# How to integrate Zenserp MCP with Mastra AI

```json
{
  "title": "How to integrate Zenserp MCP with Mastra AI",
  "toolkit": "Zenserp",
  "toolkit_slug": "zenserp",
  "framework": "Mastra AI",
  "framework_slug": "mastra-ai",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/zenserp/framework/mastra-ai",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/zenserp/framework/mastra-ai.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-06T08:34:37.106Z"
}
```

## Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Zenserp to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Zenserp agent that can find top news articles on ai ethics, get trending keywords for electric cars, list local coffee shops in brooklyn through natural language commands.
This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Zenserp account through Composio's Zenserp MCP server.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

## Also integrate Zenserp with

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

## TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
- Set up your environment so Mastra, OpenAI, and Composio work together
- Create a Tool Router session in Composio that exposes Zenserp tools
- Connect Mastra's MCP client to the Composio generated MCP URL
- Fetch Zenserp tool definitions and attach them as a toolset
- Build a Mastra agent that can reason, call tools, and return structured results
- Run an interactive CLI where you can chat with your Zenserp agent

## What is Mastra AI?

Mastra AI is a TypeScript framework for building AI agents with tool support. It provides a clean API for creating agents that can use external services through MCP.
Key features include:
- MCP Client: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol servers
- Toolsets: Organize tools into logical groups
- Step Callbacks: Monitor and debug agent execution
- OpenAI Integration: Works with OpenAI models via @ai-sdk/openai

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

The Zenserp MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Zenserp account. It provides structured and secure access to real-time search engine results, so your agent can perform actions like running Google searches, grabbing news headlines, pulling images, analyzing trends, and even fetching local business data on your behalf.
- Comprehensive Google and Bing search: Instantly run structured web searches and retrieve up-to-date SERP data from Google or Bing for any query.
- Automated news and trend analysis: Have your agent fetch recent Google News articles or analyze keyword popularity over time using Google Trends data.
- Reverse image and visual content search: Perform reverse image lookups or image searches to discover where an image appears online or find relevant pictures for any topic.
- Shopping and video discovery: Search Google Shopping for product offers or Google Video for relevant multimedia results, all via agent-driven queries.
- Local and map-based business lookup: Let your agent use Google Maps search to find businesses or places based on location, keywords, or coordinates for local intelligence.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `ZENSERP_BING_SEARCH` | Bing Search | Tool to obtain bing search results. use when you need real-time scraping of bing serps from bing.com. |
| `ZENSERP_GOOGLE_NEWS_SEARCH` | Google News Search | Tool to perform a google news search. use when you need recent news articles for a topic. example: "search news for climate change". |
| `ZENSERP_GOOGLE_REVERSE_IMAGE_SEARCH` | Google Reverse Image Search | Tool to perform a reverse image search on google. use after obtaining a public image url to find where the image appears online. |
| `ZENSERP_GOOGLE_SHOPPING_SEARCH` | Google Shopping Search | Tool to perform a google shopping search. use when you need structured product offers and pricing data via zenserp api. |
| `ZENSERP_GOOGLE_TRENDS` | Google Trends | Tool to retrieve google trends data. use when comparing keyword popularity over time. |
| `ZENSERP_GOOGLE_VIDEO_SEARCH` | Google Video Search | Tool to perform a google video search via zenserp. use when you need video-specific search results. |
| `ZENSERP_YANDEX_SEARCH` | Yandex Search via Zenserp | Tool to obtain yandex search results via zenserp api. use when you need programmatic access to yandex search data after constructing a query. |
| `ZENSERP_ZENSERP_GOOGLE_IMAGE_SEARCH` | Zenserp Google Image Search | Tool to perform a google image search via zenserp. use when you need structured image search results for a specific query. |
| `ZENSERP_ZENSERP_GOOGLE_MAPS_SEARCH` | Google Maps Search | Tool to perform a google maps (local) search. use when you need localized business results for a given query. provide 'location' or 'lat'/'lng' for geotargeting. |
| `ZENSERP_ZENSERP_GOOGLE_SEARCH` | Zenserp Google Search | Tool to perform a standard google search via zenserp. use when you need structured serp data for a given query. |
| `ZENSERP_GOOGLE_SHOPPING_SEARCH` | Google Shopping Search | Tool to perform a google shopping search. use when you need structured product offers and pricing data via zenserp api. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

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

The Zenserp MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent to Zenserp. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Zenserp 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:
- Node.js 18 or higher
- A Composio account with an active API key
- An OpenAI API key
- Basic familiarity with TypeScript

### 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 need credits or a connected billing setup to use the models.
- Store the key somewhere safe.
Composio API Key
- Log in to the [Composio dashboard](https://dashboard.composio.dev?utm_source=toolkits&utm_medium=framework_docs).
- Go to Settings and copy your API key.
- This key lets your Mastra agent talk to Composio and reach Zenserp through MCP.

