How to integrate Nozbe Teams MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Nozbe Teams to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Nozbe Teams agent that can create a new project called 'q3 planning', assign all overdue tasks to sarah, list incomplete tasks in marketing project through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Nozbe Teams account through Composio's Nozbe Teams MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Nozbe Teams is a cloud-based task management tool for individuals and teams. It helps you organize, track, and manage all your group tasks in one place.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Nozbe Teams to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Nozbe Teams agent that can create a new project called 'q3 planning', assign all overdue tasks to sarah, list incomplete tasks in marketing project through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Nozbe Teams account through Composio's Nozbe Teams 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:
  • Get and set up your OpenAI and Composio API keys
  • Install the necessary dependencies
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Nozbe Teams
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Nozbe Teams as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Nozbe Teams operations

What is OpenAI Agents SDK?

The OpenAI Agents SDK is a lightweight framework for building AI agents that can use tools and maintain conversation state. It provides a simple interface for creating agents with hosted MCP tool support.

Key features include:

  • Hosted MCP Tools: Connect to external services through hosted MCP endpoints
  • SQLite Sessions: Persist conversation history across interactions
  • Simple API: Clean interface with Agent, Runner, and tool configuration
  • Streaming Support: Real-time response streaming for interactive applications

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

The Nozbe Teams MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Nozbe Teams account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Nozbe Teams 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:
  • Composio API Key and OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live Nozbe Teams project
  • Some knowledge of Python or Typescript
2

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
  • Go to the OpenAI dashboard and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models, or you can connect to another model provider.
  • Keep the API key safe.
Composio API Key
3

Install dependencies

npm install @composio/openai-agents @openai/agents dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the OpenAI Agents SDK.

4

Set up environment variables

bash
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...your-api-key
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-api-key
USER_ID=composio_user@gmail.com

Create a .env file and add your OpenAI and Composio API keys.

5

Import dependencies

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIAgentsProvider } from '@composio/openai-agents';
import { Agent, hostedMcpTool, run, OpenAIConversationsSession } from '@openai/agents';
import * as readline from 'readline';
What's happening:
  • You're importing all necessary libraries.
  • The Composio and OpenAIAgentsProvider classes are imported to connect your OpenAI agent to Composio tools like Nozbe Teams.
6

Set up the Composio instance

dotenv.config();

const composioApiKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const userId = process.env.USER_ID;

if (!composioApiKey) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key');
}
if (!userId) {
  throw new Error('USER_ID is not set');
}

// Initialize Composio
const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioApiKey,
  provider: new OpenAIAgentsProvider(),
});
What's happening:
  • dotenv.config() loads your .env file so COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID are available as environment variables.
  • Creating a Composio instance using the API Key and OpenAIAgentsProvider class.
7

Create a Tool Router session

// Create Tool Router session for Nozbe Teams
const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
  toolkits: ['nozbe_teams'],
});
const mcpUrl = session.mcp.url;

What is happening:

  • You give the Tool Router the user id and the toolkits you want available. Here, it is only nozbe_teams.
  • The router checks the user's Nozbe Teams connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Nozbe Teams.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Nozbe Teams tools only when needed during the conversation.
8

Configure the agent

// Configure agent with MCP tool
const agent = new Agent({
  name: 'Assistant',
  model: 'gpt-5',
  instructions:
    'You are a helpful assistant that can access Nozbe Teams. Help users perform Nozbe Teams operations through natural language.',
  tools: [
    hostedMcpTool({
      serverLabel: 'tool_router',
      serverUrl: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': composioApiKey },
      requireApproval: 'never',
    }),
  ],
});
What's happening:
  • We're creating an Agent instance with a name, model (gpt-5), and clear instructions about its purpose.
  • The agent's instructions tell it that it can access Nozbe Teams and help with queries, inserts, updates, authentication, and fetching database information.
  • The tools array includes a hostedMcpTool that connects to the MCP server URL we created earlier.
  • The headers object includes the Composio API key for secure authentication with the MCP server.
  • requireApproval: 'never' means the agent can execute Nozbe Teams operations without asking for permission each time, making interactions smoother.
9

Start chat loop and handle conversation

// Keep conversation state across turns
const conversationSession = new OpenAIConversationsSession();

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

console.log('\nComposio Tool Router session created.');
console.log('\nChat started. Type your requests below.');
console.log("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n");

try {
  const first = await run(agent, 'What can you help me with?', { session: conversationSession });
  console.log(`Assistant: ${first.finalOutput}\n`);
} catch (e) {
  console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
}

rl.prompt();

rl.on('line', async (userInput) => {
  const text = userInput.trim();

  if (['exit', 'quit', 'q'].includes(text.toLowerCase())) {
    console.log('Goodbye!');
    rl.close();
    process.exit(0);
  }

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

  try {
    const result = await run(agent, text, { session: conversationSession });
    console.log(`\nAssistant: ${result.finalOutput}\n`);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
  }

  rl.prompt();
});

rl.on('close', () => {
  console.log('\n👋 Session ended.');
  process.exit(0);
});
What's happening:
  • The program prints a session URL that you visit to authorize Nozbe Teams.
  • After authorization, the chat begins.
  • Each message you type is processed by the agent using run().
  • The responses are printed to the console.
  • Typing exit, quit, or q cleanly ends the chat.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Nozbe Teams and OpenAI Agents SDK:

