How to integrate Contentful MCP with Claude Agent SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Contentful to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Contentful agent that can list all contentful spaces i manage, get details for the 'marketing' space, update the name of your blog space through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Contentful account through Composio's Contentful MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Introduction

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

What is Claude Agent SDK?

The Claude Agent SDK is Anthropic's official framework for building AI agents powered by Claude. It provides a streamlined interface for creating agents with MCP tool support and conversation management.

Key features include:

Native MCP Support: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol servers
Permission Modes: Control tool execution permissions
Streaming Responses: Real-time response streaming for interactive applications
Context Manager: Clean async context management for sessions

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

The Contentful MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Contentful account. It provides structured and secure access to your Contentful spaces, so your agent can perform actions like listing spaces, retrieving space details, and updating space information on your behalf.

List all available spaces: Quickly fetch a comprehensive list of all Contentful spaces you have access to, making it easier to choose where to manage or publish content.
Retrieve detailed space information: Ask your agent to pull up full details about any specific Contentful space, including metadata and configuration—great for audits or content planning.
Update space names safely: Let your agent rename a space by handling version checks and updates for you, ensuring your workspace stays organized and accurately labeled.
Streamline space management: Automate repetitive space-related tasks, like checking which spaces are available or updating their names, so you can focus on content creation.

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:

Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

Step by step09 STEPS

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:

Composio API Key and Claude/Anthropic API Key
Primary know-how of Claude Agents SDK
A Contentful account
Some knowledge of Python

Getting API Keys for Claude/Anthropic and Composio

Claude/Anthropic API Key

Go to the Anthropic Console and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models.
Keep the API key safe.

Composio API Key

Log in to the Composio dashboard.
Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.

Install dependencies

npm install @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk @composio/core dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the Claude Agents SDK.

What's happening:

@composio/core provides Composio integration for Anthropic
@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk is the core agent framework
dotenv/config loads environment variables

Set up environment variables

bash

COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio
USER_ID identifies the user for session management
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY authenticates with Anthropic/Claude

Import dependencies

import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

dotenv.config();

What's happening:

We're importing all necessary libraries including the Claude Agent SDK and Composio
The dotenv.config() function loads environment variables from your .env file
This setup prepares the foundation for connecting Claude with Contentful functionality

Create a Composio instance and Tool Router session

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

  // Create Tool Router session for Contentful
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['contentful'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session?.mcp.url;

What's happening:

The function checks for the required COMPOSIO_API_KEY environment variable
We're creating a Composio instance using our API key
The create method creates a Tool Router session for Contentful
The returned url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use

Configure Claude Agent with MCP

const options: Options = {
  permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
  mcpServers: {
    composio: {
      type: 'http',
      url: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
    }
  },
  systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Contentful tools via Composio.',
  maxTurns: 10,
};

What's happening:

We're configuring the Claude Agent options with the MCP server URL
permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions' allows the agent to execute operations without asking for permission each time
The system prompt instructs the agent that it has access to Contentful
maxTurns: 10 limits the conversation length to prevent excessive API usage

Create client and start chat loop

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

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}

What's happening:

The readline interface is created to handle user input and output
The query function is used to send the user's input to the agent
The chat loop continues until the user types 'exit' or 'quit'

Run the application

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}

What's happening:

The chat function is the entry point for the application
The try-catch block is used to handle any errors that occur

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Contentful and Claude Agent SDK:

import 'dotenv/config';
import readline from 'node:readline';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { query, type Options } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

async function chat() {
  const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;
  if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
    throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
  }

  const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['contentful']
  });
  const mcp_url = session?.mcp.url;

  const options: Options = {
    permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions',
    mcpServers: {
      composio: {
        type: 'http',
        url: mcp_url,
        headers: { 'x-api-key': COMPOSIO_API_KEY }
      }
    },
    systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant with access to Contentful tools via Composio.',
    maxTurns: 10,
  };

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

  console.log('\nChat started. Type "exit" to quit.\n');

  let isProcessing = false;

  async function ask(prompt: string) {
    isProcessing = true;
    rl.pause();

    process.stdout.write('Claude is thinking...');
    const stream = query({ prompt, options });

    let firstChunk = true;
    for await (const msg of stream) {
      const content = (msg as any).message?.content || (msg as any).content;
      if (Array.isArray(content)) {
        for (const block of content) {
          if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
            if (firstChunk) {
              process.stdout.write('\r\x1b[K');
              process.stdout.write('Claude: ');
              firstChunk = false;
            }
            process.stdout.write(block.text);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n\n');

    isProcessing = false;
    rl.resume();
    rl.prompt();
  }

  rl.on('line', async (line) => {
    if (isProcessing) return;

    const input = line.trim();
    if (input === 'exit') {
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }
    if (input) await ask(input);
    else rl.prompt();
  });

  await ask('What can you help me with?');
}

try {
  await chat();
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
  process.exit(1);
}

Conclusion

You've successfully built a Claude Agent SDK agent that can interact with Contentful through Composio's Tool Router.

