How to integrate Contentful MCP with CrewAI

This guide walks you through connecting Contentful to CrewAI 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 CrewAI 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 walks you through connecting Contentful to CrewAI 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 CrewAI 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 a Composio API key and configure your Contentful connection
  • Set up CrewAI with an MCP enabled agent
  • Create a Tool Router session or standalone MCP server for Contentful
  • Build a conversational loop where your agent can execute Contentful operations

What is CrewAI?

CrewAI is a powerful framework for building multi-agent AI systems. It provides primitives for defining agents with specific roles, creating tasks, and orchestrating workflows through crews.

Key features include:

  • Agent Roles: Define specialized agents with specific goals and backstories
  • Task Management: Create tasks with clear descriptions and expected outputs
  • Crew Orchestration: Combine agents and tasks into collaborative workflows
  • MCP Integration: Connect to external tools through Model Context Protocol

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:

  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

Step by step08 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Python 3.9 or higher
  • A Composio account and API key
  • A Contentful connection authorized in Composio
  • An OpenAI API key for the CrewAI LLM
  • Basic familiarity with Python
2

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
  • 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.
3

Install dependencies

bash
pip install composio crewai crewai-tools[mcp] python-dotenv
What's happening:
  • composio connects your agent to Contentful via MCP
  • crewai provides Agent, Task, Crew, and LLM primitives
  • crewai-tools[mcp] includes MCP helpers
  • python-dotenv loads environment variables from .env
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio
  • USER_ID scopes the session to your account
  • OPENAI_API_KEY lets CrewAI use your chosen OpenAI model
5

Import dependencies

python
import os
from composio import Composio
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
import dotenv

dotenv.load_dotenv()

COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID")

if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set")
if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set")
What's happening:
  • CrewAI classes define agents and tasks, and run the workflow
  • MCPServerHTTP connects the agent to an MCP endpoint
  • Composio will give you a short lived Contentful MCP URL
6

Create a Composio Tool Router session for Contentful

python
composio_client = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY)
session = composio_client.create(user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID, toolkits=["contentful"])

url = session.mcp.url
What's happening:
  • You create a Contentful only session through Composio
  • Composio returns an MCP HTTP URL that exposes Contentful tools
7

Initialize the MCP Server

python
server_params = {
    "url": url,
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "headers": {"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY},
}

with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as tools:
    agent = Agent(
        role="Search Assistant",
        goal="Help users search the internet effectively",
        backstory="You are a helpful assistant with access to search tools.",
        tools=tools,
        verbose=False,
        max_iter=10,
    )
What's Happening:
  • Server Configuration: The code sets up connection parameters including the MCP server URL, streamable HTTP transport, and Composio API key authentication.
  • MCP Adapter Bridge: MCPServerAdapter acts as a context manager that converts Composio MCP tools into a CrewAI-compatible format.
  • Agent Setup: Creates a CrewAI Agent with a defined role (Search Assistant), goal (help with internet searches), and access to the MCP tools.
  • Configuration Options: The agent includes settings like verbose=False for clean output and max_iter=10 to prevent infinite loops.
  • Dynamic Tool Usage: Once created, the agent automatically accesses all Composio Search tools and decides when to use them based on user queries.
8

Create a CLI Chatloop and define the Crew

python
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")

conversation_context = ""

while True:
    user_input = input("You: ").strip()

    if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
        print("\nGoodbye!")
        break

    if not user_input:
        continue

    conversation_context += f"\nUser: {user_input}\n"
    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

    task = Task(
        description=(
            f"Conversation history:\n{conversation_context}\n\n"
            f"Current request: {user_input}"
        ),
        expected_output="A helpful response addressing the user's request",
        agent=agent,
    )

    crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], verbose=False)
    result = crew.kickoff()
    response = str(result)

    conversation_context += f"Agent: {response}\n"
    print(f"Agent: {response}\n")
What's Happening:
  • Interactive CLI Setup: The code creates an infinite loop that continuously prompts for user input and maintains the entire conversation history in a string variable.
  • Input Validation: Empty inputs are ignored to prevent processing blank messages and keep the conversation clean.
  • Context Building: Each user message is appended to the conversation context, which preserves the full dialogue history for better agent responses.
  • Dynamic Task Creation: For every user input, a new Task is created that includes both the full conversation history and the current request as context.
  • Crew Execution: A Crew is instantiated with the agent and task, then kicked off to process the request and generate a response.
  • Response Management: The agent's response is converted to a string, added to the conversation context, and displayed to the user, maintaining conversational continuity.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Contentful and CrewAI:

python
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew, LLM
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
from composio import Composio
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv()

GOOGLE_API_KEY = os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID")

if not GOOGLE_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("GOOGLE_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set in the environment.")

# Initialize Composio and create a session
composio = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY)
session = composio.create(
    user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID,
    toolkits=["contentful"],
)
url = session.mcp.url

# Configure LLM
llm = LLM(
    model="gpt-5",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
)

server_params = {
    "url": url,
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "headers": {"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY},
}

with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as tools:
    agent = Agent(
        role="Search Assistant",
        goal="Help users with internet searches",
        backstory="You are an expert assistant with access to Composio Search tools.",
        tools=tools,
        llm=llm,
        verbose=False,
        max_iter=10,
    )

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

    conversation_context = ""

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()

        if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
            print("\nGoodbye!")
            break

        if not user_input:
            continue

        conversation_context += f"\nUser: {user_input}\n"
        print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

        task = Task(
            description=(
                f"Conversation history:\n{conversation_context}\n\n"
                f"Current request: {user_input}"
            ),
            expected_output="A helpful response addressing the user's request",
            agent=agent,
        )

        crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], verbose=False)
        result = crew.kickoff()
        response = str(result)

        conversation_context += f"Agent: {response}\n"
        print(f"Agent: {response}\n")

Conclusion

You now have a CrewAI agent connected to Contentful through Composio's Tool Router. The agent can perform Contentful operations through natural language commands.

Next steps:

  • Add role-specific instructions to customize agent behavior
  • Plug in more toolkits for multi-app workflows
  • Chain tasks for complex multi-step operations
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. CrewAI 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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