How to integrate Persona MCP with CrewAI

This guide walks you through connecting Persona to CrewAI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Persona agent that can get all pending verification cases, trigger a new kyc verification for user, list users who failed identity checks through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your CrewAI agent real control over a Persona account through Composio's Persona MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Persona to CrewAI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Persona agent that can get all pending verification cases, trigger a new kyc verification for user, list users who failed identity checks through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your CrewAI agent real control over a Persona account through Composio's Persona 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 a Composio API key and configure your Persona connection
  • Set up CrewAI with an MCP enabled agent
  • Create a Tool Router session or standalone MCP server for Persona
  • Build a conversational loop where your agent can execute Persona operations

What is CrewAI?

CrewAI is a powerful framework for building multi-agent AI systems. It provides primitives for defining agents with specific roles, creating tasks, and orchestrating workflows through crews.

Key features include:

  • Agent Roles: Define specialized agents with specific goals and backstories
  • Task Management: Create tasks with clear descriptions and expected outputs
  • Crew Orchestration: Combine agents and tasks into collaborative workflows
  • MCP Integration: Connect to external tools through Model Context Protocol

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

The Persona MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Persona account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Persona 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 step08 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Python 3.9 or higher
  • A Composio account and API key
  • A Persona connection authorized in Composio
  • An OpenAI API key for the CrewAI LLM
  • Basic familiarity with Python
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
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
  • Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.
3

Install dependencies

bash
pip install composio crewai crewai-tools[mcp] python-dotenv
What's happening:
  • composio connects your agent to Persona via MCP
  • crewai provides Agent, Task, Crew, and LLM primitives
  • crewai-tools[mcp] includes MCP helpers
  • python-dotenv loads environment variables from .env
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
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 with Composio
  • USER_ID scopes the session to your account
  • OPENAI_API_KEY lets CrewAI use your chosen OpenAI model
5

Import dependencies

python
import os
from composio import Composio
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
import dotenv

dotenv.load_dotenv()

COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID")

if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set")
if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set")
What's happening:
  • CrewAI classes define agents and tasks, and run the workflow
  • MCPServerHTTP connects the agent to an MCP endpoint
  • Composio will give you a short lived Persona MCP URL
6

Create a Composio Tool Router session for Persona

python
composio_client = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY)
session = composio_client.create(user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID, toolkits=["persona"])

url = session.mcp.url
What's happening:
  • You create a Persona only session through Composio
  • Composio returns an MCP HTTP URL that exposes Persona tools
7

Initialize the MCP Server

python
server_params = {
    "url": url,
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "headers": {"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY},
}

with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as tools:
    agent = Agent(
        role="Search Assistant",
        goal="Help users search the internet effectively",
        backstory="You are a helpful assistant with access to search tools.",
        tools=tools,
        verbose=False,
        max_iter=10,
    )
What's Happening:
  • Server Configuration: The code sets up connection parameters including the MCP server URL, streamable HTTP transport, and Composio API key authentication.
  • MCP Adapter Bridge: MCPServerAdapter acts as a context manager that converts Composio MCP tools into a CrewAI-compatible format.
  • Agent Setup: Creates a CrewAI Agent with a defined role (Search Assistant), goal (help with internet searches), and access to the MCP tools.
  • Configuration Options: The agent includes settings like verbose=False for clean output and max_iter=10 to prevent infinite loops.
  • Dynamic Tool Usage: Once created, the agent automatically accesses all Composio Search tools and decides when to use them based on user queries.
8

