How to integrate Helpwise MCP with Mastra AI

This guide walks you through connecting Helpwise to Mastra AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Helpwise agent that can add note to open conversation with client, delete outdated contact from contact list, create new team for support agents through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Mastra AI agent real control over a Helpwise account through Composio's Helpwise 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 Mastra AI agent real control over a Helpwise account through Composio's Helpwise 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 Helpwise tools
Connect Mastra's MCP client to the Composio generated MCP URL
Fetch Helpwise 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 Helpwise 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 Helpwise MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Helpwise MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Helpwise account. It provides structured and secure access to your customer communication tools, so your agent can create conversations, manage notes, upload attachments, delete messages, and organize your Helpwise workspace on your behalf.

Attachment management and uploads: Easily upload files as attachments to conversations and retrieve attachment metadata for streamlined file sharing.
Conversation note automation: Let your agent add or remove notes to specific conversations, making it easy to document context or follow up actions.
Mailbox and conversation cleanup: Direct your agent to delete entire conversations, mailboxes, or individual messages for efficient workspace management.
Contact and signature management: Seamlessly delete contacts and email signatures, keeping your Helpwise account up to date and clutter-free.
Webhook and team setup: Have your agent create new webhooks for event notifications or set up Helpwise teams to organize your users for better collaboration.

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:

Node.js 18 or higher
A Composio account with an active API key
An OpenAI API key
Basic familiarity with TypeScript

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 Helpwise through MCP.

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

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

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

Create a Tool Router session for Helpwise

typescript

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

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

What's happening:

create spins up a short-lived MCP HTTP endpoint for this user
The toolkits array contains "helpwise" for Helpwise access
session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that Mastra's MCPClient will connect to

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 Helpwise toolkit

Create the Mastra agent

typescript

const agent = new Agent({
    name: "helpwise-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Helpwise 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

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: {
        helpwise: 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 Helpwise 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 Helpwise 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: ["helpwise"],
  });

  const composioMCPUrl = session.mcp.url;

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

  const composioTools = await mcpClient.getTools();

  const agent = new Agent({
    name: "helpwise-mastra-agent",
    instructions: "You are an AI agent with Helpwise 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: { helpwise: 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 Helpwise 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 Helpwise action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create attachment

Tool to upload a new attachment.

Add note to conversation

Tool to add a note to a conversation.

Create Helpwise Team

Creates a new team in Helpwise to group users for collaboration and assignment purposes.

Create Helpwise Webhook

Creates a new webhook subscription in Helpwise to receive real-time event notifications.

Delete Contact

Deletes a contact from Helpwise by its unique identifier (ID).

Delete Helpwise Conversation

Attempts to delete a conversation by ID from Helpwise.

Delete Mailbox

Tool to delete a mailbox by its unique identifier.

Delete Helpwise Message

Attempts to delete a message from Helpwise.

Delete Helpwise Note

Tool to delete a note from a conversation.

Delete Email Signature

Deletes an email signature from Helpwise.

Delete Tag

Permanently deletes a tag from Helpwise.

Delete Team

Tool to delete a team.

Delete Template

Deletes a Helpwise email template (saved reply) by its ID.

Delete Helpwise Webhook

Delete a Helpwise webhook by its ID.

Get Attachment

Retrieves a specific attachment by its unique identifier.

Get Conversation Attachments

Retrieves attachments from messages in a specific conversation.

Get Helpwise Contact

Retrieves detailed information for a specific contact by ID.

Get Conversation

Retrieves complete details of a specific conversation by ID from Helpwise.

Get Conversations

Tool to retrieve a list of conversations.

Get Helpwise Custom Field

Retrieves details of a specific custom field by its ID.

Get Helpwise Mailbox

Tool to retrieve details of a specific mailbox by its ID.

Get Helpwise Mailboxes

Tool to retrieve mailboxes.

Get Conversation Note

Tool to retrieve details of a specific note.

Get Conversation Notes

Retrieves all notes associated with a specific conversation.

Get Helpwise Tag

Retrieves detailed information about a specific tag in Helpwise.

Get Helpwise Team

Retrieves details of a specific Helpwise team by its ID.

Get Helpwise Teams

Tool to retrieve Helpwise teams.

Get Helpwise WhatsApp Templates

Tool to retrieve Helpwise WhatsApp message templates.

Get Helpwise Users

Tool to retrieve Helpwise users list.

Get Helpwise Webhook

Retrieve detailed configuration for a specific Helpwise webhook by its ID.

Get Helpwise Webhooks

Tool to retrieve Helpwise webhooks.

Search Helpwise Contacts

Tool to search contacts by term with pagination.

Update Helpwise Contact

Tool to update an existing Helpwise contact.

Update Mailbox

Updates an existing Helpwise mailbox.

Update Helpwise Message

Tool to update an existing message.

Update Helpwise Tag

Updates an existing tag's name and/or color in Helpwise.

Update Helpwise Template

Updates an existing Helpwise email template by modifying its name, subject, and/or HTML content.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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How to integrate Helpwise MCP with Mastra AI

Connect Helpwise without auth hassles

Introduction

Also integrate Helpwise with

TL;DR

What is Mastra AI?

What is the Helpwise 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 OpenAI and Composio

Install dependencies

Set up environment variables

Import libraries and validate environment

Create a Tool Router session for Helpwise

Configure Mastra MCP client and fetch tools

Create the Mastra agent

Set up interactive chat interface

Complete Code

Conclusion

Supported Tools

How to build Helpwise MCP Agent with another framework

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Claude Code

Claude Cowork

Codex

OpenClaw

Hermes

CLI

Google ADK

LangChain

Vercel AI SDK

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

Explore Other Toolkits

Aeroleads

Autobound

Better proposals

Bidsketch

Frequently asked questions

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

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Mastra AI?+

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

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?+

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