How to integrate Hub Planner MCP with Mastra AI

This guide walks you through connecting Hub Planner to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Hub Planner agent that can show all upcoming project bookings for your team, log 8 hours timesheet for john doe, list all unassigned resources this month through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Hub Planner account through Composio's Hub Planner MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Hub Planner is a smart resource management and scheduling platform for teams. It streamlines project planning, time tracking, and reporting for global organizations.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Hub Planner to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Hub Planner agent that can show all upcoming project bookings for your team, log 8 hours timesheet for john doe, list all unassigned resources this month through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Hub Planner account through Composio's Hub Planner 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:
  • Set up your environment so Mastra, OpenAI, and Composio work together
  • Create a Tool Router session in Composio that exposes Hub Planner tools
  • Connect Mastra's MCP client to the Composio generated MCP URL
  • Fetch Hub Planner tool definitions and attach them as a toolset
  • Build a Mastra agent that can reason, call tools, and return structured results
  • Run an interactive CLI where you can chat with your Hub Planner agent

What is Mastra AI?

Mastra AI is a TypeScript framework for building AI agents with tool support. It provides a clean API for creating agents that can use external services through MCP.

Key features include:

  • MCP Client: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol servers
  • Toolsets: Organize tools into logical groups
  • Step Callbacks: Monitor and debug agent execution
  • OpenAI Integration: Works with OpenAI models via @ai-sdk/openai

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

The Hub Planner MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Hub Planner account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Hub Planner 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:
  • Node.js 18 or higher
  • A Composio account with an active API key
  • An OpenAI API key
  • Basic familiarity with TypeScript
2

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
  • Go to the OpenAI dashboard and create an API key.
  • You need credits or a connected billing setup to use the models.
  • Store the key somewhere safe.
Composio API Key
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Go to Settings and copy your API key.
  • This key lets your Mastra agent talk to Composio and reach Hub Planner through MCP.
3

Install dependencies

bash
npm install @composio/core @mastra/core @mastra/mcp @ai-sdk/openai dotenv

Install the required packages.

What's happening:

  • @composio/core is the Composio SDK for creating MCP sessions
  • @mastra/core provides the Agent class
  • @mastra/mcp is Mastra's MCP client
  • @ai-sdk/openai is the model wrapper for OpenAI
  • dotenv loads environment variables from .env
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
COMPOSIO_USER_ID=your_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates your requests to Composio
  • COMPOSIO_USER_ID tells Composio which user this session belongs to
  • OPENAI_API_KEY lets the Mastra agent call OpenAI models
5

Import libraries and validate environment

typescript
import "dotenv/config";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import * as readline from "readline";

import type { AiMessageType } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const openaiAPIKey = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY;
const composioAPIKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const composioUserID = process.env.COMPOSIO_USER_ID;

if (!openaiAPIKey) throw new Error("OPENAI_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioAPIKey) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioUserID) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set");

const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioAPIKey as string,
});
What's happening:
  • dotenv/config auto loads your .env so process.env.* is available
  • openai gives you a Mastra compatible model wrapper
  • Agent is the Mastra agent that will call tools and produce answers
  • MCPClient connects Mastra to your Composio MCP server
  • Composio is used to create a Tool Router session
6

Create a Tool Router session for Hub Planner

typescript
async function main() {
  const session = await composio.create(
    composioUserID as string,
    {
      toolkits: ["hub_planner"],
    },
  );

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;
  console.log("Hub Planner MCP URL:", composioMCPUrl);
What's happening:
  • create spins up a short-lived MCP HTTP endpoint for this user
  • The toolkits array contains "hub_planner" for Hub Planner access
  • session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that Mastra's MCPClient will connect to
7

Configure Mastra MCP client and fetch tools

typescript
const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
    id: composioUserID as string,
    servers: {
      nasdaq: {
        url: new URL(composioMCPUrl),
        requestInit: {
          headers: session.mcp.headers,
        },
      },
    },
    timeout: 30_000,
  });

console.log("Fetching MCP tools from Composio...");
const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();
console.log("Number of tools:", Object.keys(composioTools).length);
What's happening:
  • MCPClient takes an id for this client and a list of MCP servers
  • The headers property includes the x-api-key for authentication
  • getTools fetches the tool definitions exposed by the Hub Planner toolkit
8

