How to integrate Ignisign MCP with Autogen

This guide walks you through connecting Ignisign to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Ignisign agent that can start a new signature request for a contract, add a new signer to this application, delete a completed document by its id through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Ignisign account through Composio's Ignisign 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 Ignisign to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Ignisign agent that can start a new signature request for a contract, add a new signer to this application, delete a completed document by its id through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Ignisign account through Composio's Ignisign 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 OpenAI and Composio API keys
  • Install the required dependencies for Autogen and Composio
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Ignisign
  • Wire that MCP URL into Autogen using McpWorkbench and StreamableHttpServerParams
  • Configure an Autogen AssistantAgent that can call Ignisign tools
  • Run a live chat loop where you ask the agent to perform Ignisign operations

What is AutoGen?

Autogen is a framework for building multi-agent conversational AI systems from Microsoft. It enables you to create agents that can collaborate, use tools, and maintain complex workflows.

Key features include:

  • Multi-Agent Systems: Build collaborative agent workflows
  • MCP Workbench: Native support for Model Context Protocol tools
  • Streaming HTTP: Connect to external services through streamable HTTP
  • AssistantAgent: Pre-built agent class for tool-using assistants

What is the Ignisign MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Ignisign MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Ignisign account. It provides structured and secure access to your electronic signature workflows, so your agent can perform actions like sending signature requests, managing documents, onboarding signers, and handling signature operations on your behalf.

  • Automated signature request management: Let your agent create, cancel, or delete signature requests, streamlining the entire e-signature process from start to finish.
  • Document initialization and deletion: Have the agent initialize new documents for signing or permanently delete documents when they're no longer needed.
  • Signer onboarding and removal: Effortlessly add new signers to your application environment or remove existing ones as your workflows change.
  • Webhook endpoint management: Allow your agent to create or delete webhook endpoints, enabling real-time notifications and integrations for signature events.
  • Application context retrieval: Fetch global application settings and environment configurations so your agent always works with up-to-date 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

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1

Prerequisites

You will need:

  • A Composio API key
  • An OpenAI API key (used by Autogen's OpenAIChatCompletionClient)
  • A Ignisign account you can connect to Composio
  • Some basic familiarity with Autogen and Python async
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 python-dotenv
pip install autogen-agentchat autogen-ext-openai autogen-ext-tools

Install Composio, Autogen extensions, and dotenv.

What's happening:

  • composio connects your agent to Ignisign via MCP
  • autogen-agentchat provides the AssistantAgent class
  • autogen-ext-openai provides the OpenAI model client
  • autogen-ext-tools provides MCP workbench support

4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-composio-api-key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
USER_ID=your-user-identifier@example.com

Create a .env file in your project folder.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY is required to talk to Composio
  • OPENAI_API_KEY is used by Autogen's OpenAI client
  • USER_ID is how Composio identifies which user's Ignisign connections to use
5

Import dependencies and create Tool Router session

python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a Ignisign session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["ignisign"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
What's happening:
  • load_dotenv() reads your .env file
  • Composio(api_key=...) initializes the SDK
  • create(...) creates a Tool Router session that exposes Ignisign tools
  • session.mcp.url is the MCP endpoint that Autogen will connect to
6

Configure MCP parameters for Autogen

python
# Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
    url=url,
    timeout=30.0,
    sse_read_timeout=300.0,
    terminate_on_close=True,
    headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
)

Autogen expects parameters describing how to talk to the MCP server. That is what StreamableHttpServerParams is for.

What's happening:

  • url points to the Tool Router MCP endpoint from Composio
  • timeout is the HTTP timeout for requests
  • sse_read_timeout controls how long to wait when streaming responses
  • terminate_on_close=True cleans up the MCP server process when the workbench is closed
7

Create the model client and agent

python
# Create model client
model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
    model="gpt-5",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
)

# Use McpWorkbench as context manager
async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
    # Create Ignisign assistant agent with MCP tools
    agent = AssistantAgent(
        name="ignisign_assistant",
        description="An AI assistant that helps with Ignisign operations.",
        model_client=model_client,
        workbench=workbench,
        model_client_stream=True,
        max_tool_iterations=10
    )

What's happening:

  • OpenAIChatCompletionClient wraps the OpenAI model for Autogen
  • McpWorkbench connects the agent to the MCP tools
  • AssistantAgent is configured with the Ignisign tools from the workbench
8