Key features:

Native MCP support through Claude's agent framework
Streaming responses for real-time interaction
Permission bypass for smooth automated workflows

You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom business logic, or building a web interface around the agent.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Contentful action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Activate Content Type

Activates (publishes) a content type in Contentful.

Archive Asset

Tool to archive an asset in Contentful.

Archive Entry

Tool to archive an entry in Contentful.

Archive Release

Tool to archive a release in Contentful.

Create App Signing Key

Tool to generate an app signing key for a Contentful app definition.

Create Content Type

Tool to create a new content type in a Contentful environment.

Create Entry Task

Tool to create a task on a Contentful entry.

Create Environment

Tool to create a new environment within a Contentful space.

Create App Access Grant

Creates an access grant for an app definition to allow organizations to install the app.

Create Organizations App Definitions

Tool to create a new app definition in a Contentful organization.

Create App Definition Action

Tool to create an action for a Contentful app definition.

Create Organization Invitation

Create an invitation to an organization in Contentful (alpha feature).

Create Organizations Security Contacts

Creates a security contact for a specific organization.

Create Organizations Taxonomy Concepts

Tool to create a new taxonomy concept in a Contentful organization.

Create Organizations Taxonomy Concept Schemes

Tool to create a new taxonomy concept scheme in an organization.

Create Release

Tool to create a new release in Contentful.

Create Delivery API Key

Tool to create a new Delivery API key for a Contentful space.

Create Asset

Tool to create a new asset in a Contentful space environment.

Create Entry

Tool to create a new entry in a Contentful space environment.

Create Entry Comment

Tool to create a comment on an entry in Contentful.

Create Extension

Tool to create a new UI extension within a Contentful space and environment.

Create Scheduled Action

Tool to create a scheduled action for publishing or unpublishing entries/assets in Contentful.

Delete Asset

Deletes an asset by ID from a Contentful environment.

Delete Content Type

Deletes a content type by ID from a Contentful environment.

Delete Entry

Deletes an entry by ID from a Contentful environment.

Delete Environment

Deletes an environment by ID from a Contentful space.

Delete Extension

Deletes an extension by ID from a Contentful environment.

Delete App Event Subscription

Deletes an app event subscription from a Contentful organization.

Delete App Definition Details

Tool to delete app definition details for an organization in Contentful.

Delete App Key

Tool to delete an app key from an app definition in a Contentful organization.

Delete App Definition Signing Secret

Tool to remove the current app signing secret from an app definition.

Delete Organization Security Contact

Deletes a security contact from a Contentful organization.

Delete Release

Deletes a release by ID from a Contentful environment.

Delete Scheduled Action

Cancels a scheduled action by ID in Contentful.

Delete Space Membership

Deletes a space membership by ID from a Contentful space.

Delete Delivery API Key

Tool to delete a single Delivery API key from a Contentful space.

Delete Spaces Upload

Deletes an upload by ID from a Contentful space.

Delete Tag

Deletes a tag by ID from a Contentful environment.

Get App Bundle

Retrieves details of a specific app bundle by its ID.

Get App Definition

Tool to retrieve details of a specific app definition by its ID.

Get Asset

Tool to retrieve a single asset from a Contentful environment by its ID.

Get Content Types

Retrieves all content types in a Contentful environment.

Get Content Type Snapshot

Tool to retrieve a snapshot of a content type by snapshot ID.

Get Content Type Snapshots

Tool to get all snapshots of a content type in Contentful.

Get Editor Interface

Tool to retrieve the editor interface configuration for a content type.

Get Entry Comment

Tool to retrieve a specific comment from an entry in Contentful.

Get Entry References

Tool to retrieve references to a specific entry in Contentful.

Get Entry Snapshots

Tool to get all snapshots of an entry in Contentful.

Get Environment

Tool to retrieve details of a specific environment by its ID within a space.

Get Organization

Retrieves details of a specific organization by its ID.

Get Organization Access Grant

Retrieves the access grant status for a specific organization.

Get Organizations

Tool to get all organizations an account has access to in Contentful.

Get Organizations AI Providers

Retrieves all AI providers configured for an organization in Contentful.

Get Organization App Actions Categories

Retrieves app action categories for a Contentful organization.

Get App Event Subscription

Tool to retrieve details of an app event subscription by organization and app definition ID.

Get Organizations App Definitions

Retrieves all app definitions for a specific organization.

Get Organizations App Definitions Access Grants

Get all app access grants for a specific app definition within an organization.

Get App Definition Actions

Tool to get all actions of an app definition within an organization.

Get App Action Details

Tool to read a specific app action from an app definition within an organization.

Get App Definition App Bundles

Tool to get all app bundles for a specific app definition within an organization.

Get App Definition Functions

Tool to get all functions of an app definition within an organization.

Get App Definition Keys

Tool to retrieve all app keys for a specific app definition in a Contentful organization.