Create the Mastra agent

typescript
const agent = new Agent({
    name: "hub_planner-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Hub Planner tools via Composio.",
    model: "openai/gpt-5",
  });
What's happening:
  • Agent is the core Mastra agent
  • name is just an identifier for logging and debugging
  • instructions guide the agent to use tools instead of only answering in natural language
  • model uses openai("gpt-5") to configure the underlying LLM
9

Set up interactive chat interface

typescript
let messages: AiMessageType[] = [];

console.log("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n");

const rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout,
  prompt: "> ",
});

rl.prompt();

rl.on("line", async (userInput: string) => {
  const trimmedInput = userInput.trim();

  if (["exit", "quit", "bye"].includes(trimmedInput.toLowerCase())) {
    console.log("\nGoodbye!");
    rl.close();
    process.exit(0);
  }

  if (!trimmedInput) {
    rl.prompt();
    return;
  }

  messages.push({
    id: crypto.randomUUID(),
    role: "user",
    content: trimmedInput,
  });

  console.log("\nAgent is thinking...\n");

  try {
    const response = await agent.generate(messages, {
      toolsets: {
        hub_planner: composioTools,
      },
      maxSteps: 8,
    });

    const { text } = response;

    if (text && text.trim().length > 0) {
      console.log(`Agent: ${text}\n`);
        messages.push({
          id: crypto.randomUUID(),
          role: "assistant",
          content: text,
        });
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("\nError:", error);
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on("close", async () => {
    console.log("\nSession ended.");
    await mcpClient.disconnect();
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error("Fatal error:", err);
  process.exit(1);
});
What's happening:
  • messages keeps the full conversation history in Mastra's expected format
  • agent.generate runs the agent with conversation history and Hub Planner toolsets
  • maxSteps limits how many tool calls the agent can take in a single run
  • onStepFinish is a hook that prints intermediate steps for debugging

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Hub Planner and Mastra AI:

typescript
import "dotenv/config";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import * as readline from "readline";

import type { AiMessageType } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const openaiAPIKey = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY;
const composioAPIKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const composioUserID = process.env.COMPOSIO_USER_ID;

if (!openaiAPIKey) throw new Error("OPENAI_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioAPIKey) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioUserID) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set");

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: composioAPIKey as string });

async function main() {
  const session = await composio.create(composioUserID as string, {
    toolkits: ["hub_planner"],
  });

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;

  const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
    id: composioUserID as string,
    servers: {
      hub_planner: {
        url: new URL(composioMCPUrl),
        requestInit: {
          headers: session.mcp.headers,
        },
      },
    },
    timeout: 30_000,
  });

  const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();

  const agent = new Agent({
    name: "hub_planner-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Hub Planner tools via Composio.",
    model: "openai/gpt-5",
  });

  let messages: AiMessageType[] = [];

  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: "> ",
  });

  rl.prompt();

  rl.on("line", async (input: string) => {
    const trimmed = input.trim();
    if (["exit", "quit"].includes(trimmed.toLowerCase())) {
      rl.close();
      return;
    }

    messages.push({ id: crypto.randomUUID(), role: "user", content: trimmed });

    const { text } = await agent.generate(messages, {
      toolsets: { hub_planner: composioTools },
      maxSteps: 8,
    });

    if (text) {
      console.log(`Agent: ${text}\n`);
      messages.push({ id: crypto.randomUUID(), role: "assistant", content: text });
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on("close", async () => {
    await mcpClient.disconnect();
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main();

Conclusion

You've built a Mastra AI agent that can interact with Hub Planner through Composio's Tool Router. You can extend this further by:
  • Adding other toolkits like Gmail, Slack, or GitHub
  • Building a web-based chat interface around this agent
  • Using multiple MCP endpoints to enable cross-app workflows
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Clients to Project

Tool to add clients to a project by project ID.

