How to integrate ReferralRock MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting ReferralRock to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working ReferralRock agent that can list all active referral campaigns, add a new member to referral program, show referral stats for this week through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a ReferralRock account through Composio's ReferralRock MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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 ReferralRock
  • Configure an AI agent that can use ReferralRock as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform ReferralRock operations

What is open-ai-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 ReferralRock MCP server, and what's possible with it?

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

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Remove Email from Unsubscribe ListTool to remove an email address from the unsubscribe list.
Delete WebhookTool to delete a webhook subscription.
Delete Members from ProgramTool to delete members from a referral program.
Delete ReferralTool to delete one or more referrals from a referral program.
Delete RewardsTool to delete rewards from members or referrals in a referral program.
Get Email Unsubscribed StatusTool to check if an email address is unsubscribed from communications.
Get Webhook History for EventTool to retrieve webhook history for a specific event.
List Program MembersTool to list program members with filtering and pagination.
Get Member StatisticsTool to retrieve comprehensive statistics for a single member from ReferralRock.
Get PayoutTool to retrieve payout list by ID.
Get Payout Details by IDTool to get payout details by ID.
Get Pending PayoutsTool to get pending payouts for a member or recipient.
Get Payout TransactionsTool to get payout transaction history for referral program participants.
Get Single ProgramTool to retrieve a single referral program by name.
List Referral ProgramsList all referral programs in ReferralRock.
Get ReferralsTool to list referrals with filtering and pagination options.
Get Single ReferralTool to retrieve a single referral by email, ID, or external ID.
Get Reward RulesTool to get reward rules for a program.
Get RewardsTool to list rewards with optional filtering and pagination.
Remove Email from Unsubscribe ListTool to remove an email address from the unsubscribe list.
Unsubscribe Email AddressTool to unsubscribe an email address from the ReferralRock mailing list.
Create Webhook SubscriptionTool to create or update a webhook subscription for event notifications.
Create Invite Feed EntryTool to create an invite feed entry for automatic invitations.
Create Invite Feed EntriesTool to create multiple invite feed entries for automatic invites in ReferralRock.
Generate Member Access TokenTool to generate pre-authenticated member access URLs for sharing and portal experiences.
Generate Member Access URLsTool to generate member access URLs for custom share experience or secure portal embedding.
Add new member to programTool to create a new member and add them to a referral program.
Remove Members from ProgramTool to remove members from a referral program.
Create Referral ActionTool to create a referral action for processing recurring rewards.
Remove ReferralTool to remove referrals from a referral program.
Create New ReferralTool to create a new referral in ReferralRock based on a member's referral code.
Update Referral StatusTool to update referral status in ReferralRock.
Update Referral DetailsTool to update referral details in a referral program.
Issue Reward to MemberTool to issue a reward to a member in the Referral Rock system.
Remove RewardsTool to remove rewards from members or referrals of a referral program.

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

What is Tool Router?

Composio's Tool Router 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 Tool Router

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

How the Tool Router works

The Tool Router 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

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Composio API Key and OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live ReferralRock project
  • Some knowledge of Python or Typescript

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

Install dependencies

pip install composio_openai_agents openai-agents python-dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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.

Import dependencies

import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

from composio import Composio
from composio_openai_agents import OpenAIAgentsProvider
from agents import Agent, Runner, HostedMCPTool, SQLiteSession
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 ReferralRock.

Set up the Composio instance

load_dotenv()

api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
user_id = os.getenv("USER_ID")

if not api_key:
    raise RuntimeError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key")

# Initialize Composio
composio = Composio(api_key=api_key, provider=OpenAIAgentsProvider())
What's happening:
  • load_dotenv() loads your .env file so OPENAI_API_KEY and COMPOSIO_API_KEY are available as environment variables.
  • Creating a Composio instance using the API Key and OpenAIAgentsProvider class.

Create a Tool Router session

# Create a ReferralRock Tool Router session
session = composio.create(
    user_id=user_id,
    toolkits=["referralrock"]
)

mcp_url = session.mcp.url

What is happening:

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

Configure the agent

# Configure agent with MCP tool
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    model="gpt-5",
    instructions=(
        "You are a helpful assistant that can access ReferralRock. "
        "Help users perform ReferralRock operations through natural language."
    ),
    tools=[
        HostedMCPTool(
            tool_config={
                "type": "mcp",
                "server_label": "tool_router",
                "server_url": mcp_url,
                "headers": {"x-api-key": api_key},
                "require_approval": "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 ReferralRock 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 dict includes the Composio API key for secure authentication with the MCP server.
  • require_approval: 'never' means the agent can execute ReferralRock operations without asking for permission each time, making interactions smoother.

Start chat loop and handle conversation

print("\nComposio Tool Router session created.")

chat_session = SQLiteSession("conversation_openai_toolrouter")

print("\nChat started. Type your requests below.")
print("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n")

async def main():
    try:
        result = await Runner.run(
            agent,
            "What can you help me with?",
            session=chat_session
        )
        print(f"Assistant: {result.final_output}\n")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}\n")

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()
        if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit", "q"}:
            print("Goodbye!")
            break

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent,
            user_input,
            session=chat_session
        )
        print(f"Assistant: {result.final_output}\n")

asyncio.run(main())
What's happening:
  • The program prints a session URL that you visit to authorize ReferralRock.
  • After authorization, the chat begins.
  • Each message you type is processed by the agent using Runner.run().
  • The responses are printed to the console, and conversations are saved locally using SQLite.
  • Typing exit, quit, or q cleanly ends the chat.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with ReferralRock and open-ai-agents-sdk:

import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

from composio import Composio
from composio_openai_agents import OpenAIAgentsProvider
from agents import Agent, Runner, HostedMCPTool, SQLiteSession

load_dotenv()

api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
user_id = os.getenv("USER_ID")

if not api_key:
    raise RuntimeError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key")

# Initialize Composio
composio = Composio(api_key=api_key, provider=OpenAIAgentsProvider())

# Create Tool Router session
session = composio.create(
    user_id=user_id,
    toolkits=["referralrock"]
)
mcp_url = session.mcp.url

# Configure agent with MCP tool
agent = Agent(
    name="Assistant",
    model="gpt-5",
    instructions=(
        "You are a helpful assistant that can access ReferralRock. "
        "Help users perform ReferralRock operations through natural language."
    ),
    tools=[
        HostedMCPTool(
            tool_config={
                "type": "mcp",
                "server_label": "tool_router",
                "server_url": mcp_url,
                "headers": {"x-api-key": api_key},
                "require_approval": "never",
            }
        )
    ],
)

print("\nComposio Tool Router session created.")

chat_session = SQLiteSession("conversation_openai_toolrouter")

print("\nChat started. Type your requests below.")
print("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n")

async def main():
    try:
        result = await Runner.run(
            agent,
            "What can you help me with?",
            session=chat_session
        )
        print(f"Assistant: {result.final_output}\n")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}\n")

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()
        if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit", "q"}:
            print("Goodbye!")
            break

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent,
            user_input,
            session=chat_session
        )
        print(f"Assistant: {result.final_output}\n")

asyncio.run(main())

Conclusion

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

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.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and ReferralRock MCP?

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

Can I use Tool Router MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK?

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 ReferralRock tools.

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

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

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