How to integrate RedCircle API MCP with Claude Agent SDK

This guide walks you through connecting RedCircle API to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working RedCircle API agent that can search target for nintendo switch bundles, get reviews for dyson vacuums at target, list top-rated target products in electronics through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a RedCircle API account through Composio's RedCircle API 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 will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a RedCircle API account through Composio's RedCircle API 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 Claude/Anthropic and Composio API keys
Install the necessary dependencies
Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for RedCircle API
Configure an AI agent that can use RedCircle API as a tool
Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform RedCircle API 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 RedCircle API MCP server, and what's possible with it?

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

Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

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Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:

Composio API Key and Claude/Anthropic API Key
Primary know-how of Claude Agents SDK
A RedCircle API account
Some knowledge of Python

Getting API Keys for Claude/Anthropic and Composio

Claude/Anthropic API Key

Go to the Anthropic Console 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.
Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.

Install dependencies

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

Install the Composio SDK and the Claude Agents SDK.

What's happening:

@composio/core provides Composio integration for Anthropic
@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk is the core agent framework
dotenv/config loads environment variables

Set up environment variables

bash

COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here

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

Import dependencies

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();

What's happening:

We're importing all necessary libraries including the Claude Agent SDK and Composio
The dotenv.config() function loads environment variables from your .env file
This setup prepares the foundation for connecting Claude with RedCircle API functionality

Create a Composio instance and Tool Router session

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 RedCircle API
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['redcircle_api'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session?.mcp.url;

What's happening:

The function checks for the required COMPOSIO_API_KEY environment variable
We're creating a Composio instance using our API key
The create method creates a Tool Router session for RedCircle API
The returned url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use

Configure Claude Agent with MCP

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 RedCircle API tools via Composio.',
  maxTurns: 10,
};

What's happening:

We're configuring the Claude Agent options with the MCP server URL
permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions' allows the agent to execute operations without asking for permission each time
The system prompt instructs the agent that it has access to RedCircle API
maxTurns: 10 limits the conversation length to prevent excessive API usage

Create client and start chat loop

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?');
}

What's happening:

The readline interface is created to handle user input and output
The query function is used to send the user's input to the agent
The chat loop continues until the user types 'exit' or 'quit'

Run the application

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

What's happening:

The chat function is the entry point for the application
The try-catch block is used to handle any errors that occur

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with RedCircle API and Claude Agent SDK:

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: ['redcircle_api']
  });
  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 RedCircle API 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 RedCircle API 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.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Zipcodes

Tool to add zipcodes to your RedCircle API account for geolocation targeting.

Clear Collection Requests

Tool to remove all requests from a specified collection.

Create Collection

Tool to create a new collection for running up to 15,000 requests on a schedule.

Create Destination

Tool to create a new destination for uploading Collection Result Sets to cloud storage.

Create Requests

Tool to add up to 1,000 requests to an existing collection.

Delete Collection

Tool to remove a collection from the system by ID.

Delete Destination

Tool to remove a destination from your RedCircle API account.

Delete Request from Collection

Tool to remove an individual request from a collection.

Delete Requests In Bulk

Tool to delete multiple requests from a collection in bulk.

Delete Zipcodes

Tool to remove zipcodes from your RedCircle API account.

Get Account Information

Tool to retrieve account information, usage metrics, and platform status.

Get Collection

Tool to retrieve complete information about a specific collection.

Get Requests CSV Links

Tool to retrieve CSV download links for all requests in a collection.

Get Requests JSON Links

Tool to retrieve download links for all requests in a collection in JSON format.

Get Result Set CSV

Tool to retrieve a result set in CSV format with optional field filtering.

Get Result Set JSON

Tool to retrieve a result set in JSON format with download links.

Get Result Set JSON Lines

Tool to retrieve a result set in JSON Lines format with download links.

Get Target Product Data

Tool to retrieve Target data in real-time including search results, product information, reviews, or category listings.

List Categories

Tool to retrieve all top-level (root) categories or filter results using optional parameters.

List Collections

Tool to retrieve all collections configured on your RedCircle API account with filtering and pagination.

List Destinations

Tool to retrieve all destinations configured on your RedCircle API account with pagination and filtering.

List Error Logs

Tool to list all error logs on your RedCircle API account.

List Requests by Page

Tool to retrieve requests for a collection in paginated format.

List Result Sets

Tool to list all result sets for a collection.

List Zipcodes

Tool to retrieve all zipcodes associated with your account with optional filtering.

Resend Webhook

Tool to resend a previously configured webhook POST request for a result set.

Start Collection

Tool to initiate execution of a RedCircle API collection.

Stop All Collections

Tool to halt all currently active collections on your account.

Stop Collection

Tool to halt an active collection in queued or running state.

Update Collection

Tool to update an existing collection's configuration and settings.

Update Destination

Tool to modify an existing destination configuration on your RedCircle API account.

Update Request

Tool to modify a request within a collection.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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 RedCircle API tools.

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

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How to integrate RedCircle API MCP with Claude Agent SDK

Connect RedCircle API without auth hassles

Introduction

Also integrate RedCircle API with

TL;DR

What is Claude Agent SDK?

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

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

How the Composio SDK works

Step-by-step Guide

Prerequisites

Getting API Keys for Claude/Anthropic and Composio

Install dependencies

Set up environment variables

Import dependencies

Create a Composio instance and Tool Router session

Configure Claude Agent with MCP

Create client and start chat loop

Run the application

Complete Code

Conclusion

Supported Tools

How to build RedCircle API MCP Agent with another framework

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Code

Claude Cowork

Codex

OpenClaw

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CLI

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Vercel AI SDK

Mastra AI

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

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Frequently asked questions

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and RedCircle API MCP?+

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

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for RedCircle API while using Tool Router?+

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?+

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