# How to integrate Plisio MCP with CrewAI

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{
  "title": "How to integrate Plisio MCP with CrewAI",
  "toolkit": "Plisio",
  "toolkit_slug": "plisio",
  "framework": "CrewAI",
  "framework_slug": "crew-ai",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/plisio/framework/crew-ai",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/plisio/framework/crew-ai.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:22:20.143Z"
}
```

## Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Plisio to CrewAI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Plisio agent that can show your current bitcoin and ethereum balances, list all paid cryptocurrency invoices from last week, get recent withdrawal transactions for litecoin through natural language commands.
This guide will help you understand how to give your CrewAI agent real control over a Plisio account through Composio's Plisio MCP server.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

## Also integrate Plisio with

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

## TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
- Get a Composio API key and configure your Plisio connection
- Set up CrewAI with an MCP enabled agent
- Create a Tool Router session or standalone MCP server for Plisio
- Build a conversational loop where your agent can execute Plisio 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 Plisio MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Plisio MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Plisio account. It provides structured and secure access to your cryptocurrency payment gateway, so your agent can perform actions like checking balances, monitoring transactions, fetching withdrawal statuses, and analyzing fee plans on your behalf.
- Real-time account and crypto balance monitoring: Instantly retrieve your overall account balances or check balances for specific cryptocurrencies to stay on top of your assets.
- Transaction and invoice history retrieval: Have your agent fetch a detailed list of all Plisio transactions and invoices, filterable by status or type, for complete payment tracking.
- Operations and activity tracking: Let your agent automatically pull records of deposits and withdrawals, apply filters, and paginate through large datasets for easy financial oversight.
- Withdrawal status and history management: Effortlessly get up-to-date information on all withdrawal operations and review their statuses to simplify reconciliation and auditing.
- Fee plan analysis: Ask your agent to fetch and compare current fee plans for supported cryptocurrencies, helping you optimize your transaction costs.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `PLISIO_CREATE_INVOICE` | Create Plisio Invoice | Tool to create a new cryptocurrency payment invoice with Plisio. Returns transaction ID and invoice URL for payment. For white-label accounts, includes additional fields like wallet hash, QR code, and commission details. Use when you need to generate a payment request for cryptocurrency transactions. |
| `PLISIO_ESTIMATE_FEE` | Estimate Fee | Tool to estimate network fee for a withdrawal transaction to specific address(es). Use when calculating transaction costs before creating a withdrawal. |
| `PLISIO_GET_BALANCE_BY_CURRENCY` | Get Balance By Currency | Tool to get the balance for a specific cryptocurrency in your Plisio account. Use when you need to retrieve the balance of a particular crypto asset. |
| `PLISIO_GET_COMMISSION` | Get Commission | Tool to estimate the total cost including network fee and Plisio commission for a transaction. Returns detailed breakdown of commission, fee, and fee plan options for the specified cryptocurrency and amounts. |
| `PLISIO_GET_CURRENCY_RATE` | Get Currency Rate | Tool to retrieve list of supported cryptocurrencies with current rates filtered by fiat currency. Use when you need exchange rate information for cryptocurrencies in a specific fiat currency. |
| `PLISIO_GET_FEE_PLANS` | Get Fee Plans | Tool to retrieve available fee plans for a given cryptocurrency. Specify a currency symbol like 'BTC', 'ETH' to get fee plan details. |
| `PLISIO_GET_FEE_PLANS` | Get Fee Plans | Tool to get available fee plans for a specific cryptocurrency. Returns fee values and configuration like gas limits for Ethereum-based coins or confirmation targets for Bitcoin. Use when you need to determine transaction fee options before creating or sending a transaction. |
| `PLISIO_GET_INVOICE` | Get Invoice | Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific invoice by its ID. Use when you need to check invoice status, payment details, or transaction information. |
| `PLISIO_GET_INVOICE_EMAIL` | Get Invoice by Email | Tool to retrieve invoice details by email ID. Use when you need to fetch detailed information about a specific invoice using the invoice ID and payer's email address. |
| `PLISIO_GET_SHOP` | Get Shop Information | Tool to retrieve shop information by API key. Returns details about the shop associated with the current API credentials. |
| `PLISIO_GET_TRANSACTIONS` | Get Plisio Transactions | Tool to retrieve a list of transactions and invoices. Use after authenticating with your API key to fetch historical operations with optional filters and pagination. Example: GetTransactions(status='paid', limit=20). |
| `PLISIO_LIST_CURRENCIES` | List Supported Currencies | Tool to retrieve a list of supported cryptocurrencies with their rates and information. Use after API credentials are configured to get current exchange rates, commission percentages, and operational status for all available coins. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

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

The Plisio MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent to Plisio. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Plisio 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:
- Python 3.9 or higher
- A Composio account and API key
- A Plisio connection authorized in Composio
- An OpenAI API key for the CrewAI LLM
- Basic familiarity with Python

### 1. Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
- Go to the [OpenAI dashboard](https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/api-keys) 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](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

**What's happening:**
- composio connects your agent to Plisio via MCP
- crewai provides Agent, Task, Crew, and LLM primitives
- crewai-tools[mcp] includes MCP helpers
- python-dotenv loads environment variables from .env
```bash
pip install composio crewai crewai-tools[mcp] python-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 scopes the session to your account
- OPENAI_API_KEY lets CrewAI use your chosen OpenAI model
```bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
```

### 4. Import dependencies

**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 Plisio MCP URL
```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")
```

### 5. Create a Composio Tool Router session for Plisio

**What's happening:**
- You create a Plisio only session through Composio
- Composio returns an MCP HTTP URL that exposes Plisio tools
```python
composio_client = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY)
session = composio_client.create(user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID, toolkits=["plisio"])

url = session.mcp.url
```

### 6. Initialize the MCP Server

**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.
```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,
    )
```

### 7. Create a CLI Chatloop and define the Crew

**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.
```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")
```

## Complete Code

```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=["plisio"],
)
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 Plisio through Composio's Tool Router. The agent can perform Plisio 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

## How to build Plisio MCP Agent with another framework

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

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## Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

### Can I use Tool Router MCP with CrewAI?

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 Plisio tools.

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

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

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