Create a CLI Chatloop and define the Crew

python
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")

conversation_context = ""

while True:
    user_input = input("You: ").strip()

    if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
        print("\nGoodbye!")
        break

    if not user_input:
        continue

    conversation_context += f"\nUser: {user_input}\n"
    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

    task = Task(
        description=(
            f"Conversation history:\n{conversation_context}\n\n"
            f"Current request: {user_input}"
        ),
        expected_output="A helpful response addressing the user's request",
        agent=agent,
    )

    crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], verbose=False)
    result = crew.kickoff()
    response = str(result)

    conversation_context += f"Agent: {response}\n"
    print(f"Agent: {response}\n")
What's Happening:
  • Interactive CLI Setup: The code creates an infinite loop that continuously prompts for user input and maintains the entire conversation history in a string variable.
  • Input Validation: Empty inputs are ignored to prevent processing blank messages and keep the conversation clean.
  • Context Building: Each user message is appended to the conversation context, which preserves the full dialogue history for better agent responses.
  • Dynamic Task Creation: For every user input, a new Task is created that includes both the full conversation history and the current request as context.
  • Crew Execution: A Crew is instantiated with the agent and task, then kicked off to process the request and generate a response.
  • Response Management: The agent's response is converted to a string, added to the conversation context, and displayed to the user, maintaining conversational continuity.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Persona and CrewAI:

python
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew, LLM
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
from composio import Composio
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv()

GOOGLE_API_KEY = os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID")

if not GOOGLE_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("GOOGLE_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set in the environment.")

# Initialize Composio and create a session
composio = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY)
session = composio.create(
    user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID,
    toolkits=["persona"],
)
url = session.mcp.url

# Configure LLM
llm = LLM(
    model="gpt-5",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
)

server_params = {
    "url": url,
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "headers": {"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY},
}

with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as tools:
    agent = Agent(
        role="Search Assistant",
        goal="Help users with internet searches",
        backstory="You are an expert assistant with access to Composio Search tools.",
        tools=tools,
        llm=llm,
        verbose=False,
        max_iter=10,
    )

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

    conversation_context = ""

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()

        if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
            print("\nGoodbye!")
            break

        if not user_input:
            continue

        conversation_context += f"\nUser: {user_input}\n"
        print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

        task = Task(
            description=(
                f"Conversation history:\n{conversation_context}\n\n"
                f"Current request: {user_input}"
            ),
            expected_output="A helpful response addressing the user's request",
            agent=agent,
        )

        crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], verbose=False)
        result = crew.kickoff()
        response = str(result)

        conversation_context += f"Agent: {response}\n"
        print(f"Agent: {response}\n")

Conclusion

You now have a CrewAI agent connected to Persona through Composio's Tool Router. The agent can perform Persona operations through natural language commands.

Next steps:

  • Add role-specific instructions to customize agent behavior
  • Plug in more toolkits for multi-app workflows
  • Chain tasks for complex multi-step operations
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Tag to Account

Tool to add a tag to an Account in Persona.

Archive Browser Fingerprint List Item

Tool to archive a browser fingerprint list item in Persona.

Archive Country List Item

Tool to archive a Country List Item by ID.

Archive a Geolocation List Item

Tool to archive a geolocation list item from Persona.

Archive Government ID Number List Item

Tool to archive a Government ID Number List Item.

Archive a Name List Item

Tool to archive a name list item in Persona.

Archive a webhook

Tool to archive a Persona webhook by its ID.

Archive Email Address List Item

Tool to archive an Email Address List Item in Persona.

Archive IP Address List Item

Tool to archive an IP address list item in Persona.

Archive Phone Number List Item

Tool to archive a phone number list item in Persona.

Archive String List Item

Tool to archive a String List Item in Persona.

Clone Webhook

Tool to clone an existing Persona webhook.

Consolidate Accounts

Tool to consolidate multiple source accounts into a single destination account.

Create an Account

Tool to create an account in Persona.

Create IP Address List Item

Tool to create an IP Address List Item in Persona.

Create Country List Item

Tool to create a country list item in Persona.

Create Generic Document

Tool to create a generic document in Persona.

Create Email Address List Item

Tool to create an email address list item in Persona.

Create Government ID Number List Item

Tool to create a new government ID number list item in Persona.

Create Name List Item

Tool to create a new name list item in Persona.

Create Phone Number List Item

Tool to create a phone number list item in Persona.

Create String List Item

Tool to create a String List Item in Persona.

Create Webhook

Tool to create a new webhook in Persona.

