# How to integrate Reply MCP with Pydantic AI

```json
{
  "title": "How to integrate Reply MCP with Pydantic AI",
  "toolkit": "Reply",
  "toolkit_slug": "reply",
  "framework": "Pydantic AI",
  "framework_slug": "pydantic-ai",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/reply/framework/pydantic-ai",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/reply/framework/pydantic-ai.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:23:54.555Z"
}
```

## Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Reply to Pydantic AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Reply agent that can list all active email campaigns this week, get contacts in your 'leads q3' list, show all available email templates through natural language commands.
This guide will help you understand how to give your Pydantic AI agent real control over a Reply account through Composio's Reply MCP server.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

## Also integrate Reply with

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

## TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
- How to set up your Composio API key and User ID
- How to create a Composio Tool Router session for Reply
- How to attach an MCP Server to a Pydantic AI agent
- How to stream responses and maintain chat history
- How to build a simple REPL-style chat interface to test your Reply workflows

## What is Pydantic AI?

Pydantic AI is a Python framework for building AI agents with strong typing and validation. It leverages Pydantic's data validation capabilities to create robust, type-safe AI applications.
Key features include:
- Type Safety: Built on Pydantic for automatic data validation
- MCP Support: Native support for Model Context Protocol servers
- Streaming: Built-in support for streaming responses
- Async First: Designed for async/await patterns

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

The Reply MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Reply.io account. It provides structured and secure access to your sales engagement platform, so your agent can create and manage lists, fetch campaign schedules, organize contacts, and monitor outreach performance for you.
- Personal list creation and management: Easily instruct your agent to create, organize, or delete personal contact lists to streamline your outreach workflow.
- Contact organization and retrieval: Have your agent fetch contacts within specific lists, helping you target and personalize campaigns more effectively.
- Campaign and schedule insights: Ask your agent to retrieve all campaign schedules or see which campaigns a specific contact belongs to, giving you up-to-date visibility into your outreach pipeline.
- Email account and template discovery: Let your agent pull a list of available email accounts or fetch your personal, team, and community templates for quick access while composing new campaigns.
- Blacklist monitoring and management: Direct your agent to retrieve the full list of blacklisted domains and emails, so you can ensure compliance and maintain deliverability standards with ease.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `REPLY_CREATE_LIST` | Create Personal List | Tool to add a new personal list on the People page. Use when you need to organize contacts into a custom list. |
| `REPLY_DELETE_EMAIL_ACCOUNT` | Delete Email Account | Tool to delete a specific email account. Use when you need to remove an existing email account identified by its ID. |
| `REPLY_DELETE_LIST_BY_ID` | Delete List By ID | Tool to delete a list by its ID. Use when you need to remove a personal list you own. |
| `REPLY_DELETE_SEQUENCE` | Delete Sequence | Tool to delete a sequence. Use after confirming the sequence exists to remove it permanently. |
| `REPLY_DELETE_USER` | Delete User | Tool to delete a user. Use after confirming the user exists to remove them permanently. |
| `REPLY_GENERATE_ULID` | Generate ULID | Generate ULID |
| `REPLY_GET_ALL_LISTS` | Get All Lists | Tool to retrieve all available people lists. Use when you need to list all lists in your Reply account. |
| `REPLY_GET_BLACKLIST_ALL` | Get full blacklist of domains and emails | Tool to retrieve the full list of blacklisted domains and emails. Use after confirming updates to the blacklist when you need a complete view. |
| `REPLY_GET_CAMPAIGN_SCHEDULES_ALL` | Get all campaign schedules | Retrieves all campaign schedules from Reply.io, including the default schedule and any user-created schedules. Each schedule contains timezone settings, daily timing configurations (mainTimings), and follow-up timings. Use this to view available schedules before assigning one to a campaign or to audit existing schedule configurations. |
| `REPLY_GET_CAMPAIGNS_FOR_CONTACT` | Get Campaigns For Contact | Tool to retrieve campaigns a contact belongs to by contact ID. Use when you need to list all sequences (campaigns) associated with a specific contact. |
| `REPLY_GET_CONTACTS_IN_LIST_BY_ID` | Get Contacts in List by ID | Tool to retrieve contacts in a specific personal list. Use after obtaining the list ID when you need a paginated set of contacts for that list. |
| `REPLY_GET_LIST_BY_ID` | Get List by ID | Tool to return a specific people list by its ID. Use after you know the list ID and need its details. |
| `REPLY_GET_TEMPLATES_LIST` | Get templates list | Retrieves all email templates from Reply.io, including user-created, team-shared, organization-wide, and community templates. Use this to browse available templates before sending emails or creating campaigns. No parameters required - returns all accessible templates for the authenticated user. |
| `REPLY_LIST_CAMPAIGNS` | List Campaigns | Tool to list all campaigns (sequences). Use when you need a paginated list of campaigns. |
| `REPLY_LIST_CONTACTS_BASIC` | List Contacts Basic | Tool to list contacts. Use when verifying API access and gathering contact IDs. |
| `REPLY_LIST_EMAIL_ACCOUNTS` | Reply.io List Email Accounts | Tool to list all email accounts. Use when you need to retrieve email accounts page by page. |
| `REPLY_MARK_CONTACT_AS_FINISHED` | Mark Contact As Finished | Marks a contact (by email) or all contacts under a domain as finished in all Reply.io campaigns. Use this tool to stop outreach for contacts who have been successfully engaged or should no longer receive campaign messages. - When using 'email': The specific contact must exist and be enrolled in at least one campaign. - When using 'domain': Marks all contacts with that email domain as finished (succeeds even if no contacts match). Note: Provide exactly one of 'email' or 'domain', not both. |
| `REPLY_MARK_CONTACT_AS_REPLIED` | Mark Contact as Replied | Tool to mark a contact as replied in all campaigns by email or domain. Use after confirming the contact has responded. |
| `REPLY_MOVE_CONTACTS_TO_LISTS` | Move Contacts to Lists | Tool to move one or more contacts to specified lists. Use when reorganizing contacts across lists after verifying contact and list IDs. |
| `REPLY_REMOVE_DOMAIN_FROM_BLACKLIST` | Remove Domain from Blacklist | Tool to remove the specified domain from the blacklist. Use when you need to allow sending to that domain again. |
| `REPLY_SEARCH_CONTACTS` | Search Contacts by Email | Tool to search contacts by email. Use when you need to find existing contact IDs for update tests. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

