How to integrate Griptape MCP with Mastra AI

This guide walks you through connecting Griptape to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Griptape agent that can create a new assistant named 'dochelper', list all assistants available in your workspace, start a run for assistant 'codegenpro' with input data through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Griptape account through Composio's Griptape 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 Griptape to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Griptape agent that can create a new assistant named 'dochelper', list all assistants available in your workspace, start a run for assistant 'codegenpro' with input data through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Griptape account through Composio's Griptape 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:
  • Set up your environment so Mastra, OpenAI, and Composio work together
  • Create a Tool Router session in Composio that exposes Griptape tools
  • Connect Mastra's MCP client to the Composio generated MCP URL
  • Fetch Griptape 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 Griptape 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 Griptape MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Griptape MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Griptape account. It provides structured and secure access to your Griptape platform, so your agent can create assistants, launch and monitor AI runs, retrieve logs, and analyze results automatically on your behalf.

  • Automated assistant creation and management: Easily direct your agent to create new assistants or list existing ones, making it simple to manage your AI resources in Griptape Cloud.
  • Launching and controlling assistant runs: Let your agent start new assistant runs, cancel ongoing executions, or fetch the status of any run for streamlined AI workflow management.
  • Real-time monitoring of assistant activities: Have your agent stream live run events, monitor progress, or retrieve detailed logs to keep tabs on every step of your generative AI processes.
  • Error handling and diagnostics: Ask your agent to fetch detailed error reports for failed runs, helping you troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
  • Result retrieval and historical analysis: Automatically pull final outputs from completed runs and review historical execution data, empowering you to analyze and improve your generative AI pipelines over time.

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 step09 STEPS
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
2

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
  • Go to the OpenAI dashboard 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.
  • Go to Settings and copy your API key.
  • This key lets your Mastra agent talk to Composio and reach Griptape through MCP.
3

Install dependencies

bash
npm install @composio/core @mastra/core @mastra/mcp @ai-sdk/openai dotenv

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
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
COMPOSIO_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 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
5

Import libraries and validate environment

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,
});
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
6

Create a Tool Router session for Griptape

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

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;
  console.log("Griptape MCP URL:", composioMCPUrl);
What's happening:
  • create spins up a short-lived MCP HTTP endpoint for this user
  • The toolkits array contains "griptape" for Griptape access
  • session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that Mastra's MCPClient will connect to
7

Configure Mastra MCP client and fetch tools

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);
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 Griptape toolkit
8

Create the Mastra agent

typescript
const agent = new Agent({
    name: "griptape-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Griptape tools via Composio.",
    model: "openai/gpt-5",
  });
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
9

Set up interactive chat interface

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: {
        griptape: 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);
});
What's happening:
  • messages keeps the full conversation history in Mastra's expected format
  • agent.generate runs the agent with conversation history and Griptape 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

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Griptape and Mastra AI:

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: ["griptape"],
  });

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;

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

  const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();

  const agent = new Agent({
    name: "griptape-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Griptape 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: { griptape: 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 Griptape 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
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Assistant Creation

Tool to create a new assistant.

List Assistants

Tool to list all assistants.

Cancel Assistant Run

Tool to cancel an ongoing assistant run.

Assistant Run Creation

Creates a new assistant run to execute a conversation turn with a Griptape Cloud assistant.

Get Assistant Run Error Details

Tool to fetch detailed error information for a specific assistant run.

List Assistant Runs

Tool to list all runs for a given assistant.

Assistant Run Logs Retrieval

Retrieve the complete execution logs for an assistant run in Griptape Cloud.

Retrieve Assistant Run

Tool to retrieve an assistant run's status and details.

Retry Assistant Run

Tool to attempt retrying a failed assistant run.

Cancel Data Job

Tool to cancel a running or queued data job.

Create Bucket

Tool to create a new bucket in Griptape Cloud.

Create Bucket Asset

Tool to create a new asset in a Griptape Cloud bucket.

Create Data Connector

Tool to create a new data connector in Griptape Cloud.

Create Data Connector Job

Tool to create a data job for a data connector in Griptape Cloud.

Create Export Job

Tool to create a new export job in Griptape Cloud.

Create Function

Tool to create a new function in Griptape Cloud.

Create Function Deployment

Tool to create a new deployment for a function from a code source.

Create Import Job

Tool to create a new import job in Griptape Cloud.