Get App Definition Signing Secret

Tool to retrieve the current app signing secret for an app definition.

Get Organization Enablements

Retrieves feature enablements for a specific organization in Contentful.

Get Organization Invitation

Retrieves a single invitation for an organization (alpha).

Get Organization Periodic Usages

Tool to get organization periodic usage statistics.

Get Organization Roles

Retrieves all space roles in an organization.

Get Organization Security Contacts

Retrieves security contacts for a specific organization that an admin or owner has access to.

Get Organizations Space Enablements

Retrieves all space enablements for a specific organization.

Get Organizations Space Periodic Usages

Tool to retrieve space periodic usage data for an organization.

Get Organizations Taxonomy Concepts

Retrieves all taxonomy concepts for an organization in Contentful.

Get Taxonomy Concept Ancestors

Retrieves the list of ancestor concepts for a specific taxonomy concept.

Get Organizations Taxonomy Concept Schemes

Tool to retrieve all taxonomy concept schemes from an organization.

Get Taxonomy Concept Scheme

Tool to retrieve a specific taxonomy concept scheme from an organization.

Get Organizations Taxonomy Concept Schemes Total

Retrieves the total count of taxonomy concept schemes for a specific organization.

Get Organizations Taxonomy Concepts Total

Retrieves the total count of taxonomy concepts for a specific organization.

Get Release

Tool to get a single release by ID from Contentful.

Get space

Retrieves metadata of a specific space by its ID.

Get Space Memberships

Tool to get all space memberships in a Contentful space.

Get Delivery API Keys

Tool to retrieve all Delivery API keys for a specific Contentful space.

Get Space Environments

Retrieves all environments of a space in Contentful.

List App Installations

Lists all app installations in a specific Contentful environment.

Get All Assets

Retrieves all assets from a specific environment in a Contentful space.

Get Space Environment Locales

Tool to retrieve all locales of a space environment in Contentful.

Get App Installation Functions

Tool to get all functions for an app installation in a Contentful environment.

Get Authenticated User

Tool to retrieve information about the currently authenticated user.

List Entries

Tool to retrieve all entries from a Contentful space environment.

List spaces

Lists all spaces that the authenticated user has access to in Contentful.

Get All Space Roles

Tool to retrieve all roles from a Contentful space.

Publish Entry

Tool to publish an entry in Contentful, making it available via the Content Delivery API.

Query Asset Collection

Tool to retrieve multiple assets with pagination and filtering via GraphQL API.

Query GraphQL Content Type Collection

Tool to query a collection of entries for a specific content type using GraphQL.

Update App Definition

Tool to update an app definition by ID in a Contentful organization.

Update Editor Interface

Tool to update the editor interface configuration for a content type.

Update Entry

Tool to create or update an entry in a Contentful space environment.

Update App Event Subscription

Tool to update or create an app event subscription in a Contentful organization.

Update App Definition Action

Tool to update an action for a Contentful app definition.

Update App Definition Details

Tool to create or update app definition details for an organization in Contentful.

Update App Definition Signing Secret

Tool to create or overwrite the app signing secret for an app definition.

Update Organization Enablements

Updates feature enablements for a specific organization in Contentful.

Update Organization Security Contact

Updates an organization security contact that an admin or owner has access to.

Update Organizations Taxonomy Concepts

Tool to create or update a taxonomy concept with a user-defined ID in a Contentful organization.

Update Organizations Taxonomy Concept Schemes

Tool to create or update a taxonomy concept scheme with a user-defined ID in an organization.

Update space

Updates the name of a specific space.

Update Tag

Creates or updates a tag in a Contentful environment.

Validate Bulk Action

Tool to validate a bulk action before executing it.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Claude Agent 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 Contentful tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Contentful 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.

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 Contentful data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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A lot of students tell us that the moment their connected tools start talking to each other inside Opennote feels almost magical. The agent just knows them, and it's immensely helped keep new users on the platform.

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We chose Composio over Pipedream because it delivered depth where it mattered — niche tools and tricky edge cases other platforms simply ignored. That gave us confidence to scale without compromising.

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How to integrate Contentful MCP with Claude Agent SDK

Connect Contentful without auth hassles

Introduction

Also integrate Contentful with

TL;DR

What is Claude Agent SDK?

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

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

How the Composio SDK works

Step-by-step Guide

Prerequisites

Getting API Keys for Claude/Anthropic and Composio

Install dependencies

Set up environment variables

Import dependencies

Create a Composio instance and Tool Router session

Configure Claude Agent with MCP

Create client and start chat loop

Run the application

Complete Code

Conclusion

Supported Tools

How to build Contentful MCP Agent with another framework

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Code

Claude Cowork

Codex

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Hermes

CLI

Google ADK

LangChain

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra AI

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

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Codeinterpreter

GitHub

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Frequently asked questions

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Contentful MCP?+

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Claude Agent SDK?+

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

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?+

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