Run the interactive chat loop

python
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
print("Ask any Ignisign related question or task to the agent.\n")

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

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

    if not user_input:
        continue

    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

    # Run the agent with streaming
    try:
        response_text = ""
        async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
            if hasattr(message, "content") and message.content:
                response_text = message.content

        # Print the final response
        if response_text:
            print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
        else:
            print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")
What's happening:
  • The script prompts you in a loop with You:
  • Autogen passes your input to the model, which decides which Ignisign tools to call via MCP
  • agent.run_stream(...) yields streaming messages as the agent thinks and calls tools
  • Typing exit, quit, or bye ends the loop

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Ignisign and AutoGen:

python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a Ignisign session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["ignisign"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url

    # Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
    server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
        url=url,
        timeout=30.0,
        sse_read_timeout=300.0,
        terminate_on_close=True,
        headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
    )

    # Create model client
    model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
        model="gpt-5",
        api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
    )

    # Use McpWorkbench as context manager
    async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
        # Create Ignisign assistant agent with MCP tools
        agent = AssistantAgent(
            name="ignisign_assistant",
            description="An AI assistant that helps with Ignisign operations.",
            model_client=model_client,
            workbench=workbench,
            model_client_stream=True,
            max_tool_iterations=10
        )

        print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
        print("Ask any Ignisign related question or task to the agent.\n")

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

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

            if not user_input:
                continue

            print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

            # Run the agent with streaming
            try:
                response_text = ""
                async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
                    if hasattr(message, 'content') and message.content:
                        response_text = message.content

                # Print the final response
                if response_text:
                    print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
                else:
                    print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Conclusion

You now have an Autogen assistant wired into Ignisign through Composio's Tool Router and MCP. From here you can:
  • Add more toolkits to the toolkits list, for example notion or hubspot
  • Refine the agent description to point it at specific workflows
  • Wrap this script behind a UI, Slack bot, or internal tool
Once the pattern is clear for Ignisign, you can reuse the same structure for other MCP-enabled apps with minimal code changes.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Ignisign API Authentication

Tool to authenticate an application over Ignisign API and retrieve a JWT.

Cancel Signature Request

Cancel (close) a signature request to terminate it.

Initialize Document

Tool to initialize a document for a signature request.

Create Signer

Tool to create a new signer.

Create Webhook Endpoint

Tool to create a new webhook endpoint for an application.

Delete Document

Tool to delete a specific document by its ID.

Delete Ignisign Signature Request

Permanently deletes a signature request from Ignisign by its ID.

Delete Signer

Tool to revoke/delete a signer from an Ignisign application environment.

Delete Webhook Endpoint

Delete a webhook endpoint by its ID.

Get application context

Tool to retrieve the global context of an application.

Get Document Information

Tool to retrieve document metadata by ID.

Get Missing Signer Inputs

Tool to determine missing inputs needed for a signer in a specific signature profile.

Get Signature Request Details

Tool to retrieve detailed information for a specific signature request.

Get Signature Request Document

Tool to retrieve the document associated with a specific signature request.

Get Signature Requests

Retrieves a paginated list of signature requests for a specific Ignisign application and environment.

Get Signed Document

Tool to download the signed document (signature proof) for a signature request.

Get Signer Input Constraints

Tool to get signer input constraints.

Get Signer Inputs

Retrieves the inputs provided by a specific signer for a signature request.

Get Signer Profile

Retrieve detailed information about a specific signer profile by its ID.

Get Signer Profiles

Retrieve all signer profiles for a specific Ignisign application environment.

Get Webhooks

Retrieves all webhook endpoints configured for a specific Ignisign application environment.

Initialize Ignisign Signature Request

Initialize a new signature request in Ignisign.

List Documents

Tool to retrieve documents linked to a signature request.

Provide Document Content Data JSON

Provides JSON content to an existing document in Ignisign.

Provide Document Content File

Tool to provide file content for a document.

Provide Document Content Private File

Provides private document content by submitting its SHA-256 hash to IgniSign.

Publish Signature Request

Tool to publish a draft signature request.

Search Signers

Tool to search for signers within an application environment with pagination support.

Update Document Information

Tool to update document metadata.

Update Signature Request

Tool to partially update a signature request in DRAFT state.

Update Signer

Updates an existing signer's profile assignment.

Update Webhook Endpoint

Tool to update an existing webhook endpoint.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Autogen 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 Ignisign tools.

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

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