# How to integrate Zoho mail MCP with Autogen

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  "title": "How to integrate Zoho mail MCP with Autogen",
  "toolkit": "Zoho mail",
  "toolkit_slug": "zoho_mail",
  "framework": "AutoGen",
  "framework_slug": "autogen",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/autogen",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/autogen.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:31:31.768Z"
}
```

## Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Zoho mail to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Zoho mail agent that can send a follow-up email to yesterday's meeting attendees, list unread emails from your manager, schedule a calendar event from an email through natural language commands.
This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Zoho mail account through Composio's Zoho mail MCP server.
Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

## Also integrate Zoho mail with

- [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/chatgpt)
- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/claude-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/claude-code)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/codex)
- [Cursor](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/cursor)
- [VS Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/vscode)
- [OpenCode](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/opencode)
- [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/openclaw)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/zoho_mail/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 Zoho mail
- Wire that MCP URL into Autogen using McpWorkbench and StreamableHttpServerParams
- Configure an Autogen AssistantAgent that can call Zoho mail tools
- Run a live chat loop where you ask the agent to perform Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Zoho mail MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Zoho mail account. It provides structured and secure access to your mailbox, so your agent can perform actions like searching emails, sending messages, managing folders, organizing conversations, and handling attachments on your behalf.
- Smart email search and filtering: Ask your agent to find emails based on sender, subject, keywords, or date ranges for quick information retrieval.
- Automated composing and sending: Let your agent draft and send new emails, reply to existing threads, or create message templates to streamline communication.
- Folder and label organization: Have your agent organize your inbox by moving messages to folders, applying tags, or archiving threads for a clutter-free workspace.
- Attachment management: Retrieve, download, or send attachments through your agent—making file sharing and access seamless within your email workflow.
- Bulk message actions: Instruct your agent to mark emails as read or unread, star important messages, or clean up your inbox by deleting or archiving in bulk.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `ZOHO_MAIL_ACCOUNTS_LIST_ACCOUNTS` | List Zoho Mail Accounts | Retrieves all Zoho Mail accounts associated with the authenticated user. Returns account details including accountId (required for other mail operations), email addresses, storage information, account status, user preferences, and security settings. Use this action first to get the accountId needed for subsequent mailbox, message, folder, and email operations. The accountId is a unique identifier for each mail account. Typical workflow: List accounts → Get accountId → Use accountId in other mail operations. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_DOMAIN_OPERATIONS` | Domain Operations | Tool to perform domain operations like verify, set primary domain, hosting, aliases, MX/SPF checks, DKIM management, and notifications. Use after creating or retrieving a domain. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_GET_ALL_BOOKMARKS` | Get All Bookmarks | Tool to retrieve all personal bookmarks from a Zoho Mail account. Use when you need to fetch saved bookmarks/links with support for pagination and field filtering. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_GROUPS_DELETE_GROUP_BULK` | Delete Groups in Bulk | Delete multiple groups in a single API call. This action permanently removes the specified groups from your Zoho Mail organization. Use this when you need to: - Remove multiple obsolete or unused groups at once - Clean up groups after organizational restructuring - Batch delete groups for administrative purposes Note: Deleted groups cannot be recovered. Ensure you have the correct group IDs before deletion. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_GROUPS_DELETE_GROUP_BY_ZGID` | Delete Group | Tool to delete a specific mail group by its zgid. Use when you need to remove a group from your organization after confirming the IDs. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_MESSAGES_CREATE_DRAFT` | Create Email Draft | Tool to create and save an email draft in Zoho Mail without sending it. Use when composing emails that need to be saved for later editing or sending. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_MESSAGES_GET_MESSAGE_CONTENT` | Get Message Content | Tool to retrieve the full content/body of a specific Zoho Mail email. Use when you need to fetch the complete email content after listing or searching messages, as list/search endpoints typically return only metadata/summary. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_MESSAGES_LIST_EMAILS` | List Emails | Tool to retrieve a list of emails from a Zoho Mail account folder. Use when you need to fetch emails from inbox or specific folder, with support for filtering by read status, attachments, flags, and pagination. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_MESSAGES_REPLY_TO_EMAIL` | Reply to Email | Tool to reply to an existing email via Zoho Mail API. Use when you need to send a reply to a received email message, maintaining email threading. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_MESSAGES_SEND_EMAIL` | Send Email | Tool to send an email via Zoho Mail API. Use when you need to send emails immediately to recipients. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_ORGANIZATION_GET_USER_STORAGE_DETAILS` | Get Organization User Storage Details | Tool to retrieve storage details for a specific user in the organization. Use when you need to know a user’s total and used storage quotas. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_ORGANIZATION_UPDATE_SPAM_PROCESS_TYPE` | Update Organization Spam Process Type | Tool to update organization spam processing type. Use when changing the spam filtering strategy for an organization. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_ORGANIZATION_UPDATE_USER_STORAGE` | Update User Storage | Updates a user's storage allocation within a Zoho Mail organization. Can modify either base storage plan or extra storage add-ons. Use this when you need to: - Change a user's base storage plan (e.g., from basic to mailPremium) - Add or modify extra storage add-ons for a user Prerequisites: You must have valid zoid (organization ID) and zuid (user ID) before calling this action. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_SEARCH_MESSAGES` | Search Messages | Tool to search emails in a Zoho Mail account using Zoho's searchKey syntax. Use when you need to find specific emails by sender, subject, keywords, status (e.g., unread), attachments, or flags. Returns messageId and folderId needed to fetch full message content. |
| `ZOHO_MAIL_UPDATE_GROUP_SETTINGS` | Update Group Settings | Tool to update group settings. Use after group creation to adjust general or text settings. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

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

The Zoho mail MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agents and assistants directly to Zoho mail. Instead of manually wiring Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["zoho_mail"]
    )
    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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail assistant agent with MCP tools
    agent = AssistantAgent(
        name="zoho_mail_assistant",
        description="An AI assistant that helps with Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["zoho_mail"]
    )
    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 Zoho mail assistant agent with MCP tools
        agent = AssistantAgent(
            name="zoho_mail_assistant",
            description="An AI assistant that helps with Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail 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 Zoho mail, you can reuse the same structure for other MCP-enabled apps with minimal code changes.

## How to build Zoho mail MCP Agent with another framework

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

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Zoho mail MCP?

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

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

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

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