How to integrate Northflank MCP with Atomic Agent

Connect Atomic Agent to Northflank MCP. Deploy a new service to production, list all running deployments in staging, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Introduction

Atomic Agent is an open-source AI agent that runs on your machine and supports local models through llama.cpp. Connect it to 1,500+ apps through Composio, including Northflank.

This guide uses Atomic Agent's built-in Composio integration. You need Atomic Agent v0.5.6 or later, your own Composio API key, and a Northflank account. See the Atomic Agent documentation for installation instructions.

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How Atomic Agent connects to Northflank

Atomic Agent connects to Composio's Tool Router over Streamable HTTP MCP. It discovers the tools needed for your request, and Composio handles account authentication.

Execution and account-connection tools follow Atomic Agent's configured approval policy. Review any approval prompt before allowing an action on your connected account.

Connect Northflank to Atomic Agent

  1. Sign up or sign in to the Composio dashboard. Copy your API key.
  2. In Atomic Agent, open the Integrations tab and select Composio. Select API key, press e, paste the key, and press Enter. The tools become available immediately, without a restart.
  3. Ask Atomic Agent to do something in Northflank. It searches Composio for the right tool.
  4. On first use, open the sign-in link returned in the chat. Connect your Northflank account, then return to Atomic Agent to continue.

Headless setup

Add the following line to ~/.atomic-agent/.env, replacing YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY with your key. Start Atomic Agent after saving the file.

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY

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

The Northflank MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Northflank account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Northflank operations on your behalf.

Use Northflank from Atomic Agent

With your account connected, ask Atomic Agent to work with Northflank in natural language. You can connect more apps through the same Composio integration as you need them.

Visit the Atomic Agent website or inspect the Atomic Agent source code.

Troubleshooting

Why is my API key rejected?

Copy the key directly from the Composio dashboard. Atomic Agent requires ASCII characters because it sends the key in an HTTP header. Remove any extra characters introduced when copying.

Why are Composio tools unavailable after saving a key?

Check that you use Atomic Agent v0.5.6 or later and that Composio is enabled in your configuration. A "composio": { "enabled": false } setting disables the integration while keeping the saved key on disk.

Does Composio have a free plan?

The Hobby plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month. Composio-managed OAuth apps have a lower included allowance. See Composio pricing for the current limits that apply to your connection.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create or Update Project

Tool to create a new project or update an existing project in Northflank (upsert operation).

Create or Update Secret

Tool to create or update a secret group in a Northflank project.

Create Project

Tool to create a new project in Northflank.

Create Secret

Tool to create a secret group in a Northflank project.

Delete Project

Tool to permanently delete a Northflank project and all associated resources.

Get DNS ID

Tool to retrieve the DNS identifier for the authenticated account.

Get Project

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific Northflank project.

Get Secret

Tool to retrieve a secret from a Northflank project including its contents.

Get Secret Details

Tool to view a secret with details about its linked addons from a Northflank project.

List Addon Types

Tool to retrieve information about available addon types in Northflank.

List Cloud Provider Node Types

Tool to retrieve supported cloud provider node types available on Northflank.

List Cloud Provider Regions

Tool to retrieve supported cloud provider regions available on Northflank.

List Pipelines

Tool to list all pipelines for a Northflank project.

List Plans

Tool to retrieve available billing/resource plans in Northflank.

List Projects

Tool to list all projects in your Northflank team with pagination support.

List Regions

Tool to retrieve available project regions in Northflank.

List Secrets

Tool to list all secrets belonging to a Northflank project.

List Services

Tool to list all services belonging to a Northflank project.

Patch Secret

Tool to partially update a secret group in a Northflank project.

Update Project

Tool to update a project in Northflank.

Update Secret

Tool to update a secret in a Northflank project.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Atomic Agent 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 Northflank tools.

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

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