# How to integrate Taggun MCP with Autogen

```json
{
  "title": "How to integrate Taggun MCP with Autogen",
  "toolkit": "Taggun",
  "toolkit_slug": "taggun",
  "framework": "AutoGen",
  "framework_slug": "autogen",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/taggun/framework/autogen",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/taggun/framework/autogen.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:27:48.117Z"
}
```

## Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Taggun to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Taggun agent that can extract vendor and total from this receipt image url, list all line items from uploaded invoice link, validate this receipt url before submitting expense through natural language commands.
This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Taggun account through Composio's Taggun MCP server.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

## Also integrate Taggun with

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

## TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
- Get and set up your OpenAI and Composio API keys
- Install the required dependencies for Autogen and Composio
- Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Taggun
- Wire that MCP URL into Autogen using McpWorkbench and StreamableHttpServerParams
- Configure an Autogen AssistantAgent that can call Taggun tools
- Run a live chat loop where you ask the agent to perform Taggun operations

## What is AutoGen?

Autogen is a framework for building multi-agent conversational AI systems from Microsoft. It enables you to create agents that can collaborate, use tools, and maintain complex workflows.
Key features include:
- Multi-Agent Systems: Build collaborative agent workflows
- MCP Workbench: Native support for Model Context Protocol tools
- Streaming HTTP: Connect to external services through streamable HTTP
- AssistantAgent: Pre-built agent class for tool-using assistants