Create Integration

Tool to create a new integration in Griptape Cloud.

Create Knowledge Base

Tool to create a new knowledge base in Griptape Cloud.

Create Knowledge Base Job

Tool to create a knowledge base job for ingesting data into a knowledge base.

Create Library

Tool to create a new library in Griptape Cloud.

Create Model Configuration

Tool to create a new model configuration in Griptape Cloud.

Create Model Auth Config

Tool to create a model authentication configuration in Griptape Cloud.

Create Organization API Key

Tool to create a new API key for a specific organization.

Create Retriever

Tool to create a new retriever in Griptape Cloud.

Create Rule

Tool to create a new rule in Griptape Cloud.

Create Secret

Tool to create a new secret in Griptape Cloud.

Create Structure

Tool to create a new structure in Griptape Cloud.

Create Structure Deployment

Tool to create a new deployment for a structure.

Create Thread

Tool to create a new thread in Griptape Cloud.

Create Thread Message

Tool to create a new message in a specific thread.

Create Tool Deployment

Create a new deployment for a tool from a GitHub repository.

Delete API Key

Tool to delete an API key by ID.

Delete Assistant

Tool to delete an assistant by ID.

Delete Bucket

Tool to delete a bucket by ID.

Delete Bucket Asset

Tool to delete a specific asset from a Griptape Cloud bucket.

Delete Data Connector

Tool to delete a data connector.

Delete Function

Tool to delete a function from Griptape Cloud.

Delete Integration

Tool to delete an integration by ID.

Delete Knowledge Base

Tool to delete a Knowledge Base from Griptape Cloud.

Delete Library

Tool to delete a library from Griptape Cloud.

Delete Message

Tool to delete a message by its ID.

Delete Model Configuration

Tool to delete a model configuration from Griptape Cloud.

Delete Model Auth Config

Tool to delete a model auth config by ID.

Delete Rule

Tool to delete a rule by its ID.

Delete Ruleset

Tool to permanently delete a ruleset from Griptape Cloud by its ID.

Delete Secret

Tool to delete a secret from Griptape Cloud.

Delete Structure

Tool to delete a structure from Griptape Cloud.

Delete Thread

Tool to delete a thread by its ID.

Delete Tool

Tool to delete a tool from Griptape Cloud.

Get API Key

Tool to retrieve an API key's details.

Get Assistant

Tool to retrieve a specific assistant's details by ID.

Get Billing Management URL

Tool to retrieve the billing management portal URL.

Get Bucket

Tool to retrieve a bucket's details by its ID.

Get Bucket Asset

Tool to retrieve a specific asset from a Griptape Cloud bucket.

Get Bucket Asset URL

Tool to generate a signed URL for accessing or uploading bucket assets.

Get Configuration

Tool to retrieve Griptape Cloud configuration.

Get Credits Balance

Tool to retrieve the current credits balance.

Get Data Connector

Tool to retrieve a data connector's configuration and details from Griptape Cloud.

Get Data Job

Tool to retrieve a data job's status and details by its ID.

Get Export Job

Tool to retrieve an export job by ID.

Get Function

Tool to retrieve a function's details.

Get Import Job

Tool to retrieve an import job's status and details.

Get Integration

Tool to retrieve a specific integration's details by ID.

Get Knowledge Base

Tool to retrieve a knowledge base's configuration and details from Griptape Cloud.

Get Knowledge Base Job

Tool to retrieve a knowledge base job's status and details by its ID.

Get Knowledge Base Search

Tool to retrieve details of a specific knowledge base search by its ID.

Get Library

Tool to retrieve a specific library's details by ID.

Get Message

Tool to retrieve a specific message's details by ID.

Get Model Configuration

Tool to retrieve a model configuration's details by its ID.

Get Model Auth Config

Tool to retrieve a model auth config by ID.

Get Organization

Tool to retrieve an organization's details by its ID.

Get Retriever

Tool to retrieve a retriever's details by its ID.

Get Retriever Component

Tool to retrieve a retriever component's details by its ID.

Get Rule

Tool to retrieve a specific rule's details by ID.

Get Ruleset

Tool to retrieve a specific ruleset's details by ID.

Get Ruleset by Alias

Retrieve a ruleset from Griptape Cloud by its unique alias identifier.

Get Secret

Tool to retrieve a secret's details from Griptape Cloud.

