# How to integrate Maintainx MCP with Claude Agent SDK

```json
{
  "title": "How to integrate Maintainx MCP with Claude Agent SDK",
  "toolkit": "Maintainx",
  "toolkit_slug": "maintainx",
  "framework": "Claude Agent SDK",
  "framework_slug": "claude-agents-sdk",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/claude-agents-sdk",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/claude-agents-sdk.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-06T08:19:33.009Z"
}
```

## Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Maintainx to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Maintainx agent that can create a new urgent work order for hvac, list all open work orders at warehouse, add comment to work order 12345 through natural language commands.
This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Maintainx account through Composio's Maintainx MCP server.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

## Also integrate Maintainx with

- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/claude-code)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/codex)
- [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/openclaw)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/crew-ai)

## TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
- Get and set up your Claude/Anthropic and Composio API keys
- Install the necessary dependencies
- Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Maintainx
- Configure an AI agent that can use Maintainx as a tool
- Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Maintainx operations

## What is Claude Agent SDK?

The Claude Agent SDK is Anthropic's official framework for building AI agents powered by Claude. It provides a streamlined interface for creating agents with MCP tool support and conversation management.
Key features include:
- Native MCP Support: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol servers
- Permission Modes: Control tool execution permissions
- Streaming Responses: Real-time response streaming for interactive applications
- Context Manager: Clean async context management for sessions

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

The Maintainx MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Maintainx account. It provides structured and secure access to your maintenance operations, so your agent can create work orders, update existing tasks, manage assets, and keep your teams aligned—automatically and on your behalf.
- Work order creation and management: Instantly have your agent create new work orders, add detailed descriptions, set priorities, and assign them to the right teams or users.
- Automated work order updates and comments: Let your agent update existing work orders or add comments for documentation and real-time communication between team members.
- Asset and location tracking: Effortlessly list and retrieve all assets and locations across your organization, helping you keep maintenance data organized and accessible.
- Category and team organization: Enable your agent to fetch and manage categories or teams, ensuring work orders and assets are classified and assigned correctly.
- Smart work request portals: Have your agent generate custom work request portals so stakeholders can submit maintenance requests easily and securely.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `MAINTAINX_CREATE_WORK_ORDER` | Create Work Order | This tool creates a new work order in maintainx. it uses the post /api/v1/workorders endpoint. the tool requires a 'title' for the work order and offers several optional parameters including description, priority, duedate, startdate, userids, teamids, proceduretemplateid, locationid, assetid, and categories. |
| `MAINTAINX_CREATE_WORK_ORDER_COMMENT` | Create Work Order Comment | This tool creates a new comment on an existing work order in maintainx. it allows users to add comments for documentation, updates, or communication purposes within a specific work order. it requires a workorderid and the text content of the comment to create a new comment on the work order, providing capabilities to update maintenance work order records. |
| `MAINTAINX_CREATE_WORK_REQUEST_PORTAL` | Create Work Request Portal | Creates a new work request portal in maintainx. a work request portal allows users to submit work requests through a dedicated url. the portal can be customized with a title, welcome text, and description placeholder. it can be associated with a specific location and asset, and can be configured to require email contact information. |
| `MAINTAINX_FIND_ENTITY` | Find Entity | A tool to search and find specific entities within maintainx by specified fields. this tool allows users to search for different types of entities including work orders, users, and locations. |
| `MAINTAINX_LIST_ASSETS` | List Assets | This tool allows users to retrieve a list of all assets in their organization. |
| `MAINTAINX_LIST_CATEGORIES` | List Categories | This tool retrieves a list of all categories in your maintainx organization. categories are used to organize and classify work orders, assets, and other items in the system. it supports listing the categories with pagination and provides details such as category id, name, description, and timestamps for creation and update. |
| `MAINTAINX_LIST_LOCATIONS` | List Locations | This tool retrieves a list of all available locations in the organization's maintainx account. the locations can be physical places where assets are located, work is performed, or maintenance is needed. |
| `MAINTAINX_LIST_TEAMS` | List Teams | This tool retrieves a list of all teams in your maintainx organization. |
| `MAINTAINX_LIST_WORK_ORDERS` | List Work Orders | Action to list work orders from maintainx. |
| `MAINTAINX_UPDATE_WORK_ORDER` | Update Work Order | This tool allows users to update an existing work order in maintainx by modifying specific attributes without affecting other unchanged fields. it requires the workorder id and at least one of the optional parameters (title, description, or priority) to perform the update. |
| `MAINTAINX_UPDATE_WORK_ORDER_STATUS` | Update Work Order Status | This tool allows users to update the status of a specific work order in maintainx. it is focused specifically on status updates, making it more streamlined than the comprehensive 'update work order' action which allows updating multiple fields. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK

The Maintainx MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent to Maintainx. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Maintainx operations on your behalf through a secure, permission-based interface.
With Composio's managed implementation, you don't have to create your own developer app. For production, if you're building an end product, we recommend using your own credentials. The managed server helps you prototype fast and go from 0-1 faster.

