How to integrate Here MCP with Pi

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HERE Technologies offers robust mapping and location data APIs for developers. It delivers precise geolocation, routing, and map visualization to power location-aware apps.

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Introduction

Pi is a minimal, self-extensible coding agent that lives in your terminal — one agent loop over Claude, GPT-5, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and 20+ other providers, with maximum extension surface and minimum product opinion. Its core ships four tools (read, write, edit, bash) and self-extends at runtime through skills, extensions, and packages.

This guide explains the easiest and most robust way to connect your Here account to Pi. You can do this through either Composio Connect CLI or Composio Connect MCP. Because Pi already runs shell commands as first-class tools and ships no built-in MCP, the CLI is the recommended path — it's faster to set up, needs no server config, and chains multi-step tasks more reliably. The MCP path is also fully supported through Pi's official pi-mcp-adapter extension.

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What is Composio Connect?

Composio Connect is a consumer offering that lets anyone plug 1,000+ applications directly into their agent harness — including Pi. It can:

  • Search and load tools from relevant toolkits on-demand, reducing context usage.
  • Chain multiple tools to accomplish complex workflows via a remote workbench, without excessive back-and-forth with the LLM.
  • Manage app authentication end-to-end with zero manual overhead.

Connect Here to Pi with Composio

Prerequisites: Install Pi

Pi needs Node.js 18+ (Node 22 recommended). Install the agent globally with npm:

bash
npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent

On Linux or macOS you can use the installer script instead:

bash
curl -fsSL https://pi.dev/install.sh | sh

Then run pi in any project directory and authenticate your model provider — use /login inside Pi for subscription providers (Claude Pro/Max, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot), or set an API key such as ANTHROPIC_API_KEY before starting. Confirm it's working:

bash
pi --version

Full first-run details are in the Pi Quickstart.

Option 1: Composio CLI (recommended)

Pi runs shell commands as first-class tools, so the Composio Universal CLI is the most natural fit — no MCP server to configure and reliable multi-step tool chaining. Install and authenticate:

bash
# Install the Composio CLI
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash

# Log in to Composio
composio login

Connect to Here

Ask Pi to connect to Here, or simply request any Here-related task. Under the hood Pi calls Composio commands like any other shell tool:

bash
composio search "what can I do with Here?"
composio link here

On the first Here call, composio link here opens an OAuth prompt so you can authorize access. After that, every Here command works with your stored credentials automatically — just talk to Pi and it will search, execute, and chain Here tools as needed.

Option 2: Composio MCP

Pi's core intentionally ships no built-in MCP, but the official pi-mcp-adapter extension adds full MCP support — exposing every server through a single lightweight proxy tool (~200 tokens) instead of loading hundreds of tool definitions into context.

1. Install the MCP adapter extension

bash
pi install npm:pi-mcp-adapter

Restart Pi after installation.

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Create (or edit) a .mcp.json file in your project root, or ~/.config/mcp/mcp.json for a user-global setup:

bash
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "composio": {
      "url": "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The adapter connects lazily by default — the server won't start until Pi actually calls one of its tools, and cached metadata keeps search and describe working without a live connection.

3. Authenticate

Run /mcp-auth inside Pi to open the authentication modal and select composio from the list. Complete the sign-in in your browser, then on the consent screen click Allow access to authorize Composio. Once approved, the server shows as connected inside Pi:

Pi /mcp-auth modal listing the composio MCP server
Composio OAuth consent screen with the Allow access button
Composio MCP server connected inside Pi

4. Done!

Confirm the server is live with /mcp to open the interactive panel, then ask Pi to connect to Here or request any Here-related task — it will prompt you to authorize Here on first use.

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

The Here MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Here account. It provides structured and secure access to powerful location, mapping, and geocoding services, so your agent can perform actions like searching places, calculating routes, fetching map imagery, and converting addresses or coordinates on your behalf.

