How to integrate Follow Up Boss MCP with Autogen

This guide walks you through connecting Follow Up Boss to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Follow Up Boss agent that can list all leads added this week, update contact info for lead john doe, create a new deal for jane smith through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Follow Up Boss account through Composio's Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Follow Up Boss agent that can list all leads added this week, update contact info for lead john doe, create a new deal for jane smith through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Follow Up Boss account through Composio's Follow Up Boss 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 required dependencies for Autogen and Composio
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Follow Up Boss
  • Wire that MCP URL into Autogen using McpWorkbench and StreamableHttpServerParams
  • Configure an Autogen AssistantAgent that can call Follow Up Boss tools
  • Run a live chat loop where you ask the agent to perform Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Follow Up Boss MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Follow Up Boss account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Follow Up Boss 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 step08 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

You will need:

  • A Composio API key
  • An OpenAI API key (used by Autogen's OpenAIChatCompletionClient)
  • A Follow Up Boss account you can connect to Composio
  • Some basic familiarity with Autogen and Python async
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
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
  • Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.
3

Install dependencies

bash
pip install composio python-dotenv
pip install autogen-agentchat autogen-ext-openai autogen-ext-tools

Install Composio, Autogen extensions, and dotenv.

What's happening:

  • composio connects your agent to Follow Up Boss via MCP
  • autogen-agentchat provides the AssistantAgent class
  • autogen-ext-openai provides the OpenAI model client
  • autogen-ext-tools provides MCP workbench support

4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-composio-api-key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
USER_ID=your-user-identifier@example.com

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 Follow Up Boss connections to use
5

Import dependencies and create Tool Router session

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 Follow Up Boss session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["follow_up_boss"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
What's happening:
  • load_dotenv() reads your .env file
  • Composio(api_key=...) initializes the SDK
  • create(...) creates a Tool Router session that exposes Follow Up Boss tools
  • session.mcp.url is the MCP endpoint that Autogen will connect to
6

Configure MCP parameters for Autogen

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")}
)

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
7

Create the model client and agent

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 Follow Up Boss assistant agent with MCP tools
    agent = AssistantAgent(
        name="follow_up_boss_assistant",
        description="An AI assistant that helps with Follow Up Boss operations.",
        model_client=model_client,
        workbench=workbench,
        model_client_stream=True,
        max_tool_iterations=10
    )

What's happening:

  • OpenAIChatCompletionClient wraps the OpenAI model for Autogen
  • McpWorkbench connects the agent to the MCP tools
  • AssistantAgent is configured with the Follow Up Boss tools from the workbench
8

Run the interactive chat loop

python
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
print("Ask any Follow Up Boss 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")
What's happening:
  • The script prompts you in a loop with You:
  • Autogen passes your input to the model, which decides which Follow Up Boss 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

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Follow Up Boss and AutoGen:

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 Follow Up Boss session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["follow_up_boss"]
    )
    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 Follow Up Boss assistant agent with MCP tools
        agent = AssistantAgent(
            name="follow_up_boss_assistant",
            description="An AI assistant that helps with Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss, you can reuse the same structure for other MCP-enabled apps with minimal code changes.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Follow Up Boss action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Apply Action Plan to Person

Tool to apply an Action Plan to a person in Follow Up Boss.

Create Appointment

Tool to create a new appointment in Follow Up Boss.

Create appointment outcome

Tool to create an appointment outcome in Follow Up Boss.

Create Appointment Type

Tool to create a new appointment type in Follow Up Boss.

Create Call

Tool to add a call record to Follow Up Boss.

Create Custom Field

Tool to create a custom field in Follow Up Boss.

Create Deal Custom Field

Tool to create a custom field for deals in Follow Up Boss.

Create Deal

Tool to create a new deal in Follow Up Boss.

Create Email Marketing Campaign

Tool to create an email marketing campaign in Follow Up Boss.

Create Email Marketing Events

Tool to notify Follow Up Boss about marketing emails sent, opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes and spam reports.

Create Events

Tool to send in a lead or an event related to a lead in Follow Up Boss.

Create Group

Tool to create a new Follow Up Boss group with specified members and distribution settings.

Create Pipeline

Tool to create a new pipeline in Follow Up Boss.

Create Ponds

Tool to create a new pond in Follow Up Boss.

Create Reactions

Tool to add a reaction (emoji) to a Note, Call, or ThreadedReply.

Create Stage

Tool to create a new stage in Follow Up Boss.

Create Team

Tool to create a new team in Follow Up Boss.

Create email template

Tool to create a new email template in Follow Up Boss.

Create Text Message Template

Tool to create a text message template in Follow Up Boss.

Delete Appointment

Tool to delete an appointment by ID.

Delete Appointment Outcome

Tool to delete an appointment outcome by ID.

Delete Appointment Type

Tool to delete an appointment type by its ID.

Delete Custom Field

Tool to delete a custom field by its ID.

Delete Deal

Tool to delete a deal by its ID.

Delete Deal Custom Field

Tool to delete a deal custom field by ID.

Delete Group

Tool to delete a group by its ID.