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

The Taggun MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Taggun account. It provides structured and secure access to real-time receipt OCR and merchant management, so your agent can scan receipts, extract detailed data, validate image URLs, and manage merchant records on your behalf.
- Instant receipt data extraction: Have your agent process receipt or invoice images via public URLs to pull out structured purchase data quickly and accurately.
- Detailed line item analysis: Use verbose extraction to get comprehensive data including line items, merchant info, and confidence metrics from receipt images or PDFs.
- Automated merchant registry management: Export the full list of known merchants for audits or synchronize merchant data directly through your agent.
- Receipt image URL validation: Let your agent check if a receipt image URL meets campaign and validation requirements before processing.
- Generate merchant mock CSVs for testing: Easily create sample merchant CSV files to test or bulk import merchant data as part of your automation workflow.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `TAGGUN_ADD_MERCHANT_NAME` | Add Merchant Name | Tool to add a merchant name keyword to your account's model for predicting merchant names. Use when you want to improve merchant name recognition by training the model with specific merchant names. Changes to your account's model are updated daily and will affect future receipt processing. |
| `TAGGUN_EXPORT_KNOWN_MERCHANTS` | Export Known Merchants | Export the complete list of known merchants used for merchant name normalization in Taggun. Returns CSV data with merchant details including location IDs, names, addresses, and coordinates. Use this when you need to retrieve the full merchant registry for synchronization, auditing, or analysis. No parameters required - this is a read-only GET operation. |
| `TAGGUN_EXPORT_KNOWN_PRODUCT_CODES` | Export Known Product Codes | Export the complete list of known product codes used for product normalization and matching in Taggun. Returns CSV data with product code information. Use this when you need to retrieve the full product code registry for synchronization, auditing, or analysis. No parameters required - this is a read-only GET operation. |
| `TAGGUN_EXPORT_PRODUCT_CATEGORIES` | Export Product Categories | Export a list of product categories and descriptions used for product categorization in CSV format. Returns CSV data with product category information for analysis or synchronization purposes. Use this when you need to retrieve the complete product category registry. |
| `TAGGUN_GENERATE_MERCHANTS_CSV` | Generate Merchants CSV | Generate a CSV file with mock merchant data for testing purposes. Creates a temporary CSV file with the specified number of merchant rows, including fields like name, alias, address, coordinates, contact info, and tags. Use this when you need sample merchant data for bulk import operations or testing merchant-related API endpoints. The generated CSV follows a standard format with 10 columns: name, alias, address, postcode, lat, lng, country, phone, email, tags. |
| `TAGGUN_IMPORT_KNOWN_MERCHANTS` | Import Known Merchants | Import a list of merchant names and addresses to normalize and match in CSV or TSV format. Use this when you need to bulk upload merchant data for name normalization and matching. File must be less than 20MB and contain merchant information in CSV or TSV format. |
| `TAGGUN_IMPORT_KNOWN_PRODUCT_CODES` | Import Known Product Codes | Tool to import a list of product codes in CSV or TSV format for normalization and matching. Use when you need to upload product code data to Taggun for receipt/invoice processing. The file should contain product codes with descriptions (e.g., code,description columns). |
| `TAGGUN_IMPORT_PRODUCT_CATEGORIES` | Import Product Categories | Import a list of product categories and descriptions for product categorization. Accepts CSV or TSV files (less than 20MB) with category and description columns. Use this when you need to bulk import product category data for matching during receipt processing. |
| `TAGGUN_TRANSCRIBE_RECEIPT_ENCODED_SIMPLE` | Transcribe Receipt from Base64 Encoded Image | Extract structured data from a receipt or invoice using base64 encoded image data. Provide a base64 encoded image (JPEG, PNG, PDF, GIF) along with filename and content type to get back extracted fields like total amount, date, merchant name, tax, line items, and confidence scores. Use this when you have receipt/invoice image data already encoded as base64 and need to digitize the data. The API uses machine learning OCR to detect and extract key fields automatically. |
| `TAGGUN_TRANSCRIBE_RECEIPT_ENCODED_VERBOSE` | Transcribe Receipt Encoded Verbose | Tool to transcribe a receipt using base64 encoded image in JSON payload and return detailed results. Use when you have a base64 encoded receipt image and require comprehensive output including line items, merchant details, and confidence levels. The image must be larger than 1x1 pixels to avoid validation errors. |
| `TAGGUN_TRANSCRIBE_RECEIPT_FILE_SIMPLE` | Transcribe Receipt File (Simple) | Tool to upload a receipt or invoice image file and extract basic data including merchant name, total amount, tax amount, and date. Use when you need to digitize receipt data from a file (PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, HEIC up to 20MB). The API uses OCR to detect and extract key fields. |
| `TAGGUN_URL` | Process Receipt via URL | Extract structured data from a receipt or invoice image using OCR. Provide a public URL to a receipt/invoice image (JPEG, PNG, PDF, GIF) and get back extracted fields like total amount, date, merchant name, tax, line items, and confidence scores. Use this when you need to digitize receipt/invoice data from a publicly accessible image URL. The API uses machine learning OCR to detect and extract key fields automatically. |
| `TAGGUN_URL_VALIDATION` | URL Validation | Tool to extract and validate receipt data from a URL. Processes a receipt image from a public URL and returns extracted fields with confidence levels to assess receipt authenticity. Use when you have a receipt URL and need to verify it contains valid receipt data. |
| `TAGGUN_URL_VERBOSE` | URL Verbose | Tool to process a receipt or invoice from a URL for detailed data extraction. Use when you have a publicly accessible receipt or invoice URL and require comprehensive output including line items, merchant details, and confidence metrics. Call after verifying the URL is reachable. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

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

The Taggun MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agents and assistants directly to Taggun. Instead of manually wiring Taggun APIs, OAuth, and scopes yourself, you get a structured, tool-based interface that an LLM can call safely.
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

You will need:
- A Composio API key
- An OpenAI API key (used by Autogen's OpenAIChatCompletionClient)
- A Taggun account you can connect to Composio
- Some basic familiarity with Autogen and Python async

### 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 Composio, Autogen extensions, and dotenv.
What's happening:
- composio connects your agent to Taggun via MCP
- autogen-agentchat provides the AssistantAgent class
- autogen-ext-openai provides the OpenAI model client
- autogen-ext-tools provides MCP workbench support
```bash
pip install composio python-dotenv
pip install autogen-agentchat autogen-ext-openai autogen-ext-tools
```

