How to integrate Hookdeck MCP with CrewAI

This guide walks you through connecting Hookdeck to CrewAI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Hookdeck agent that can retry all failed webhook events from today, create a new source for github webhooks, bookmark this event for quick review later through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your CrewAI agent real control over a Hookdeck account through Composio's Hookdeck 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 Hookdeck to CrewAI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Hookdeck agent that can retry all failed webhook events from today, create a new source for github webhooks, bookmark this event for quick review later through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your CrewAI agent real control over a Hookdeck account through Composio's Hookdeck 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 Hookdeck connection
  • Set up CrewAI with an MCP enabled agent
  • Create a Tool Router session or standalone MCP server for Hookdeck
  • Build a conversational loop where your agent can execute Hookdeck 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 Hookdeck MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Hookdeck MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Hookdeck account. It provides structured and secure access to your webhook management platform, so your agent can perform actions like routing webhooks, managing events, configuring sources and destinations, and automating retries or cancellations on your behalf.

  • Automated event management: Let your agent bulk cancel or retry multiple webhook events, keeping your pipeline clean and efficient without manual intervention.
  • Source and destination setup: Have the agent create, configure, and manage Hookdeck sources and destinations for seamless webhook routing between services.
  • Connection orchestration: Direct your agent to establish new connections between sources and destinations, ensuring events flow exactly where you want them to go.
  • Payload transformation: Empower the agent to create custom payload transformations using JavaScript, modifying webhook data before it reaches your endpoints.
  • Bookmarking and cleanup: Ask your agent to bookmark important events for quick access or delete outdated bookmarks to keep your workspace organized.

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 Hookdeck 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 Hookdeck 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 Hookdeck MCP URL
6

Create a Composio Tool Router session for Hookdeck

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

url = session.mcp.url
What's happening:
  • You create a Hookdeck only session through Composio
  • Composio returns an MCP HTTP URL that exposes Hookdeck 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 Hookdeck 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=["hookdeck"],
)
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 Hookdeck through Composio's Tool Router. The agent can perform Hookdeck 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 Hookdeck action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Custom Domain

Tool to add a custom domain to the Hookdeck project.

Bulk Cancel Hookdeck Events

Tool to create a bulk cancellation job for events.

Bulk Retry Hookdeck Events

Initiate a bulk retry for multiple events matching the specified filters.

Cancel Hookdeck Event

Cancel all future delivery attempts for a Hookdeck event.

Cancel Event Bulk Retry

Tool to cancel an ongoing events bulk retry operation.

Cancel Request Bulk Retry

Tool to cancel an in-progress requests bulk retry operation.

Cancel Hookdeck Scheduled Retries

Tool to cancel all future scheduled retries for an event.

Count Hookdeck Connections

Tool to count Hookdeck connections with optional filters.

Count Hookdeck Destinations

Tool to count Hookdeck destinations with optional filters.

Count Hookdeck Sources

Tool to count Hookdeck sources with optional filters.

Create Hookdeck Bookmark

Tool to create a bookmark for a specific event request in Hookdeck.

Create Hookdeck Connection

Tool to create a connection between a source and a destination.

Create Hookdeck Destination

Tool to create a new Hookdeck destination.

Create Ignored Event Bulk Retry

Tool to create an ignored events bulk retry operation.

Create Hookdeck Integration

Tool to create a new Hookdeck integration.

Create Hookdeck Issue Trigger

Tool to create an issue trigger in Hookdeck.

Create Hookdeck Source

Tool to create a new Hookdeck source.

Create Hookdeck Transformation

Tool to create a new Hookdeck transformation.

Delete Hookdeck Bookmark

Tool to delete a specific bookmark by its ID.

Delete Hookdeck Connection

Tool to delete a specific connection by its ID.

Delete Hookdeck Destination

Permanently deletes a Hookdeck destination by its ID.

Delete Hookdeck Integration

Tool to delete a specific integration by its ID.

Delete Hookdeck Issue Trigger

Tool to delete a specific issue trigger by its ID.

Delete Hookdeck Source

Tool to delete a specific source by its ID.

Delete Hookdeck Transformation

Permanently delete a Hookdeck transformation by its ID.

Disable Hookdeck Connection

Tool to disable a connection by its ID.

Disable Hookdeck Destination

Tool to disable a Hookdeck destination.

Disable Hookdeck Issue Trigger

Tool to disable a Hookdeck issue trigger.

Disable Hookdeck Source

Tool to disable a Hookdeck source.

Enable Hookdeck Connection

Tool to enable a disabled Hookdeck connection.

Enable Hookdeck Destination

Enable a previously disabled Hookdeck destination by its ID.

Enable Hookdeck Issue Trigger

Tool to enable a Hookdeck issue trigger.

Enable Hookdeck Source

Tool to enable a disabled Hookdeck source.

Generate Event Bulk Cancel Plan

Tool to generate a preview plan for bulk event cancellation.

Generate Event Bulk Retry Plan

Tool to generate an events bulk retry plan.

Generate Ignored Event Bulk Retry Plan

Generate an ignored events bulk retry plan to estimate the scope before execution.

Generate Request Bulk Retry Plan

Tool to generate a requests bulk retry plan.

Get Hookdeck Attempt

Tool to retrieve a specific Hookdeck delivery attempt by ID.

Get attempts

Lists delivery attempts for your Hookdeck account.

Get attempts metrics

Tool to query aggregated attempt metrics with time-based grouping and filtering.

Get Hookdeck Bookmark

Tool to retrieve a single bookmark by its ID.