Delete People Relationship

Tool to delete a people relationship by ID in Follow Up Boss.

Delete Pipeline

Tool to delete a pipeline by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Delete Pond

Tool to delete a pond by its ID.

Delete Stage

Tool to delete a Follow Up Boss stage by ID.

Delete Team

Tool to delete a team by its ID.

Delete text message template

Tool to delete a text message template by ID.

Get Appointment

Tool to retrieve an appointment by its ID.

Get Appointment Outcome

Tool to retrieve an appointment outcome by ID.

Get Appointment Type

Tool to retrieve an appointment type by ID.

Get Call

Tool to retrieve a call by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Deal

Tool to retrieve a deal by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Deal Custom Field

Tool to retrieve a deal custom field by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Event

Tool to retrieve a single event by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Group

Tool to retrieve a group by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Identity

Tool to retrieve identity and authentication information from Follow Up Boss.

Get Me

Tool to retrieve information about the currently authenticated user.

Get People Relationship

Tool to retrieve a people relationship by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Pipeline

Tool to retrieve a pipeline by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Ponds

Tool to retrieve a pond by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Smart List

Tool to retrieve a Smart List by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Stage

Tool to retrieve a stage by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Team

Tool to retrieve a team by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Template

Tool to retrieve an email template by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Text Message

Tool to retrieve a text message by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get Text Message Template

Tool to retrieve a text message template by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

Get User

Tool to retrieve a user by its ID from Follow Up Boss.

List Action Plans

Tool to get a list of Action Plans from Follow Up Boss.

List Action Plans People

Tool to list Action Plans applied to a particular person or list people on a particular Action Plan.

List Appointment Outcomes

Tool to list all appointment outcomes from Follow Up Boss.

List Appointments

Tool to search for appointments in Follow Up Boss.

List Appointment Types

Tool to list all appointment types from Follow Up Boss.

List Calls

Tool to search for calls in Follow Up Boss.

List Custom Fields

Tool to list all custom fields in Follow Up Boss.

List Deal Custom Fields

Tool to list all deal custom fields in Follow Up Boss.

List Deals

Tool to search for and list deals from Follow Up Boss.

List Email Marketing Campaigns

Tool to list email marketing campaigns from Follow Up Boss.

List Email Marketing Events

Tool to retrieve email marketing events from Follow Up Boss.

List Events

Tool to search for and list events from Follow Up Boss.

List Groups

Tool to list all groups from Follow Up Boss.

List Groups Round Robin

Tool to list groups with round-robin data from Follow Up Boss.

List Inbox Apps

Tool to list all inbox app installations from Follow Up Boss.

List People Relationships

Tool to list all people relationships from Follow Up Boss.

List Pipelines

Tool to search for pipelines in Follow Up Boss.

List Ponds

Tool to list all ponds from Follow Up Boss.

List Smart Lists

Tool to list Smart Lists from Follow Up Boss.

List Stages

Tool to retrieve a list of stages from Follow Up Boss.

List Team Inboxes

Tool to list all shared team inboxes from Follow Up Boss.

List Teams

Tool to get a list of teams from Follow Up Boss.

List Templates

Tool to list all email templates from Follow Up Boss.

List Text Messages

Tool to list text messages for a person or phone number from Follow Up Boss.

List Text Message Templates

Tool to list all text message templates from Follow Up Boss.

List Timeframes

Tool to get a list of timeframes from Follow Up Boss.

List Users

Tool to search for and list users from Follow Up Boss.

List Webhooks

Tool to retrieve a list of webhooks from Follow Up Boss.

Merge Template

Tool to merge an email template with person data using Follow Up Boss API.

Merge Text Message Template

Tool to merge a text message template with person data.

Update Action Plan People Status

Tool to update the status of an Action Plan to Person relationship in Follow Up Boss.

Update Appointment

Tool to update an existing appointment in Follow Up Boss.

Update appointment outcome

Tool to update an existing appointment outcome in Follow Up Boss.

Update Appointment Type

Tool to update an existing appointment type in Follow Up Boss.

Update Call

Tool to update an existing call record in Follow Up Boss.

Update Custom Fields

Tool to update an existing custom field in Follow Up Boss by its ID.

Update Deal Custom Fields

Tool to update an existing deal custom field in Follow Up Boss.

Update Deal

Tool to update an existing deal in Follow Up Boss.

Update Email Marketing Campaign

Tool to update an existing email marketing campaign in Follow Up Boss.

Update Group

Tool to update an existing Follow Up Boss group with modified members and distribution settings.

Update People Relationships

Tool to update details of a specific people relationship in Follow Up Boss.

Update Pipeline

Tool to update an existing pipeline in Follow Up Boss.

Update Ponds

Tool to update an existing pond in Follow Up Boss.

Update Stage

Tool to update an existing stage in Follow Up Boss.

Update Team

Tool to update an existing team in Follow Up Boss.

Update email template

Tool to update an existing email template in Follow Up Boss.

Update Text Message Template

Tool to update an existing text message template in Follow Up Boss.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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 Follow Up Boss tools.

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

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