Disable Webhook

Tool to disable a webhook in Persona.

Enable Webhook

Tool to enable a webhook in Persona.

Expire Inquiry Sessions

Tool to expire all inquiry sessions for specified inquiry IDs.

Import Email Address Lists

Tool to import email addresses into a list from a CSV file.

Import IP Address Lists

Tool to import IP address lists into Persona.

Import Name Lists

Tool to import name lists to Persona.

Import Phone Number Lists

Tool to import phone number lists into Persona.

List All Accounts

Tool to list all accounts in Persona.

List All API Logs

Tool to list all API logs in Persona.

List All Cases

Tool to list all cases in Persona.

List All Devices

Tool to list all devices filtered by inquiry session ID.

List all Events

Tool to list all events from Persona.

List all Importers

Tool to list all importers in Persona.

List All Inquiries

Tool to list all inquiries in Persona.

List All Inquiry Sessions

Tool to list all inquiry sessions in Persona.

List All Lists

Tool to list all lists in Persona.

List All Rate Limits

Tool to list all rate limits in Persona.

List All Reports

Tool to list all reports in Persona.

List All Transactions

Tool to list all transactions in Persona.

List All Webhooks

Tool to list all webhooks in Persona.

List all Workflow Runs

Tool to list all workflow runs in Persona.

Redact an Account

Tool to permanently redact an account in Persona.

Remove Account Tag

Tool to remove a tag from a Persona Account.

Retrieve a Country List Item

Tool to retrieve a country list item by ID in Persona.

Retrieve a Geolocation List Item

Tool to retrieve a geolocation list item from Persona.

Retrieve an Account

Tool to retrieve an account in Persona.

Retrieve a Name List Item

Tool to retrieve a Name List Item in Persona.

Retrieve an Event

Tool to retrieve an event in Persona.

Retrieve an Importer

Tool to retrieve a specific importer in Persona.

Retrieve IP Address List Item

Tool to retrieve an IP Address List Item in Persona.

Retrieve an API Log

Tool to retrieve an API log in Persona.

Retrieve a String List Item

Tool to retrieve a string list item by ID in Persona.

Retrieve a Webhook

Tool to retrieve a webhook by its ID.

Retrieve Browser Fingerprint List Item

Tool to retrieve a browser fingerprint list item in Persona.

Retrieve a Document

Tool to retrieve a document from Persona.

Retrieve Generic Document

Tool to retrieve a generic document in Persona.

Retrieve Email Address List Item

Tool to retrieve an Email Address List Item in Persona.

Retrieve Government ID Number List Item

Tool to retrieve a Government ID Number List Item in Persona.

Retrieve Phone Number List Item

Tool to retrieve a phone number list item in Persona.

Rotate Webhook Secret

Tool to rotate a webhook's secret in Persona.

Search Accounts

Tool to search accounts in Persona using flexible query criteria.

Search Cases

Tool to search cases in Persona using advanced query filters with boolean logic.

Set Tags on Account

Tool to set tags on a Persona Account.

Update an Account

Tool to update an account in Persona.

Update a Webhook

Tool to update a webhook in Persona.

Update Generic Document

Tool to update a generic document in Persona.

FRAMEWORKS

How to build Persona MCP Agent with another framework

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OpenAI Agents SDK

Use Persona MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

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Claude Agent SDK

Use Persona MCP with Claude Agent SDK

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Claude Code

Use Persona MCP with Claude Code

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Claude Cowork

Use Persona MCP with Claude Cowork

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Codex

Use Persona MCP with Codex

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OpenClaw

Use Persona MCP with OpenClaw

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Hermes

Use Persona MCP with Hermes

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CLI

Use Persona MCP with CLI

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Google ADK

Use Persona MCP with Google ADK

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LangChain

Use Persona MCP with LangChain

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Vercel AI SDK

Use Persona MCP with Vercel AI SDK

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Mastra AI

Use Persona MCP with Mastra AI

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LlamaIndex

Use Persona MCP with LlamaIndex

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. CrewAI 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 Persona tools.

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

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