Get Bookmark Raw Body

Tool to retrieve the raw body data of a bookmarked request.

Get Hookdeck Connection

Retrieves details of a specific Hookdeck connection by its ID.

Hookdeck: Get Connections

Tool to list Hookdeck connections.

Get Hookdeck Destination

Retrieve details of a specific Hookdeck destination by ID.

Hookdeck: Get Destinations

Tool to list Hookdeck destinations.

Get Event

Tool to retrieve a specific Hookdeck event by ID.

Get Event Bulk Cancel Status

Tool to retrieve the status of a bulk event cancellation operation.

Get Event Bulk Cancels

Tool to list event bulk cancel operations for your Hookdeck account.

Get Event Bulk Retries

Tool to retrieve bulk retry operations for Hookdeck events.

Get Event Bulk Retry Status

Tool to retrieve the status of a bulk event retry operation.

Get Event Raw Body

Tool to retrieve the raw body data of an event.

Get events

Tool to list events for your Hookdeck account.

Get events by issue metrics

Tool to query event metrics grouped by individual issue IDs.

Get Events Metrics

Tool to query aggregated event metrics with time-based grouping and filtering.

Get events pending timeseries metrics

Tool to query aggregated events pending timeseries metrics with time-based grouping and filtering.

Get Ignored Event Bulk Retries

Tool to retrieve ignored events bulk retry operations for Hookdeck.

Get Ignored Event Bulk Retry Status

Tool to retrieve the status of an ignored events bulk retry operation.

Get Hookdeck Integration

Tool to retrieve details of a specific Hookdeck integration.

Get Hookdeck Integrations

Tool to retrieve a list of Hookdeck integrations.

Get Hookdeck Issue Count

Tool to get the count of Hookdeck issues with optional filters.

Get Hookdeck Issue Trigger

Tool to retrieve a single Hookdeck issue trigger by its ID.

Get issue triggers

Tool to list issue triggers for your Hookdeck account.

Get Queue Depth Metrics

Tool to query queue depth metrics for destinations (pending events count and age).

Get Hookdeck Request

Retrieve detailed information about a specific Hookdeck request by ID.

Get Request Bulk Retries

Tool to retrieve bulk retry operations for Hookdeck requests.

Get Request Bulk Retry Status

Tool to retrieve the status of a requests bulk retry operation.

Get Request Events

Tool to retrieve events associated with a specific Hookdeck request.

Get Request Ignored Events

Retrieve the list of ignored events for a specific Hookdeck request.

Get Request Raw Body

Tool to retrieve the raw body data of a request.

Hookdeck: Get Requests

Tool to list Hookdeck requests.

Get requests metrics

Tool to query aggregated request metrics with time-based grouping and filtering.

Get Hookdeck Source

Tool to retrieve details of a specific Hookdeck source.

Get sources

Tool to retrieve all sources associated with your Hookdeck account.

Get Hookdeck Transformation

Retrieves the complete details of a specific Hookdeck transformation by its ID.

Get Transformation Execution

Retrieve a specific transformation execution by transformation ID and execution ID.

Get transformation executions

Tool to retrieve executions for a specific Hookdeck transformation.

Get transformations

Tool to list Hookdeck transformations.

Get Transformations Count

Tool to get the count of Hookdeck transformations with optional filters.

Get transformations metrics

Tool to query aggregated transformation execution metrics with time-based grouping and filtering.

List Hookdeck Bookmarks

Tool to list bookmarks.

List Custom Domains

Tool to list all custom domains and their verification statuses for the Hookdeck project.

Hookdeck: List Issues

Tool to list all issues detected in your Hookdeck account.

Hookdeck Pause Connection

Tool to pause a Hookdeck connection.

Publish Event to Hookdeck

Tool to publish a webhook event to Hookdeck using the Publish API.

Replay Hookdeck Event

Replay (retry) a specific Hookdeck event delivery.

Resolve Hookdeck Issue

Tool to resolve a Hookdeck issue.

Retrieve Hookdeck Issue

Retrieves detailed information about a specific Hookdeck issue by its ID.

Send Hookdeck Source Request

Tool to send HTTP requests to a Hookdeck Source URL.

Test Hookdeck Transformation

Tool to test a Hookdeck transformation code before deploying it.

Toggle Webhook Notifications

Tool to toggle webhook notifications for the project.

Trigger Hookdeck Bookmark

Trigger a Hookdeck bookmark to replay its stored webhook request.

Unpause Hookdeck Connection

Tool to unpause a paused Hookdeck connection.

Update Hookdeck Bookmark

Tool to update an existing bookmark in Hookdeck.

Hookdeck Update Connection

Upsert (create or update) a Hookdeck connection between a source and destination.

Update Connection by ID

Tool to update an existing Hookdeck connection by its ID.

Update Hookdeck Destination

Tool to update an existing Hookdeck destination.

Update Hookdeck Integration

Tool to update an existing Hookdeck integration.

Update Hookdeck Issue Trigger

Tool to update an issue trigger in Hookdeck.

Update Hookdeck Source

Update an existing Hookdeck source's name, type, or description.

Update Hookdeck Transformation

Tool to update an existing Hookdeck transformation.

Upsert Hookdeck Destination

Tool to create or update a Hookdeck destination.

Upsert Hookdeck Issue Trigger

Tool to create or update an issue trigger in Hookdeck using upsert semantics.

Upsert Hookdeck Source

Tool to create or update a Hookdeck source by name.

Upsert Hookdeck Transformation

Tool to create or update a Hookdeck transformation by name.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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