### 3. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in your project folder.
What's happening:
- COMPOSIO_API_KEY is required to talk to Composio
- OPENAI_API_KEY is used by Autogen's OpenAI client
- USER_ID is how Composio identifies which user's Taggun connections to use
```bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-composio-api-key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
USER_ID=your-user-identifier@example.com
```

### 4. Import dependencies and create Tool Router session

What's happening:
- load_dotenv() reads your .env file
- Composio(api_key=...) initializes the SDK
- create(...) creates a Tool Router session that exposes Taggun tools
- session.mcp.url is the MCP endpoint that Autogen will connect to
```python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a Taggun session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["taggun"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
```

### 5. Configure MCP parameters for Autogen

Autogen expects parameters describing how to talk to the MCP server. That is what StreamableHttpServerParams is for.
What's happening:
- url points to the Tool Router MCP endpoint from Composio
- timeout is the HTTP timeout for requests
- sse_read_timeout controls how long to wait when streaming responses
- terminate_on_close=True cleans up the MCP server process when the workbench is closed
```python
# Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
    url=url,
    timeout=30.0,
    sse_read_timeout=300.0,
    terminate_on_close=True,
    headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
)
```

### 6. Create the model client and agent

What's happening:
- OpenAIChatCompletionClient wraps the OpenAI model for Autogen
- McpWorkbench connects the agent to the MCP tools
- AssistantAgent is configured with the Taggun tools from the workbench
```python
# Create model client
model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
    model="gpt-5",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
)

# Use McpWorkbench as context manager
async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
    # Create Taggun assistant agent with MCP tools
    agent = AssistantAgent(
        name="taggun_assistant",
        description="An AI assistant that helps with Taggun operations.",
        model_client=model_client,
        workbench=workbench,
        model_client_stream=True,
        max_tool_iterations=10
    )
```

### 7. Run the interactive chat loop

What's happening:
- The script prompts you in a loop with You:
- Autogen passes your input to the model, which decides which Taggun tools to call via MCP
- agent.run_stream(...) yields streaming messages as the agent thinks and calls tools
- Typing exit, quit, or bye ends the loop
```python
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
print("Ask any Taggun related question or task to the agent.\n")

# Conversation loop
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")

    # Run the agent with streaming
    try:
        response_text = ""
        async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
            if hasattr(message, "content") and message.content:
                response_text = message.content

        # Print the final response
        if response_text:
            print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
        else:
            print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")
```

## Complete Code

```python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a Taggun session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["taggun"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url

    # Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
    server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
        url=url,
        timeout=30.0,
        sse_read_timeout=300.0,
        terminate_on_close=True,
        headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
    )

    # Create model client
    model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
        model="gpt-5",
        api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
    )

    # Use McpWorkbench as context manager
    async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
        # Create Taggun assistant agent with MCP tools
        agent = AssistantAgent(
            name="taggun_assistant",
            description="An AI assistant that helps with Taggun operations.",
            model_client=model_client,
            workbench=workbench,
            model_client_stream=True,
            max_tool_iterations=10
        )

        print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
        print("Ask any Taggun related question or task to the agent.\n")

        # Conversation loop
        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")

            # Run the agent with streaming
            try:
                response_text = ""
                async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
                    if hasattr(message, 'content') and message.content:
                        response_text = message.content

                # Print the final response
                if response_text:
                    print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
                else:
                    print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")

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

## Conclusion

You now have an Autogen assistant wired into Taggun through Composio's Tool Router and MCP. From here you can:
- Add more toolkits to the toolkits list, for example notion or hubspot
- Refine the agent description to point it at specific workflows
- Wrap this script behind a UI, Slack bot, or internal tool
Once the pattern is clear for Taggun, you can reuse the same structure for other MCP-enabled apps with minimal code changes.

## How to build Taggun MCP Agent with another framework

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

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## Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

Yes, you can. Autogen 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 Taggun tools.

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

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

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