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

The Reply MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent to Reply. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Reply 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 with an active API key
- Basic familiarity with Python and async programming

### 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

Install the required libraries.
What's happening:
- composio connects your agent to external SaaS tools like Reply
- pydantic-ai lets you create structured AI agents with tool support
- python-dotenv loads your environment variables securely from a .env file
```bash
pip install composio pydantic-ai python-dotenv
```

### 3. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in your project root.
What's happening:
- COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates your agent to Composio's API
- USER_ID associates your session with your account for secure tool access
- OPENAI_API_KEY to access OpenAI LLMs
```bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
```

### 4. Import dependencies

What's happening:
- We load environment variables and import required modules
- Composio manages connections to Reply
- MCPServerStreamableHTTP connects to the Reply MCP server endpoint
- Agent from Pydantic AI lets you define and run the AI assistant
```python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic_ai.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHTTP

load_dotenv()
```

### 5. Create a Tool Router Session

What's happening:
- We're creating a Tool Router session that gives your agent access to Reply tools
- The create method takes the user ID and specifies which toolkits should be available
- The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use
```python
async def main():
    api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
    user_id = os.getenv("USER_ID")
    if not api_key or not user_id:
        raise RuntimeError("Set COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID in your environment")

    # Create a Composio Tool Router session for Reply
    composio = Composio(api_key=api_key)
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=user_id,
        toolkits=["reply"],
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
    if not url:
        raise ValueError("Composio session did not return an MCP URL")
```

