How to integrate Statuscake MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Statuscake to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Statuscake agent that can list all uptime monitoring tests for your sites, show details for ssl check on your domain, retrieve all recent pagespeed test results through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Statuscake account through Composio's Statuscake 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 OpenAI and Composio API keys
  • Install the necessary dependencies
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Statuscake
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Statuscake as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Statuscake operations

What is OpenAI 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 Statuscake MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Statuscake MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Statuscake account. It provides structured and secure access to your website and application monitoring tools, so your agent can perform actions like listing uptime tests, checking SSL status, retrieving page speed results, and managing contact groups on your behalf.

  • Comprehensive uptime monitoring: Let your agent list and review all website monitoring tests to ensure your services are online and performing as expected.
  • SSL certificate management: Retrieve current SSL check details or get a full overview of all SSL tests to monitor certificate health and prevent expirations.
  • Page speed insights: Access and analyze all PageSpeed test results to identify performance bottlenecks and track improvements over time.
  • Contact group automation: List, retrieve details for, or delete contact groups to efficiently manage who gets notified about incidents and alerts.
  • Heartbeat and monitoring location checks: Have your agent fetch heartbeat check statuses and list all available monitoring locations for comprehensive observability and troubleshooting.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Create Contact GroupTool to create a contact group for alert notifications in StatusCake.
Create Heartbeat TestTool to create a heartbeat check in StatusCake.
Create PageSpeed TestTool to create a new pagespeed check in StatusCake.
Create Uptime TestTool to create a new uptime monitoring check in StatusCake.
Delete Contact GroupTool to delete a contact group.
Delete Heartbeat TestPermanently deletes a StatusCake heartbeat check.
Delete PageSpeed TestPermanently deletes a StatusCake PageSpeed test.
Delete SSL TestTool to delete an SSL check with the given ID.
Delete TestPermanently deletes a StatusCake uptime monitoring test.
Get All Contact GroupsRetrieves a paginated list of contact groups for alert notifications.
Get All Monitoring LocationsRetrieves all available uptime monitoring server locations from StatusCake.
Get All PageSpeed TestsTool to retrieve all PageSpeed tests.
Get All TestsTool to retrieve a list of all tests.
Get Contact Group DetailsTool to retrieve details of a specific contact group.
Get Heartbeat ChecksTool to list heartbeat checks.
Get Heartbeat TestTool to retrieve details of a specific heartbeat check.
Get Pagespeed TestTool to retrieve details of a specific pagespeed check.
Get SSL Check DetailsTool to retrieve details of a specific SSL check.
Get SSL ChecksRetrieve a paginated list of SSL checks configured in your StatusCake account.
Get Uptime TestTool to retrieve details of a specific uptime test.
List PageSpeed Monitoring LocationsRetrieves all available PageSpeed monitoring server locations from StatusCake.
List Pagespeed Test HistoryTool to retrieve pagespeed check history for a given test ID.
List Uptime Test AlertsTool to retrieve a list of alerts for a specific uptime check.
List Uptime Test HistoryTool to retrieve uptime check history for a given test ID.
List Uptime Test PeriodsTool to retrieve a list of uptime check periods for a specific test.
Update Contact GroupUpdates an existing contact group's configuration in StatusCake.
Update Heartbeat TestTool to update an existing heartbeat check with new parameters.
Update Pagespeed TestUpdates a pagespeed check with the given parameters.
Update SSL TestTool to update an SSL check with new configuration parameters.
Update Uptime TestUpdates an uptime check with the given parameters.

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

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Composio API Key and OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live Statuscake 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 Statuscake.

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 Statuscake Tool Router session
session = composio.create(
    user_id=user_id,
    toolkits=["statuscake"]
)

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 statuscake.
  • The router checks the user's Statuscake connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Statuscake.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Statuscake 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 Statuscake. "
        "Help users perform Statuscake 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 Statuscake 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 Statuscake 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 Statuscake.
  • 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 Statuscake and OpenAI 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=["statuscake"]
)
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 Statuscake. "
        "Help users perform Statuscake 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 Statuscake MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Statuscake.

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 Statuscake MCP?

With a standalone Statuscake MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Statuscake tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Statuscake 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 Statuscake tools.

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

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

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