Add project custom field choices

Add choices to a project custom field template of SELECT, RADIO, or CHECKBOX type.

Add Projects to Group

Tool to add projects to a project group in Hub Planner.

Add Project Tags

Tool to add tags to a Hub Planner project.

Add Resource Custom Field Choices

Tool to add choices to a resource custom field template of SELECT, RADIO, or CHECKBOX type.

Add Resources to Project

Tool to add resources to a project by project ID.

Add Resources to Resource Group

Tool to add resources to a resource group by group ID.

Add Resource Tags

Tool to add tags to a resource in Hub Planner.

Create Billing Rate

Tool to create a new billing rate in Hub Planner.

Create Booking

Tool to create a new booking for a resource on a project in Hub Planner.

Create Booking Category

Tool to create a new booking category in Hub Planner.

Create Client

Tool to create a new client in Hub Planner.

Create Cost Category

Tool to create a new project cost category in Hub Planner.

Create Event

Tool to create a new event in Hub Planner.

Create Holiday

Tool to create a new holiday in Hub Planner.

Create Milestone

Tool to create a new milestone for a project in Hub Planner.

Create Project

Tool to create a new project in Hub Planner.

Create Project Custom Field Template

Tool to create a new project custom field template in Hub Planner.

Create Project Group

Tool to create a new project group in Hub Planner.

Create Project Tag

Tool to create a new project tag in Hub Planner.

Create Resource

Tool to create a new resource in Hub Planner.

Create Resource Custom Field Template

Tool to create a new resource custom field template in Hub Planner.

Create Resource Tag

Tool to create a new resource tag in Hub Planner.

Create Time Entry

Tool to create a new time entry for a resource on a project in Hub Planner.

Create Vacation

Tool to create a new vacation request for a resource in Hub Planner.

Delete Billing Rate

Tool to delete a specific billing rate by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Booking

Tool to delete a specific booking by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Bookings

Tool to delete multiple bookings by IDs, resource ID, or project ID.

Delete Client

Tool to delete a specific client by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Cost Category

Tool to delete a specific project cost category by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Event

Tool to delete a specific event by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Holiday

Tool to delete a specific holiday by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Milestone

Tool to delete a specific milestone by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Project

Tool to delete a specific project by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Project Custom Field Template

Tool to delete a project custom field template by its ID.

Delete Project Group

Tool to delete a specific project group by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Projects

Tool to delete multiple projects by their IDs in a single operation.

Delete Project Tag

Tool to delete a specific project tag by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Resource

Tool to delete a specific resource by ID.

Delete Resource Custom Field Template

Tool to delete a specific resource custom field template by ID.

Delete resources

Tool to delete multiple resources by their IDs in a single operation.

Delete Resource Tag

Tool to delete a specific resource tag by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Time Entries

Tool to delete multiple time entries by their IDs in a single operation.

Delete Time Entry

Tool to delete a specific time entry by ID in Hub Planner.

Delete Vacation

Tool to delete a specific vacation by ID in Hub Planner.

Get Billing Rate by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific billing rate by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Booking by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific booking by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Booking Category by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific booking category by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Client by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific client by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Cost Category

Tool to retrieve a specific project cost category by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Event by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific event by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Holiday by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific holiday by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Milestone

Tool to retrieve a specific milestone by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Project

Tool to retrieve a specific project by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Project Custom Field Template

Tool to retrieve a specific project custom field template by ID.

Get Project Custom Field Templates

Tool to retrieve all project custom field templates defined for your Hub Planner account.

Get Project Group

Tool to retrieve a specific project group by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Project Tags

Tool to retrieve all tags associated with a specific Hub Planner project.

Get Resource by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific resource by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Resource Custom Field Template

Tool to retrieve a specific resource custom field template by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Resource Custom Field Templates

Tool to retrieve custom field templates defined for resources in your Hub Planner account.

Get Resource Tags

Tool to retrieve all tags associated with a specific resource from Hub Planner.

Get Time Entry by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific time entry by ID from Hub Planner.

