How to integrate Here MCP with Claude Agent SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Here to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Here agent that can find coffee shops near central park, get driving route for delivery truck, convert address to latitude and longitude through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Here account through Composio's Here 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 Here to the Claude Agent SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Here agent that can find coffee shops near central park, get driving route for delivery truck, convert address to latitude and longitude through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Claude Agent SDK agent real control over a Here account through Composio's Here 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 Here
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Here as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Here 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 Here MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Here MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Here account. It provides structured and secure access to powerful location, mapping, and geocoding services, so your agent can perform actions like searching places, calculating routes, fetching map imagery, and converting addresses or coordinates on your behalf.

  • Smart place discovery and suggestions: Ask your agent to find points of interest, get autosuggested places based on partial queries, or discover addresses near a location.
  • Geocoding and reverse geocoding: Convert addresses to geographic coordinates or vice versa, enabling seamless location lookup and mapping in your workflows.
  • Map tile and imagery retrieval: Direct your agent to fetch satellite, base, or hybrid map tiles for specific locations, zoom levels, and formats for rich visual context.
  • Advanced routing and fleet planning: Have your agent calculate optimized routes with vehicle profiles, constraints, and even isolines for reachable areas based on time or distance.
  • Nearby search and contextual browsing: Let your agent browse or search for places around a given location, filtered by categories or names, to surface relevant local information.

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:
  • Composio API Key and Claude/Anthropic API Key
  • Primary know-how of Claude Agents SDK
  • A Here account
  • Some knowledge of Python
2

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.
3

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
4

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
5

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 Here functionality
6

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 Here
  const session = await composio.create(USER_ID, {
    toolkits: ['here'],
  });
  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 Here
  • The returned url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use
7

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 Here 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 Here
  • maxTurns: 10 limits the conversation length to prevent excessive API usage
8

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'
9

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 Here 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: ['here']
  });
  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 Here 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 Here 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 Here action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Autosuggest Places

Tool to fetch possible completions for a partial search term.

Browse Places

Tool to search for places around a given location with optional filters.

Calculate Fleet Telematics Route

Calculate optimal routes between multiple waypoints supporting various transport modes (car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian).

Cancel Tour Planning Problem

Tool to cancel a running asynchronous tour planning optimization job.

Coordinates to Tile Indices

Tool to convert geographic coordinates to Web Mercator XYZ tile indices.

Decode Route Handle

Tool to decode and return a route from a previously calculated route handle via POST request.

Discover Places

Tool to discover places and addresses by free-form text near a location.

Solve Vehicle Routing Problem

Tool to solve a Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) by optimizing routes for a fleet of vehicles serving multiple jobs.

Find Optimal Waypoint Sequence

Tool to find the optimal sequence of waypoints using POST request to solve the Travelling Salesman Problem.

Geocode Address

Tool to convert structured address data into geographic coordinates.

Get Aliases Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking aliases service.

Get Aliases Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Tracking Aliases service.

Get Associations Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Associations API service.

Get Associations Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Associations tracking service.

Get Address Autocomplete

Tool to get address autocomplete suggestions for partial address queries.

Get Base Map Tile

Retrieves a base map tile image from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Bulkjobs Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking bulkjobs service.

Get Bulkjobs Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Bulkjobs tracking service.

Get C2C Service Health

Tool to check HERE C2C service health status.

Get C2C Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE C2C tracking service.

Get Copyright

Tool to retrieve copyright information for HERE map tiles.

Get Transit Departures

Tool to get next departures from transit stations.

Get Events Health Status

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Events API service.

Get Events Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Events service.

Get Features

Tool to retrieve available map features per style for tile rendering.

Get Geofences Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Geofences service.

Get Geofences Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Geofences service.

Get Service Health Status

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking API service.

Get Incident By ID

Tool to get details of a specific traffic incident by its ID.

Get Raster Tile API Info

Tool to get metadata about the HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Isolines

Tool to calculate isolines.

Get Labels Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Labels service.

Get Labels Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Labels service.

Get Label Tile

Retrieves a map tile image with text labels using HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Supported Languages

Tool to retrieve supported languages for map tile labels from HERE Raster Tile API.

Get Largedata Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking largedata service.

Get Largedata Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE largedata tracking service.

Get Locations Service Health

Tool to check the health status of HERE's locations tracking service.

Get Locations Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking Locations service.

Get Map Image

Retrieves a static map image from HERE Map Image API v3.