### 2. Install dependencies

Install the required packages.
What's happening:
- @composio/core is the Composio SDK for creating MCP sessions
- @mastra/core provides the Agent class
- @mastra/mcp is Mastra's MCP client
- @ai-sdk/openai is the model wrapper for OpenAI
- dotenv loads environment variables from .env
```bash
npm install @composio/core @mastra/core @mastra/mcp @ai-sdk/openai dotenv
```

### 3. Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in your project root.
What's happening:
- COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates your requests to Composio
- COMPOSIO_USER_ID tells Composio which user this session belongs to
- OPENAI_API_KEY lets the Mastra agent call OpenAI models
```bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
COMPOSIO_USER_ID=your_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
```

### 4. Import libraries and validate environment

What's happening:
- dotenv/config auto loads your .env so process.env.* is available
- openai gives you a Mastra compatible model wrapper
- Agent is the Mastra agent that will call tools and produce answers
- MCPClient connects Mastra to your Composio MCP server
- Composio is used to create a Tool Router session
```typescript
import "dotenv/config";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import * as readline from "readline";

import type { AiMessageType } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const openaiAPIKey = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY;
const composioAPIKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const composioUserID = process.env.COMPOSIO_USER_ID;

if (!openaiAPIKey) throw new Error("OPENAI_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioAPIKey) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioUserID) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set");

const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioAPIKey as string,
});
```

### 5. Create a Tool Router session for Zenserp

What's happening:
- create spins up a short-lived MCP HTTP endpoint for this user
- The toolkits array contains "zenserp" for Zenserp access
- session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that Mastra's MCPClient will connect to
```typescript
async function main() {
  const session = await composio.create(
    composioUserID as string,
    {
      toolkits: ["zenserp"],
    },
  );

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;
  console.log("Zenserp MCP URL:", composioMCPUrl);
```

### 6. Configure Mastra MCP client and fetch tools

What's happening:
- MCPClient takes an id for this client and a list of MCP servers
- The headers property includes the x-api-key for authentication
- getTools fetches the tool definitions exposed by the Zenserp toolkit
```typescript
const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
    id: composioUserID as string,
    servers: {
      nasdaq: {
        url: new URL(composioMCPUrl),
        requestInit: {
          headers: session.mcp.headers,
        },
      },
    },
    timeout: 30_000,
  });

console.log("Fetching MCP tools from Composio...");
const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();
console.log("Number of tools:", Object.keys(composioTools).length);
```

### 7. Create the Mastra agent

What's happening:
- Agent is the core Mastra agent
- name is just an identifier for logging and debugging
- instructions guide the agent to use tools instead of only answering in natural language
- model uses openai("gpt-5") to configure the underlying LLM
```typescript
const agent = new Agent({
    name: "zenserp-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Zenserp tools via Composio.",
    model: "openai/gpt-5",
  });
```

### 8. Set up interactive chat interface

What's happening:
- messages keeps the full conversation history in Mastra's expected format
- agent.generate runs the agent with conversation history and Zenserp toolsets
- maxSteps limits how many tool calls the agent can take in a single run
- onStepFinish is a hook that prints intermediate steps for debugging
```typescript
let messages: AiMessageType[] = [];

console.log("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n");

const rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout,
  prompt: "> ",
});

rl.prompt();

rl.on("line", async (userInput: string) => {
  const trimmedInput = userInput.trim();

  if (["exit", "quit", "bye"].includes(trimmedInput.toLowerCase())) {
    console.log("\nGoodbye!");
    rl.close();
    process.exit(0);
  }

  if (!trimmedInput) {
    rl.prompt();
    return;
  }

  messages.push({
    id: crypto.randomUUID(),
    role: "user",
    content: trimmedInput,
  });

  console.log("\nAgent is thinking...\n");

  try {
    const response = await agent.generate(messages, {
      toolsets: {
        zenserp: composioTools,
      },
      maxSteps: 8,
    });

    const { text } = response;

    if (text && text.trim().length > 0) {
      console.log(`Agent: ${text}\n`);
        messages.push({
          id: crypto.randomUUID(),
          role: "assistant",
          content: text,
        });
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("\nError:", error);
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on("close", async () => {
    console.log("\nSession ended.");
    await mcpClient.disconnect();
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error("Fatal error:", err);
  process.exit(1);
});
```

## Complete Code

```typescript
import "dotenv/config";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import * as readline from "readline";

import type { AiMessageType } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const openaiAPIKey = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY;
const composioAPIKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const composioUserID = process.env.COMPOSIO_USER_ID;

if (!openaiAPIKey) throw new Error("OPENAI_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioAPIKey) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set");
if (!composioUserID) throw new Error("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set");

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: composioAPIKey as string });

async function main() {
  const session = await composio.create(composioUserID as string, {
    toolkits: ["zenserp"],
  });

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;

  const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
    id: composioUserID as string,
    servers: {
      zenserp: {
        url: new URL(composioMCPUrl),
        requestInit: {
          headers: session.mcp.headers,
        },
      },
    },
    timeout: 30_000,
  });

  const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();

  const agent = new Agent({
    name: "zenserp-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Zenserp tools via Composio.",
    model: "openai/gpt-5",
  });

  let messages: AiMessageType[] = [];

  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: "> ",
  });

  rl.prompt();

  rl.on("line", async (input: string) => {
    const trimmed = input.trim();
    if (["exit", "quit"].includes(trimmed.toLowerCase())) {
      rl.close();
      return;
    }

    messages.push({ id: crypto.randomUUID(), role: "user", content: trimmed });

    const { text } = await agent.generate(messages, {
      toolsets: { zenserp: composioTools },
      maxSteps: 8,
    });

    if (text) {
      console.log(`Agent: ${text}\n`);
      messages.push({ id: crypto.randomUUID(), role: "assistant", content: text });
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on("close", async () => {
    await mcpClient.disconnect();
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main();
```

## Conclusion

You've built a Mastra AI agent that can interact with Zenserp through Composio's Tool Router.
You can extend this further by:
- Adding other toolkits like Gmail, Slack, or GitHub
- Building a web-based chat interface around this agent
- Using multiple MCP endpoints to enable cross-app workflows

## How to build Zenserp MCP Agent with another framework

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

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## Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

Yes, you can. Mastra 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 Zenserp tools.

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

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

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