  • Smart place discovery and suggestions: Ask your agent to find points of interest, get autosuggested places based on partial queries, or discover addresses near a location.
  • Geocoding and reverse geocoding: Convert addresses to geographic coordinates or vice versa, enabling seamless location lookup and mapping in your workflows.
  • Map tile and imagery retrieval: Direct your agent to fetch satellite, base, or hybrid map tiles for specific locations, zoom levels, and formats for rich visual context.
  • Advanced routing and fleet planning: Have your agent calculate optimized routes with vehicle profiles, constraints, and even isolines for reachable areas based on time or distance.
  • Nearby search and contextual browsing: Let your agent browse or search for places around a given location, filtered by categories or names, to surface relevant local information.

Way Forward

With Here connected, Pi can now act on your behalf whenever you ask it to.

From here, you can extend Pi further:

  • Connect more apps: Calendar, Slack, Notion, Linear, and hundreds of others are available through the same Composio Connect setup. Each new integration compounds what Pi can do for you.
  • Build workflows across tools: Once multiple apps are connected, Pi can chain actions together — turn an email into a calendar invite, a Slack message into a Linear ticket, or a meeting note into a follow-up draft.
  • Lean into Pi's extension surface: Wrap common Here flows as Pi skills or prompt templates so recurring tasks become one-line commands, and use directTools in the MCP adapter to promote your most-used Here tools into Pi's tool list directly.

If you run into trouble or want to share what you've built, join the community or check out the Docs for deeper configuration options.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Autosuggest Places

Tool to fetch possible completions for a partial search term.

Browse Places

Tool to search for places around a given location with optional filters.

Calculate Fleet Telematics Route

Calculate optimal routes between multiple waypoints supporting various transport modes (car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian).

Cancel Tour Planning Problem

Tool to cancel a running asynchronous tour planning optimization job.

Coordinates to Tile Indices

Tool to convert geographic coordinates to Web Mercator XYZ tile indices.

Decode Route Handle

Tool to decode and return a route from a previously calculated route handle via POST request.

Discover Places

Tool to discover places and addresses by free-form text near a location.

Solve Vehicle Routing Problem

Tool to solve a Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) by optimizing routes for a fleet of vehicles serving multiple jobs.

Find Optimal Waypoint Sequence

Tool to find the optimal sequence of waypoints using POST request to solve the Travelling Salesman Problem.

Geocode Address

Tool to convert structured address data into geographic coordinates.

Get Aliases Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking aliases service.

Get Aliases Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Tracking Aliases service.

Get Associations Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Associations API service.

Get Associations Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Associations tracking service.

Get Address Autocomplete

Tool to get address autocomplete suggestions for partial address queries.

Get Base Map Tile

Retrieves a base map tile image from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Bulkjobs Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking bulkjobs service.

Get Bulkjobs Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Bulkjobs tracking service.

Get C2C Service Health

Tool to check HERE C2C service health status.

Get C2C Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE C2C tracking service.

Get Copyright

Tool to retrieve copyright information for HERE map tiles.

Get Transit Departures

Tool to get next departures from transit stations.

Get Events Health Status

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Events API service.

Get Events Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Events service.

Get Features

Tool to retrieve available map features per style for tile rendering.

Get Geofences Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Geofences service.

Get Geofences Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Geofences service.

Get Service Health Status

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking API service.

Get Incident By ID

Tool to get details of a specific traffic incident by its ID.

Get Raster Tile API Info

Tool to get metadata about the HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Isolines

Tool to calculate isolines.

Get Labels Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Labels service.

Get Labels Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Labels service.

Get Label Tile

Retrieves a map tile image with text labels using HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Supported Languages

Tool to retrieve supported languages for map tile labels from HERE Raster Tile API.

Get Largedata Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking largedata service.

Get Largedata Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE largedata tracking service.

Get Locations Service Health

Tool to check the health status of HERE's locations tracking service.

Get Locations Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking Locations service.

Get Map Image

Retrieves a static map image from HERE Map Image API v3.

Get Map Tile with Transit

Tool to request a map tile with public transport overlay from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Compute Routing Matrix

Computes routing matrices for batch distance and travel time calculations between multiple origins and destinations.

Get Matrix Calculation Result

Tool to retrieve the result of a successfully completed matrix calculation.

Get Metadata Service Health

Tool to retrieve the health status of the HERE Tracking metadata service.

Get Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version number of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Notifications Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Notifications service.

