KoboToolbox MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with KoboToolbox MCP or direct API to list survey projects, inspect form metadata, review submissions, and export collected data through natural language.

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KoboToolbox is a data collection platform for building forms, running surveys, and managing field submissions. It helps teams collect reliable humanitarian, research, and monitoring data in low-connectivity settings.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create Project

Create a draft survey project, optionally by cloning an existing KoboToolbox asset.

Delete Export

Delete one asynchronous export job from a KoboToolbox project.

Delete Project

Permanently delete one KoboToolbox project by UID.

Deploy Project

Deploy a draft KoboToolbox survey or redeploy its latest form version so it can accept and expose submissions.

Export Submissions

Create an asynchronous KoboToolbox submission export and wait for it to complete, returning the export UID and result URL.

Get Project

Retrieve a KoboToolbox project with its form content, settings, resource URLs, and deployment state.

Get Submission

Retrieve one submission by integer ID, root UUID, or submission UUID from a KoboToolbox project.

List Assets

Find projects and other visible assets in the connected KoboToolbox account, returning one page and a continuation cursor.

List Submissions

Read one page of submissions for a deployed KoboToolbox project, with optional field selection, filtering, and sorting.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect KoboToolbox MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["kobotoolbox"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to KoboToolbox and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "List all KoboToolbox survey projects in my account",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a KoboToolbox request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect KoboToolbox API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["kobotoolbox"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to KoboToolbox
3

Run KoboToolbox tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "List all KoboToolbox survey projects in my account" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the KoboToolbox tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native KoboToolbox Integration

  • Supports both KoboToolbox MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your KoboToolbox forms, projects, submissions, and exports

Managed Auth

  • Secure API key handling so agents don't need hard-coded KoboToolbox credentials
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke KoboToolbox access
  • Per user and per environment credentials for safer survey data workflows

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Clear tool schemas help agents understand KoboToolbox forms, assets, and submissions without guesswork
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access KoboToolbox
  • Scoped, least privilege access to KoboToolbox projects and collected survey data
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review, compliance, and research governance
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, KoboToolbox requires you to configure your own API key. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your KoboToolbox connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

Create the key in your KoboToolbox account settings, then paste it once on Composio's connection page. Composio stores it encrypted and uses it only for the KoboToolbox actions your agent runs. Nobody else in your workspace can read it, and you can revoke it inside KoboToolbox at any time.

When you connect a KoboToolbox account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in KoboToolbox as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Whatever the credentials you connect allow inside KoboToolbox. If KoboToolbox lets you scope a key to specific permissions, create a scoped one so the agent can only do what you intend. You can revoke the key inside KoboToolbox at any time.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each KoboToolbox connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

The connection stops working the moment KoboToolbox rejects the old key. Create a new key in KoboToolbox and reconnect the account from the Composio dashboard or by asking your agent to reconnect KoboToolbox. Nothing else changes.

Composio's free Hobby plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal KoboToolbox use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your KoboToolbox plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple KoboToolbox accounts).

With Composio, you connect KoboToolbox once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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