Get Map Tile with Transit

Tool to request a map tile with public transport overlay from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Compute Routing Matrix

Computes routing matrices for batch distance and travel time calculations between multiple origins and destinations.

Get Matrix Calculation Result

Tool to retrieve the result of a successfully completed matrix calculation.

Get Metadata Service Health

Tool to retrieve the health status of the HERE Tracking metadata service.

Get Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version number of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Notifications Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Notifications service.

Get Notifications Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Notifications service.

Get OpenAPI Specification

Tool to retrieve the OpenAPI 3 specification for the HERE Traffic API v7.

Get Political Views

Tool to retrieve available geopolitical views for HERE map rendering.

Get Tour Planning Solution

Tool to retrieve the solution for a completed tour planning problem.

Get Matrix Routing Profile

Tool to retrieve a specific matrix routing profile definition by its ID.

List Matrix Routing Profiles

Tool to list all supported predefined routing profiles for matrix routing calculations.

Get Registry Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Registry service.

Get Registry Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Registry service.

Get Service Health Status

Tool to check the HERE Tracking service health status.

Get Raster Map Tile

Tool to retrieve a raster map tile image for a specific zoom level, column, and row from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Calculate Routes

Tool to calculate routes between waypoints supporting multiple transport modes (car, truck, pedestrian, bicycle, scooter, taxi, bus).

Get Rules Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Rules service.

Get Rules Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking Rules service.

Get Sensors Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Sensors service.

Get Sensors Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking sensors service.

Get Shadows Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Shadows service.

Get Shadows Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Shadows tracking service.

Get Shipments Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Shipments service.

Get Shipments Service Version

Tool to get the HERE shipments tracking service version.

Get Transit Stations

Tool to search for transit stations around a location.

Get Tour Planning Job Status

Check the status of an asynchronous tour planning optimization job.

Get Server Timestamp

Tool to get the current server timestamp from HERE Tracking API.

Get Traces Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Tracking Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Traffic Flow

Tool to retrieve real-time traffic flow data.

Get Traffic Incidents

Tool to fetch real-time traffic incidents within a specified area.

Get Traffic Tile

Retrieve a traffic flow overlay tile image showing real-time traffic conditions.

Get Users Service Health

Tool to check the HERE Tracking Users API service health status.

Get Users Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE tracking service.

Get Vector Tile

Retrieves protocol buffer encoded binary vector tiles using HERE Vector Tile API v2.

Get Vector Tiles Layers Documentation

Tool to retrieve OMV-2 layers documentation for HERE Vector Tiles.

Get Vector Tiles Copyright

Tool to retrieve copyright information for HERE vector tiles.

Get Vector Tiles Info

Tool to retrieve the current map version from HERE Vector Tiles Service.

Get Vector Tiles Languages

Tool to retrieve supported languages for vector map tiles from HERE Vector Tiles API.

Get Vector Tiles OpenAPI Specification

Tool to retrieve the OpenAPI specification for the HERE Vector Tiles API v2.

Get Vector Tiles Proto Formats

Tool to retrieve a list of available protocol buffer formats from HERE Vector Tiles Service.

Get Vector Tiles Proto File

Tool to retrieve protocol buffer (.

Get Vector Tiles Political Views

Tool to retrieve available political views for HERE vector tiles.

Get Version

Tool to retrieve the version information of the HERE Traffic API.

Get Waypoint Sequence

Optimizes the visit order of multiple waypoints between a fixed origin and destination.

Daily Weather Forecast

Get 7-day weather forecasts for any location worldwide.

Get Weather Observation

Tool to retrieve current weather observation.

Import Route from Trace

Tool to import and calculate a route from GPS trace points.

Locate Device

Determine device location based on WiFi and cellular network measurements.

Lookup Location by HERE ID

Retrieves comprehensive details for a location using its HERE ID.

Calculate Routes via POST

Calculate routes using POST method with extensive customization options via request body.

Reverse Geocode Coordinates

Converts geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude) into human-readable addresses and location details.

Submit Tour Planning Problem

Submit a tour planning problem synchronously to solve vehicle routing problems with constraints like time windows, capacity, and vehicle types.

Submit Tour Planning Problem (Async)

Submit a tour planning problem asynchronously for large-scale vehicle routing optimization.

Weather Alerts

Retrieve severe weather alerts for specified locations or routes.

Get Astronomy Forecast

Tool to fetch astronomical data (sunrise, sunset) for a specific location.

Hourly Weather Forecast

Tool to fetch hourly weather forecasts.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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