How to integrate Wrike MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Wrike to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Wrike agent that can create a new task in marketing folder, add multiple users to project group, invite a teammate to the workspace, delete completed tasks from design folder through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Wrike account through Composio's Wrike 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 Wrike
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Wrike as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Wrike 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 Wrike MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Wrike MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Wrike account. It provides structured and secure access to your project spaces, so your agent can perform actions like creating tasks, managing folders, handling group memberships, sending workspace invitations, and automating project workflows on your behalf.

  • Automated task creation and management: Let your agent quickly create new tasks in specific folders, assign details, and keep your projects moving forward without manual input.
  • Dynamic folder and project organization: Have your agent generate new folders or subfolders to structure work, or clean up by deleting old folders and their contents when projects wrap up.
  • Efficient user and group management: Easily add, remove, or modify group memberships and create new user groups to keep team permissions organized and up-to-date.
  • Seamless workspace invitations: Direct your agent to invite teammates or collaborators to your Wrike workspace via email, including customizing invitation details for better onboarding.
  • Custom field and data cleanup: Empower your agent to delete custom fields, tasks, or groups when they're no longer needed, helping you maintain a clean and efficient workspace.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Bulk modify group membersAdds or removes members for multiple wrike groups in a single request; all specified user ids must correspond to existing wrike users.
Create a folderCreates a new wrike subfolder within the specified `folderid`, optionally as a project if `customitemtypeid` is given; the folder is auto-shared with its creator.
Create a groupCreates a new user group in wrike with a specified title, optionally setting members, parent group, avatar, and custom metadata.
Create invitationInvites a user to a wrike workspace by email, optionally with name, specifying either `usertypeid` or a combination of `role`/`external`; custom email subject/message available for paid accounts.
Create task in folderCreates a new task in a specified wrike folder; if setting priority with `prioritybefore` or `priorityafter`, the referenced task must be in the same folder or project.
Delete custom field by idPermanently deletes a custom field by its id; this action is irreversible and requires a valid, existing custom field id.
Delete folderPermanently deletes the folder specified by `folderid` and all its contents (e.
Delete group by idPermanently deletes a group by its `groupid`; this action is irreversible and does not affect user accounts that were members of the group.
Delete invitationPermanently deletes an existing invitation, specified by its unique `invitationid`; this action cannot be undone.
Delete taskPermanently deletes a wrike task and all its associated data by its id; this action is irreversible and the task must exist.
Fetch all tasksFetches tasks from a wrike account, allowing filtering by status, due date, and subfolder inclusion, with customizable response fields and pagination.
Get account informationRetrieves detailed wrike account information, where the response content is influenced by selected fields, account subscription, and user permissions.
Get all custom fieldsRetrieves all custom field definitions (including id, name, type, and settings) from the wrike account; this returns the definitions themselves, not their specific values on wrike items, and is useful for obtaining custom field ids.
Get contactsRetrieves a list of wrike contacts (e.
Get foldersRetrieves folders and/or projects from wrike, with filters; when using `nextpagetoken`, all other filter parameters must match the initial request.
Get specific contact informationRetrieves detailed information for a specific wrike contact using their unique `contactid`, optionally including `metadata` and `customfields` if specified in the `fields` parameter.
Get specific userRetrieves detailed information about a specific user in wrike using their unique user id.
Get task by idRetrieves read-only detailed information for a specific wrike task by its unique id, optionally allowing specification of fields to include in the response.
Launch folder blueprint asyncAsynchronously launches a new project or folder structure in wrike from a specified folder blueprint, typically returning a task id to track progress.
Launch Task Blueprint AsyncAsynchronously launches a wrike task blueprint to create tasks/projects, requiring either `super task id` (parent task) or `parent id` (parent folder/project) for placement.
List Folder BlueprintsRetrieves all account-level folder blueprints, which are templates for standardizing folder/project creation with predefined structures, custom fields, and workflows.
List space folder blueprintsLists all folder blueprints (templates for new folders/projects) within a specified wrike space, requiring a valid and accessible space id.
List space task blueprintsLists task blueprints (templates for creating tasks with consistent structures) available in a specific, accessible wrike space.
List subfolders by folder idLists subfolders (metadata only, not their contents) for an existing wrike folder specified by `folderid`, supporting recursive descent, filtering, and pagination.
List Task BlueprintsRetrieves a list of defined task blueprints (predefined task templates) from the wrike account, supporting pagination.
Update account metadataUpdates or adds custom key-value metadata to the wrike account, useful for integrations, storing app-specific data, or mapping external system identifiers.
Modify folder attributesModifies an existing wrike folder: updates title, description, parents (not root/recycle bin), sharing, metadata, custom fields/columns; restores, converts to project, or manages access roles.
Modify groupUpdates an existing wrike user group's attributes like title, members, parent, avatar, or metadata, using its `groupid` and specifying only the fields to change.
Modify taskModifies an existing wrike task by its id, allowing updates to attributes such as title, status, dates, assignees, and custom fields; `prioritybefore` and `priorityafter` are mutually exclusive, and parent folder ids for `addparents`/`removeparents` cannot be the recycle bin.
Retrieve custom field by idRetrieves a wrike custom field's detailed information (e.
Query invitationsRetrieves all active invitations in wrike, useful for viewing and auditing pending invitations or managing user onboarding.
Get group by idRetrieves detailed information for a specific wrike group using its `groupid`, optionally including 'metadata'.
Query workflowsFetches a list of all workflows with their detailed information from the wrike account; this is a read-only action and does not support pagination or filtering through its parameters.
Retrieve list of groupsRetrieves a list of user groups from the wrike account, supporting metadata filtering, pagination, and inclusion of specific fields; this is a read-only operation.
Update custom field by idUpdates properties of an existing wrike custom field by its id, such as its title, type, scope, or sharing settings.
Update invitationUpdates a pending wrike invitation (`invitationid`) to resend it or change user's role/type (use `usertypeid` over deprecated `role`/`external`).
Update metadata on a specific contactUpdates metadata, job role, or custom fields for an existing wrike contact specified by `contactid`; if `jobroleid` is provided, it must be a valid id.
Update a specific userUpdates specified profile attributes (e.

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 Wrike 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 Wrike.

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 Wrike Tool Router session
session = composio.create(
    user_id=user_id,
    toolkits=["wrike"]
)

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

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 Wrike MCP?

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

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

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

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