields, tags, and subscription status. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_GET_LIST` | Get List | Retrieves details of a specific mailing list by ID. Use when you need to fetch list information, including its name, fields, tags, contact counts, and opt-in settings. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_GET_RECENT_CAMPAIGNS` | Get Recent Campaigns | This tool retrieves a list of recent campaigns from the EmailOctopus account. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_LIST_CONTACTS` | List Contacts | Tool to retrieve contacts from an EmailOctopus list. Returns a paginated list of contacts with optional filtering by tag, status, and date ranges. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_LIST_TAGS` | List Tags | Tool to retrieve all tags from a mailing list. Use when you need to see what tags are available on a specific list for contact segmentation. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_UNSUBSCRIBE_CONTACT` | Unsubscribe Contact | Unsubscribes a contact from an EmailOctopus mailing list. This tool updates the contact's subscription status to 'unsubscribed', which stops them from receiving future emails from the specified list. The contact record is preserved but marked as unsubscribed. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_UPDATE_CONTACTS_BATCH` | Batch Update Contacts | Tool to update multiple contacts in an EmailOctopus list in a single batch operation. Use when you need to efficiently update multiple contacts at once with changes to their email, fields, status, or tags. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_UPDATE_FIELD` | Update Field | Updates an existing custom field on an EmailOctopus list including its label, tag, type, and fallback value. Use this action to modify field properties or rename field tags. Note that changing the tag will affect how the field is referenced in email templates. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_UPDATE_LIST` | Update List | Tool to update an existing mailing list's name in EmailOctopus. Use when you need to rename a list. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_UPDATE_TAG` | Update Tag | Tool to update an existing tag on a mailing list. Use when you need to rename a tag. | | `EMAILOCTOPUS_UPSERT_CONTACT` | Create or Update Contact | Tool to create or update a contact in EmailOctopus. If the contact does not exist, it will be created. If the contact already exists, it will be updated. Use when you need to ensure a contact exists with specific information regardless of whether they're already in the list. | ## Supported Triggers None listed. ## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK The Emailoctopus MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent to Emailoctopus. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Emailoctopus 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: - Python 3.9 or higher - A Composio account and API key - A Emailoctopus connection authorized in Composio - An OpenAI API key for the CrewAI LLM - Basic familiarity with Python ### 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 **What's happening:** - composio connects your agent to Emailoctopus via MCP - crewai provides Agent, Task, Crew, and LLM primitives - crewai-tools[mcp] includes MCP helpers - python-dotenv loads environment variables from .env ```bash pip install composio crewai crewai-tools[mcp] python-dotenv ``` ### 3. Set up environment variables Create a .env file in your project root. What's happening: - COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio - USER_ID scopes the session to your account - OPENAI_API_KEY lets CrewAI use your chosen OpenAI model ```bash COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here USER_ID=your_user_id_here OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here ``` ### 4. Import dependencies **What's happening:** - CrewAI classes define agents and tasks, and run the workflow - MCPServerHTTP connects the agent to an MCP endpoint - Composio will give you a short lived Emailoctopus MCP URL ```python import os from composio import Composio from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter import dotenv dotenv.load_dotenv() COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY") COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID") if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY: raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set") if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID: raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set") ``` ### 5. Create a Composio Tool Router session for Emailoctopus **What's happening:** - You create a Emailoctopus only session through Composio - Composio returns an MCP HTTP URL that exposes Emailoctopus tools ```python composio_client = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY) session = composio_client.create(user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID, toolkits=["emailoctopus"]) url = session.mcp.url ``` ### 6. Initialize the MCP Server **What's Happening:** - Server Configuration: The code sets up connection parameters including the MCP server URL, streamable HTTP transport, and Composio API key authentication. - MCP Adapter Bridge: MCPServerAdapter acts as a context manager that converts Composio MCP tools into a CrewAI-compatible format. - Agent Setup: Creates a CrewAI Agent with a defined role (Search Assistant), goal (help with internet searches), and access to the MCP tools. - Configuration Options: The agent includes settings like verbose=False for clean output and max_iter=10 to prevent infinite loops. - Dynamic Tool Usage: Once created, the agent automatically accesses all Composio Search tools and decides when to use them based on user queries. ```python server_params = { "url": url, "transport": "streamable-http", "headers": {"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY}, } with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as tools: agent = Agent( role="Search Assistant", goal="Help users search the internet effectively", backstory="You are a helpful assistant with access to search tools.", tools=tools, verbose=False, max_iter=10, ) ``` ### 7. Create a CLI Chatloop and define the Crew **What's Happening:** - Interactive CLI Setup: The code creates an infinite loop that continuously prompts for user input and maintains the entire conversation history in a string variable. - Input Validation: Empty inputs are ignored to prevent processing blank messages and keep the conversation clean. - Context Building: Each user message is appended to the conversation context, which preserves the full dialogue history for better agent responses. - Dynamic Task Creation: For every user input, a new Task is created that includes both the full conversation history and the current request as context. - Crew Execution: A Crew is instantiated with the agent and task, then kicked off to process the request and generate a response. - Response Management: The agent's response is converted to a string, added to the conversation context, and displayed to the user, maintaining conversational continuity. ```python print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n") conversation_context = "" while True: user_input = input("You: ").strip() if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]: print("\nGoodbye!") break if not user_input: continue conversation_context += f"\nUser: {user_input}\n" print("\nAgent is thinking...\n") task = Task( description=( f"Conversation history:\n{conversation_context}\n\n" f"Current request: {user_input}" ), expected_output="A helpful response addressing the user's request", agent=agent, ) crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], verbose=False) result = crew.kickoff() response = str(result) conversation_context += f"Agent: {response}\n" print(f"Agent: {response}\n") ``` ## Complete Code ```python from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew, LLM from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter from composio import Composio from dotenv import load_dotenv import os load_dotenv() GOOGLE_API_KEY = os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY") COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY") COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID") if not GOOGLE_API_KEY: raise ValueError("GOOGLE_API_KEY is not set in the environment.") if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY: raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set in the environment.") if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID: raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set in the environment.") # Initialize Composio and create a session composio = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY) session = composio.create( user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID, toolkits=["emailoctopus"], ) url = session.mcp.url # Configure LLM llm = LLM( model="gpt-5", api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"), ) server_params = { "url": url, "transport": "streamable-http", "headers": {"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY}, } with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as tools: agent = Agent( role="Search Assistant", goal="Help users with internet searches", backstory="You are an expert assistant with access to Composio Search tools.", tools=tools, llm=llm, verbose=False, max_iter=10, ) print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n") conversation_context = "" while True: user_input = input("You: ").strip() if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]: print("\nGoodbye!") break if not user_input: continue conversation_context += f"\nUser: {user_input}\n" print("\nAgent is thinking...\n") task = Task( description=( f"Conversation history:\n{conversation_context}\n\n" f"Current request: {user_input}" ), expected_output="A helpful response addressing the user's request", agent=agent, ) crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], verbose=False) result = crew.kickoff() response = str(result) conversation_context += f"Agent: {response}\n" print(f"Agent: {response}\n") ``` ## Conclusion You now have a CrewAI agent connected to Emailoctopus through Composio's Tool Router. The agent can perform Emailoctopus operations through natural language commands. Next steps: - Add role-specific instructions to customize agent behavior - Plug in more toolkits for multi-app workflows - Chain tasks for complex multi-step operations ## How to build Emailoctopus MCP Agent with another framework - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/claude-code) - [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/claude-cowork) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/codex) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/emailoctopus/framework/llama-index) ## Related Toolkits - [Reddit](https://composio.dev/toolkits/reddit) - Reddit is a social news platform with thriving user-driven communities (subreddits). 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It helps teams engage audiences and optimize lead generation through detailed analytics. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Emailoctopus MCP? With a standalone Emailoctopus MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Emailoctopus tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Emailoctopus and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint. ### Can I use Tool Router MCP with CrewAI? Yes, you can. CrewAI 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 Emailoctopus tools. ### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Emailoctopus while using Tool Router? Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Emailoctopus 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 Emailoctopus data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. --- [See all toolkits](https://composio.dev/toolkits) · [Composio docs](https://docs.composio.dev/llms.txt)