## Step-by-step Guide

### 1. Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
- Composio API Key and Claude/Anthropic API Key
- Primary know-how of Claude Agents SDK
- A Maintainx account
- Some knowledge of Python

### 1. Getting API Keys for Claude/Anthropic and Composio

Claude/Anthropic API Key
- Go to the [Anthropic Console](https://console.anthropic.com/settings/organization/api-keys) and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models.
- Keep the API key safe.
Composio API Key
- Log in to the [Composio dashboard](https://dashboard.composio.dev?utm_source=toolkits&utm_medium=framework_docs).
- Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
- Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.

### 2. Install dependencies

No description provided.
```python
pip install composio-anthropic claude-agent-sdk python-dotenv
```

```typescript
npm install @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk @composio/core dotenv
```

### 3. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in your project root.
What's happening:
- COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio
- USER_ID identifies the user for session management
- ANTHROPIC_API_KEY authenticates with Anthropic/Claude
```bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here
```

### 4. Import dependencies

No description provided.
```python
import asyncio
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeSDKClient, ClaudeAgentOptions
import os
from composio import Composio
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()
```

```typescript
import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

dotenv.config();
```

### 5. Create a Composio instance and Tool Router session

No description provided.
```python
async def chat_with_remote_mcp():
    api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
    if not api_key:
        raise RuntimeError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set")

    composio = Composio(api_key=api_key)

    # Create Tool Router session for Maintainx
    mcp_server = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["maintainx"]
    )

    url = mcp_server.mcp.url

    if not url:
        raise ValueError("Session URL not found")
```

```typescript
async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

  // Create Tool Router session for Maintainx
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['maintainx'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session?.mcp.url;
```

### 6. Configure Claude Agent with MCP

No description provided.
```python
# Configure remote MCP server for Claude
options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    permission_mode="bypassPermissions",
    mcp_servers={
        "composio": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": url,
            "headers": {
                "x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
            }
        }
    },
    system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant with access to Maintainx tools via Composio.",
    max_turns=10
)
```

```typescript
const options: Options = {
  permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
  mcpServers: {
    composio: {
      type: 'http',
      url: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
    }
  },
  systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Maintainx tools via Composio.',
  maxTurns: 10,
};
```

### 7. Create client and start chat loop

No description provided.
```python
# Create client with context manager
async with ClaudeSDKClient(options=options) as client:
    print("\nChat started. Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")

    # Main chat loop
    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()
        if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit"}:
            print("Goodbye!")
            break

        # Send query
        await client.query(user_input)

        # Receive and print response
        print("Claude: ", end="", flush=True)
        async for message in client.receive_response():
            if hasattr(message, "content"):
                for block in message.content:
                    if hasattr(block, "text"):
                        print(block.text, end="", flush=True)
        print()
```

```typescript
const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'You: '
  });

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}
```

### 8. Run the application

No description provided.
```python
if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(chat_with_remote_mcp())
```

```typescript
try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}
```

## Complete Code

```python
import asyncio
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeSDKClient, ClaudeAgentOptions
import os
from composio import Composio
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

async def chat_with_remote_mcp():
    api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
    if not api_key:
        raise RuntimeError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set")

    composio = Composio(api_key=api_key)

    # Create Tool Router session for Maintainx
    mcp_server = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["maintainx"]
    )

    url = mcp_server.mcp.url

    if not url:
        raise ValueError("Session URL not found")

    # Configure remote MCP server for Claude
    options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
        permission_mode="bypassPermissions",
        mcp_servers={
            "composio": {
                "type": "http",
                "url": url,
                "headers": {
                    "x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
                }
            }
        },
        system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant with access to Maintainx tools via Composio.",
        max_turns=10
    )

    # Create client with context manager
    async with ClaudeSDKClient(options=options) as client:
        print("\nChat started. Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")

        # Main chat loop
        while True:
            user_input = input("You: ").strip()
            if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit"}:
                print("Goodbye!")
                break

            # Send query
            await client.query(user_input)

            # Receive and print response
            print("Claude: ", end="", flush=True)
            async for message in client.receive_response():
                if hasattr(message, "content"):
                    for block in message.content:
                        if hasattr(block, "text"):
                            print(block.text, end="", flush=True)
            print()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(chat_with_remote_mcp())
```

```typescript
import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['maintainx']
  });
  const mcp_url = session?.mcp.url;

  const options: Options = {
    permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
    mcpServers: {
      composio: {
        type: 'http',
        url: mcp_url,
        headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
      }
    },
    systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Maintainx tools via Composio.',
    maxTurns: 10,
  };

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

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}
```

## Conclusion

You've successfully built a Claude Agent SDK agent that can interact with Maintainx through Composio's Tool Router.
Key features:
- Native MCP support through Claude's agent framework
- Streaming responses for real-time interaction
- Permission bypass for smooth automated workflows
You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom business logic, or building a web interface around the agent.

## How to build Maintainx MCP Agent with another framework

- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/claude-code)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/codex)
- [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/openclaw)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/maintainx/framework/crew-ai)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Maintainx MCP?

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

### Can I use Tool Router MCP with Claude Agent SDK?

Yes, you can. Claude Agent 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 Maintainx tools.

### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Maintainx while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Maintainx 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.

### How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

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 Maintainx data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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