How to integrate Fly MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Fly to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Fly agent that can deploy latest image to fly in tokyo, list all running fly apps by region, scale up your fly app to 3 instances through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Fly account through Composio's Fly MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Fly to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Fly agent that can deploy latest image to fly in tokyo, list all running fly apps by region, scale up your fly app to 3 instances through natural language commands.

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

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

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

The Fly MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Fly account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Fly operations on your behalf.

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

What is Composio SDK?

Composio's Composio SDK 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 Composio SDK

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

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK 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

Step by step09 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Composio API Key and OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live Fly project
  • Some knowledge of Python or Typescript
2

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
3

Install dependencies

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

Install the Composio SDK and the OpenAI Agents SDK.

4

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.

5

Import dependencies

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';
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 Fly.
6

Set up the Composio instance

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(),
});
What's happening:
  • dotenv.config() loads your .env file so COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID are available as environment variables.
  • Creating a Composio instance using the API Key and OpenAIAgentsProvider class.
7

Create a Tool Router session

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

What is happening:

  • You give the Tool Router the user id and the toolkits you want available. Here, it is only fly.
  • The router checks the user's Fly connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Fly.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Fly tools only when needed during the conversation.
8

Configure the agent

// Configure agent with MCP tool
const agent = new Agent({
  name: 'Assistant',
  model: 'gpt-5',
  instructions:
    'You are a helpful assistant that can access Fly. Help users perform Fly operations through natural language.',
  tools: [
    hostedMcpTool({
      serverLabel: 'tool_router',
      serverUrl: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': composioApiKey },
      requireApproval: '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 Fly 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 object includes the Composio API key for secure authentication with the MCP server.
  • requireApproval: 'never' means the agent can execute Fly operations without asking for permission each time, making interactions smoother.
9

Start chat loop and handle conversation

// 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);
});
What's happening:
  • The program prints a session URL that you visit to authorize Fly.
  • After authorization, the chat begins.
  • Each message you type is processed by the agent using run().
  • The responses are printed to the console.
  • Typing exit, quit, or q cleanly ends the chat.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Fly and OpenAI Agents SDK:

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

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.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Fly action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add WireGuard Peer

Tool to add a WireGuard peer connection to a Fly.

Check App Name Availability

Tool to validate an app name for Fly.

Check Jobs

Execute GraphQL queries against the Fly.

Check User Only Token

Check whether the authentication token only allows user access.

Create Health Check Job

Tool to create a health check job for monitoring application endpoints in Fly.

Create Check Job Run

Triggers a run of an existing health check job on Fly.

Create Delegated WireGuard Token

Tool to create a delegated WireGuard token for peer management in a Fly.

Create Third-Party Configuration

Tool to create a third-party service configuration for discharging macaroon caveats.

Delete Delegated WireGuard Token

Tool to delete a delegated WireGuard token from a Fly.

Delete Organization

Tool to delete a Fly.

Delete Remote Builder

Tool to delete a remote builder configuration for a Fly.

Delete Third Party Configuration

Tool to delete a third-party service configuration from Fly.

Detach Postgres Cluster

Tool to detach a Postgres cluster from a Fly.

Establish SSH Key

Tool to establish an SSH key for a Fly.

Fetch Nodes by IDs

Fetches a list of node objects from Fly.

Get Add-On

Tool to find a Fly.

Get Add-On Provider

Tool to query information about a specific Fly.

Get app details

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific Fly.

Get Certificate

Tool to retrieve a certificate by its ID from Fly.

Get Current Token Info

Tool to get information about the current authentication token.

Get Latest Image Details

Tool to retrieve the latest available tag details for a given image repository from Fly.

Get Latest Image Tag

Tool to retrieve the latest available image tag for a Fly.

Get Machine

Tool to get a single machine by ID from Fly.

Get Nearest Region

Tool to retrieve the nearest Fly.

Get Node by ID

Tool to fetch an object by its globally unique ID using Fly.

Get Organization

Tool to find a Fly.

Get Personal Organization

Tool to retrieve the user's personal organization details from Fly.

Get Placements

Tool to get placement recommendations for Machines in Fly.

Get Platform Information

Tool to retrieve Fly.

Get Products and Pricing

Tool to retrieve Fly.

Get Regions

Tool to get the list of available Fly.

Get Viewer Info

Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's account information from Fly.

Issue Certificate

Tool to issue an SSH certificate for accessing Fly.

List Add-On Plans

Tool to list available add-on service plans from Fly.

List Add-Ons

Tool to list add-ons associated with an organization in Fly.

List Apps

Tool to list all Fly Apps in an organization.

List Apps via GraphQL

List all Fly.

Check Locations

Retrieve all available Fly.

List Machines

Tool to list Fly.

List Organization Machines

Tool to list all Machines across all apps in a Fly organization.

Remove WireGuard Peer

Tool to remove a WireGuard peer connection from a Fly.

Set Apps V2 Default

Tool to configure whether new apps in an organization use Apps V2 by default on Fly.

Update Third-Party Configuration

Tool to update an existing third-party service configuration for discharging macaroon caveats.

Validate Config

Tool to validate a Fly.

Validate WireGuard Peers

Tool to validate WireGuard peer IP addresses in a Fly.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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 Fly tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Fly 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.

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 Fly data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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