### 6. Initialize the Pydantic AI Agent

What's happening:
- The MCP client connects to the Reply endpoint
- The agent uses GPT-5 to interpret user commands and perform Reply operations
- The instructions field defines the agent's role and behavior
```python
# Attach the MCP server to a Pydantic AI Agent
reply_mcp = MCPServerStreamableHTTP(url, headers={"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY})
agent = Agent(
    "openai:gpt-5",
    toolsets=[reply_mcp],
    instructions=(
        "You are a Reply assistant. Use Reply tools to help users "
        "with their requests. Ask clarifying questions when needed."
    ),
)
```

### 7. Build the chat interface

What's happening:
- The agent reads input from the terminal and streams its response
- Reply API calls happen automatically under the hood
- The model keeps conversation history to maintain context across turns
```python
# Simple REPL with message history
history = []
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")
print("Try asking the agent to help you with Reply.\n")

while True:
    user_input = input("You: ").strip()
    if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit", "bye"}:
        print("\nGoodbye!")
        break
    if not user_input:
        continue

    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n", flush=True)

    async with agent.run_stream(user_input, message_history=history) as stream_result:
        collected_text = ""
        async for chunk in stream_result.stream_output():
            text_piece = None
            if isinstance(chunk, str):
                text_piece = chunk
            elif hasattr(chunk, "delta") and isinstance(chunk.delta, str):
                text_piece = chunk.delta
            elif hasattr(chunk, "text"):
                text_piece = chunk.text
            if text_piece:
                collected_text += text_piece
        result = stream_result

    print(f"Agent: {collected_text}\n")
    history = result.all_messages()
```

### 8. Run the application

What's happening:
- The asyncio loop launches the agent and keeps it running until you exit
```python
if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())
```

## Complete Code

```python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic_ai.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHTTP

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
    user_id = os.getenv("USER_ID")
    if not api_key or not user_id:
        raise RuntimeError("Set COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID in your environment")

    # Create a Composio Tool Router session for Reply
    composio = Composio(api_key=api_key)
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=user_id,
        toolkits=["reply"],
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
    if not url:
        raise ValueError("Composio session did not return an MCP URL")

    # Attach the MCP server to a Pydantic AI Agent
    reply_mcp = MCPServerStreamableHTTP(url, headers={"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY})
    agent = Agent(
        "openai:gpt-5",
        toolsets=[reply_mcp],
        instructions=(
            "You are a Reply assistant. Use Reply tools to help users "
            "with their requests. Ask clarifying questions when needed."
        ),
    )

    # Simple REPL with message history
    history = []
    print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")
    print("Try asking the agent to help you with Reply.\n")

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()
        if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit", "bye"}:
            print("\nGoodbye!")
            break
        if not user_input:
            continue

        print("\nAgent is thinking...\n", flush=True)

        async with agent.run_stream(user_input, message_history=history) as stream_result:
            collected_text = ""
            async for chunk in stream_result.stream_output():
                text_piece = None
                if isinstance(chunk, str):
                    text_piece = chunk
                elif hasattr(chunk, "delta") and isinstance(chunk.delta, str):
                    text_piece = chunk.delta
                elif hasattr(chunk, "text"):
                    text_piece = chunk.text
                if text_piece:
                    collected_text += text_piece
            result = stream_result

        print(f"Agent: {collected_text}\n")
        history = result.all_messages()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())
```

## Conclusion

You've built a Pydantic AI agent that can interact with Reply through Composio's Tool Router. With this setup, your agent can perform real Reply actions through natural language.
You can extend this further by:
- Adding other toolkits like Gmail, HubSpot, or Salesforce
- Building a web-based chat interface around this agent
- Using multiple MCP endpoints to enable cross-app workflows (for example, Gmail + Reply for workflow automation)
This architecture makes your AI agent "agent-native", able to securely use APIs in a unified, composable way without custom integrations.

## How to build Reply MCP Agent with another framework

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

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## Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

### Can I use Tool Router MCP with Pydantic AI?

Yes, you can. Pydantic AI 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 Reply tools.

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

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

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