Get Notifications Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Notifications service.

Get OpenAPI Specification

Tool to retrieve the OpenAPI 3 specification for the HERE Traffic API v7.

Get Political Views

Tool to retrieve available geopolitical views for HERE map rendering.

Get Tour Planning Solution

Tool to retrieve the solution for a completed tour planning problem.

Get Matrix Routing Profile

Tool to retrieve a specific matrix routing profile definition by its ID.

List Matrix Routing Profiles

Tool to list all supported predefined routing profiles for matrix routing calculations.

Get Registry Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Registry service.

Get Registry Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Registry service.

Get Service Health Status

Tool to check the HERE Tracking service health status.

Get Raster Map Tile

Tool to retrieve a raster map tile image for a specific zoom level, column, and row from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Calculate Routes

Tool to calculate routes between waypoints supporting multiple transport modes (car, truck, pedestrian, bicycle, scooter, taxi, bus).

Get Rules Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Rules service.

Get Rules Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking Rules service.

Get Sensors Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Sensors service.

Get Sensors Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking sensors service.

Get Shadows Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Shadows service.

Get Shadows Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Shadows tracking service.

Get Shipments Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Shipments service.

Get Shipments Service Version

Tool to get the HERE shipments tracking service version.

Get Transit Stations

Tool to search for transit stations around a location.

Get Tour Planning Job Status

Check the status of an asynchronous tour planning optimization job.

Get Server Timestamp

Tool to get the current server timestamp from HERE Tracking API.

Get Traces Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Tracking Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Traffic Flow

Tool to retrieve real-time traffic flow data.

Get Traffic Incidents

Tool to fetch real-time traffic incidents within a specified area.

Get Traffic Tile

Retrieve a traffic flow overlay tile image showing real-time traffic conditions.

Get Users Service Health

Tool to check the HERE Tracking Users API service health status.

Get Users Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE tracking service.

Get Vector Tile

Retrieves protocol buffer encoded binary vector tiles using HERE Vector Tile API v2.

Get Vector Tiles Layers Documentation

Tool to retrieve OMV-2 layers documentation for HERE Vector Tiles.

Get Vector Tiles Copyright

Tool to retrieve copyright information for HERE vector tiles.

Get Vector Tiles Info

Tool to retrieve the current map version from HERE Vector Tiles Service.

Get Vector Tiles Languages

Tool to retrieve supported languages for vector map tiles from HERE Vector Tiles API.

Get Vector Tiles OpenAPI Specification

Tool to retrieve the OpenAPI specification for the HERE Vector Tiles API v2.

Get Vector Tiles Proto Formats

Tool to retrieve a list of available protocol buffer formats from HERE Vector Tiles Service.

Get Vector Tiles Proto File

Tool to retrieve protocol buffer (.

Get Vector Tiles Political Views

Tool to retrieve available political views for HERE vector tiles.

Get Version

Tool to retrieve the version information of the HERE Traffic API.

Get Waypoint Sequence

Optimizes the visit order of multiple waypoints between a fixed origin and destination.

Daily Weather Forecast

Get 7-day weather forecasts for any location worldwide.

Get Weather Observation

Tool to retrieve current weather observation.

Import Route from Trace

Tool to import and calculate a route from GPS trace points.

Locate Device

Determine device location based on WiFi and cellular network measurements.

Lookup Location by HERE ID

Retrieves comprehensive details for a location using its HERE ID.

Calculate Routes via POST

Calculate routes using POST method with extensive customization options via request body.

Reverse Geocode Coordinates

Converts geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude) into human-readable addresses and location details.

Submit Tour Planning Problem

Submit a tour planning problem synchronously to solve vehicle routing problems with constraints like time windows, capacity, and vehicle types.

Submit Tour Planning Problem (Async)

Submit a tour planning problem asynchronously for large-scale vehicle routing optimization.

Weather Alerts

Retrieve severe weather alerts for specified locations or routes.

Get Astronomy Forecast

Tool to fetch astronomical data (sunrise, sunset) for a specific location.

Hourly Weather Forecast

Tool to fetch hourly weather forecasts.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Pi 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 Here tools.

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

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