Get Vacation by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific vacation by ID from Hub Planner.

List Billing Rates

Tool to retrieve all billing rates from Hub Planner.

List Booking Categories

Tool to retrieve all booking categories from Hub Planner.

List Bookings

Tool to retrieve all bookings from Hub Planner with pagination support.

List Category Groups

Tool to get all category groups from Hub Planner.

List Clients

Tool to get all clients from Hub Planner.

List Cost Categories

Tool to retrieve all project cost categories from Hub Planner.

List Events

Tool to retrieve all events from Hub Planner.

List Holidays

Tool to retrieve all public holidays from Hub Planner.

List Project Groups

Tool to get all project groups from Hub Planner.

List Project Managers

Tool to get all project managers from Hub Planner.

List Projects

Tool to retrieve all projects from Hub Planner.

List Project Tags

Tool to retrieve all project tags from Hub Planner.

List Resource Groups

Tool to get all resource groups from Hub Planner.

List Resources

Tool to get all resources from Hub Planner.

List Resource Tags

Tool to get all resource tags from Hub Planner.

List Time Entries

Tool to get all time entries from Hub Planner.

List Unassigned Work

Tool to retrieve all unassigned work from Hub Planner.

List Vacations

Tool to retrieve all vacations from Hub Planner.

Patch Booking

Tool to partially update an existing booking in Hub Planner.

Patch Vacation

Tool to partially update an existing vacation by ID in Hub Planner.

Remove Client From Projects

Tool to remove a client from one or more projects in Hub Planner.

Remove Project From Groups

Tool to remove a project from one or more project groups in Hub Planner.

Remove Project Tag

Tool to remove a tag from a Hub Planner project.

Remove Resource from Projects

Tool to remove a resource from one or more projects in Hub Planner.

Remove Resource Tag

Tool to remove a tag from a resource.

Search Billing Rates

Tool to search billing rates in Hub Planner with filters.

Search Booking Categories

Tool to search booking categories in Hub Planner with filters.

Search Bookings

Tool to search bookings in Hub Planner with advanced filters.

Search Clients

Tool to search clients with filters in Hub Planner.

Search Cost Categories

Tool to search project cost categories in Hub Planner with filters.

Search Events

Tool to search events with filters in Hub Planner.

Search Holidays

Tool to search holidays with filters in Hub Planner.

Search Milestones

Tool to search milestones in Hub Planner with filters.

Search Project Custom Fields

Tool to search project custom field templates by type, label, or required status.

Search Projects

Tool to search projects with filters in Hub Planner.

Search Resource Custom Field Templates

Tool to search resource custom field templates by type, label, or other properties.

Search resources

Tool to search for resources with various filters in Hub Planner.

Search Time Entries

Tool to search time entries with filters in Hub Planner.

Search Vacations

Tool to search vacations in Hub Planner with advanced filters.

Set Project Managers

Tool to set project managers for a Hub Planner project.

Update Billing Rate

Tool to update an existing billing rate by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Booking

Tool to update an existing booking in Hub Planner by ID.

Update Booking Category

Tool to update an existing booking category by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Client

Tool to update an existing client by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Cost Category

Tool to update an existing project cost category by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Event

Tool to update an existing event in Hub Planner by ID.

Update Holiday

Tool to update an existing holiday by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Milestone

Tool to update an existing milestone by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Project Custom Field Template

Tool to update an existing project custom field template in Hub Planner.

Update Project Group

Tool to update an existing project group by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Hub Planner projects

Tool to update one or more projects in Hub Planner.

Update Project Tag

Tool to update an existing project tag by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Resource Custom Field Template

Tool to update an existing resource custom field template in Hub Planner.

Update Resource Group

Tool to update an existing resource group by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Resources

Tool to update one or more resources in Hub Planner.

Update Resource Tag

Tool to update an existing resource tag by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Time Entry

Tool to update an existing time entry by ID in Hub Planner.

Update Vacation

Tool to update an existing vacation by ID in Hub Planner.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Mastra AI 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 Hub Planner tools.

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

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