Get Structure

Tool to retrieve a structure's configuration and details from Griptape Cloud.

Get Structures Dashboard

Tool to retrieve dashboard metrics for structures.

Get Thread

Tool to retrieve a specific thread's details by ID.

Get Tool

Tool to retrieve a specific tool's details by ID.

Get Usage

Tool to retrieve current usage statistics.

Get User

Tool to retrieve a user's details by their ID.

List Assistant Run Events

Tool to list events for an assistant run with pagination support.

List Bucket Assets

Tool to list assets in a bucket.

List Buckets

Tool to list all buckets in Griptape Cloud.

List Connections

Tool to list all connections.

List Data Connectors

Tool to list all data connectors.

List Embedding Drivers

Tool to list available embedding drivers.

List Export Jobs

Tool to list export jobs from Griptape Cloud.

List Function Deployments

Tool to list all deployments for a specific function.

List Functions

Tool to list all functions with optional pagination.

List Import Jobs

Tool to list import jobs in Griptape Cloud.

List Integrations

Tool to list all integrations.

List Knowledge Base Jobs

Tool to list knowledge base jobs for a specific knowledge base.

List Knowledge Base Queries

Tool to list all queries made to a specific Griptape Cloud knowledge base.

List Knowledge Bases

Tool to list all knowledge bases.

List Knowledge Base Searches

Tool to list all searches performed on a specific knowledge base.

List Libraries

Tool to list all libraries in Griptape Cloud.

List Model Auth Configs

Tool to list all model authentication configurations with optional pagination.

List Models

Tool to list all models in Griptape Cloud.

List Organization API Keys

Tool to list all API keys in a specific organization.

List Organizations

Tool to list all organizations in Griptape Cloud.

List Retriever Components

Tool to list all retriever components in Griptape Cloud.

List Retrievers

Tool to list all retrievers in Griptape Cloud.

List Rules

Tool to list all rules in Griptape Cloud with optional pagination and filtering.

List Secrets

Tool to list all secrets in Griptape Cloud.

List Structure Deployments

Tool to list all deployments for a specific structure.

List Structure Runs

Tool to list all runs for a specific structure with optional pagination and status filtering.

List Structures

Tool to list all structures in Griptape Cloud.

List Thread Messages

Tool to list all messages in a specific thread.

List Threads

Tool to list all threads.

List Tool Deployments

Tool to list all deployments for a specific tool.

List Tool Runs

Tool to list all runs for a specific tool with optional pagination and status filtering.

List Users

Tool to list all users in Griptape Cloud.

Query knowledge base

Performs semantic search against a Griptape Cloud knowledge base using natural language.

Query Retriever

Tool to query a retriever in Griptape Cloud with a natural-language query.

Ruleset Creation

Creates a new ruleset in Griptape Cloud.

Search Knowledge Base

Searches a Griptape Cloud Knowledge Base with a natural-language query and returns a synthesized answer.

Create Tool

Create a new tool resource in Griptape Cloud.

Get Tool Deployment Status

Tool to retrieve status of a specific tool deployment.

List Tools

Tool to list all tools.

Update Assistant

Tool to update an existing assistant's configuration.

Update Bucket

Tool to update a bucket's properties by its ID.

Update Data Connector

Tool to update a data connector's configuration in Griptape Cloud.

Update Function

Tool to update an existing function's configuration.

Update Integration

Tool to update an existing integration's configuration.

Update Knowledge Base

Tool to update a knowledge base's configuration in Griptape Cloud.

Update Library

Tool to update an existing library's configuration in Griptape Cloud.

Update Message

Tool to update a message's input, output, and metadata by its ID.

Update Model Configuration

Tool to update a model configuration's properties by its ID.

Update Model Auth Config

Tool to update an existing model auth config's properties.

Update Organization

Tool to update an organization's properties by its ID.

Update Retriever

Tool to update an existing retriever's configuration in Griptape Cloud.

Update Retriever Component

Tool to update a retriever component's configuration by its ID.

Update Rule

Tool to update an existing rule's configuration.

Update Ruleset

Tool to update an existing ruleset's configuration.

Update Secret

Tool to update a secret's properties by its ID.

Update Structure

Tool to update an existing structure's configuration.

Update Thread

Tool to update an existing thread's configuration.

Update Tool

Tool to update an existing tool's configuration.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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 Griptape tools.

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

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