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIAgentsProvider } from '@composio/openai-agents';
import { Agent, hostedMcpTool, run, OpenAIConversationsSession } from '@openai/agents';
import * as readline from 'readline';

const composioApiKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const userId = process.env.USER_ID;

if (!composioApiKey) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key');
}
if (!userId) {
  throw new Error('USER_ID is not set');
}

// Initialize Composio
const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioApiKey,
  provider: new OpenAIAgentsProvider(),
});

async function main() {
  // Create Tool Router session
  const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
    toolkits: ['nozbe_teams'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session.mcp.url;

  // Configure agent with MCP tool
  const agent = new Agent({
    name: 'Assistant',
    model: 'gpt-5',
    instructions:
      'You are a helpful assistant that can access Nozbe Teams. Help users perform Nozbe Teams operations through natural language.',
    tools: [
      hostedMcpTool({
        serverLabel: 'tool_router',
        serverUrl: mcpUrl,
        headers: { 'x-api-key': composioApiKey },
        requireApproval: 'never',
      }),
    ],
  });

  // Keep conversation state across turns
  const conversationSession = new OpenAIConversationsSession();

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

  console.log('\nComposio Tool Router session created.');
  console.log('\nChat started. Type your requests below.');
  console.log("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n");

  try {
    const first = await run(agent, 'What can you help me with?', { session: conversationSession });
    console.log(`Assistant: ${first.finalOutput}\n`);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
  }

  rl.prompt();

  rl.on('line', async (userInput) => {
    const text = userInput.trim();

    if (['exit', 'quit', 'q'].includes(text.toLowerCase())) {
      console.log('Goodbye!');
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }

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

    try {
      const result = await run(agent, text, { session: conversationSession });
      console.log(`\nAssistant: ${result.finalOutput}\n`);
    } catch (e) {
      console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on('close', () => {
    console.log('\nSession ended.');
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error('Fatal error:', err);
  process.exit(1);
});

Conclusion

This was a starter code for integrating Nozbe Teams MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Nozbe Teams.

Key features:

  • Hosted MCP tool integration through Composio's Tool Router
  • SQLite session persistence for conversation history
  • Simple async chat loop for interactive testing
You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom business logic, or building a web interface around the agent.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create Attachment

Tool to add attachment metadata to a comment.

Create Comment

Tool to add a comment to a task in Nozbe Teams.

Create Project Section

Tool to create a new project section in Nozbe Teams.

Create Reminder

Tool to add a reminder to a task in Nozbe Teams.

Create Tag Assignment

Tool to add a tag assignment to a task.

Create Task

Tool to create a new task in Nozbe Teams.

Create Team Member

Tool to add a team member in Nozbe Teams.

Create User

Tool to create a new placeholder user in Nozbe Teams.

Delete Comment

Tool to permanently delete a comment by its ID.

Delete Project

Tool to delete a project in Nozbe Teams by its ID.

Delete Reminder

Tool to delete a reminder by its unique ID.

Delete Tag Assignment

Tool to delete a tag assignment by its ID.

Delete Task

Tool to delete a task in Nozbe Teams by its ID.

Get Attachment

Tool to get attachment metadata by its ID.

Get Comment by ID

Tool to retrieve a comment by its ID from Nozbe Teams.

Get Project by ID

Tool to retrieve a project by its ID from Nozbe Teams.

Get Project Access

Tool to retrieve project access details by ID.

Get Project Section

Tool to retrieve a project section by ID from Nozbe Teams.

Get Reminder

Tool to get a reminder by ID from Nozbe Teams.

Get Tag

Tool to get a tag by ID from Nozbe Teams.

Get Tag Assignment

Tool to retrieve a tag assignment by its ID.

Get Task by ID

Tool to retrieve a task by its ID from Nozbe Teams.

Get Task Event

Tool to get a task event by ID.

Get Team by ID

Tool to retrieve a team by its ID from Nozbe Teams.

Get Team Member by ID

Tool to retrieve a team member by ID from Nozbe Teams.

Get User by ID

Tool to retrieve a user by their ID from Nozbe Teams.

List Comment Attachments

Tool to get all attachments related to a specific comment in Nozbe Teams.

List Comments

Tool to get accessible comments with optional filtering by task_id and pagination support.

List Group Assignments

Tool to get accessible group assignments from Nozbe Teams.

List Project Accesses

Tool to get accessible project accesses in Nozbe Teams.

List Project Groups

Tool to get accessible project groups from Nozbe Teams.

List Projects

Tool to retrieve accessible projects with optional filtering.

List Project Sections

Tool to retrieve accessible project sections with optional filtering.

List Reminders

Tool to get accessible reminders from Nozbe Teams.

List Tag Assignments

Tool to get accessible tag assignments with optional filtering by tag_id or task_id.

List Tags

Tool to get accessible tags from Nozbe Teams.

List Task Events

Tool to get accessible task events from Nozbe Teams.

List Tasks

Tool to retrieve accessible tasks from Nozbe Teams.

List Users

Tool to retrieve accessible users from Nozbe Teams.

Poll for new tasks

Tool to poll for new tasks created since the last call.

Poll Updated Tasks

Tool to poll for tasks that have been updated since the last call.

Update Comment

Tool to update an existing comment in Nozbe Teams.

Update Project

Tool to update a project in Nozbe Teams.

Update Project Access

Tool to update project access permissions in Nozbe Teams.

Update Task

Tool to update a task in Nozbe Teams.

Update Team

Tool to update a team in Nozbe Teams.

Update Team Member

Tool to update a team member in Nozbe Teams.

Update User

Tool to update a user in Nozbe Teams.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. OpenAI Agents 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 Nozbe Teams tools.

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

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