How to integrate Lodgify MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK

This guide walks you through connecting Lodgify to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Lodgify agent that can show available dates for property 1234, list all airbnb channel reservations this week, get all properties managed in your account through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Lodgify account through Composio's Lodgify 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 Lodgify to the OpenAI Agents SDK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Lodgify agent that can show available dates for property 1234, list all airbnb channel reservations this week, get all properties managed in your account through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent real control over a Lodgify account through Composio's Lodgify 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 necessary dependencies
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Lodgify
  • Configure an AI agent that can use Lodgify as a tool
  • Run a live chat session where you can ask the agent to perform Lodgify operations

What is OpenAI Agents SDK?

The OpenAI Agents SDK is a lightweight framework for building AI agents that can use tools and maintain conversation state. It provides a simple interface for creating agents with hosted MCP tool support.

Key features include:

  • Hosted MCP Tools: Connect to external services through hosted MCP endpoints
  • SQLite Sessions: Persist conversation history across interactions
  • Simple API: Clean interface with Agent, Runner, and tool configuration
  • Streaming Support: Real-time response streaming for interactive applications

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

The Lodgify MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Lodgify account. It provides structured and secure access to your vacation rental properties, channels, and reservations, so your agent can perform actions like checking property availability, synchronizing channel data, retrieving reservations, and managing listings on your behalf.

  • Property availability checks: Instantly ask your agent to retrieve up-to-date availability information for any property, including pricing, minimum stay requirements, and current bookings.
  • Reservation management across channels: Let your agent list and filter reservations from all your connected channels, making it easy to track bookings and guest details in one place.
  • Channel synchronization and connection insights: Effortlessly pull a list of all channel connections and mappings, ensuring your property data stays in sync across platforms like Airbnb, Booking.com, and more.
  • Property portfolio overview: Quickly retrieve and paginate through all your properties, so you can get a comprehensive view of your listings and manage them at scale.
  • Supported country and channel discovery: Have your agent fetch supported countries and available channels to help with onboarding new properties or expanding your rental business.

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 OpenAI API Key
  • Primary know-how of OpenAI Agents SDK
  • A live Lodgify project
  • Some knowledge of Python or Typescript
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
3

Install dependencies

npm install @composio/openai-agents @openai/agents dotenv

Install the Composio SDK and the OpenAI Agents SDK.

4

Set up environment variables

bash
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...your-api-key
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-api-key
USER_ID=composio_user@gmail.com

Create a .env file and add your OpenAI and Composio API keys.

5

Import dependencies

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIAgentsProvider } from '@composio/openai-agents';
import { Agent, hostedMcpTool, run, OpenAIConversationsSession } from '@openai/agents';
import * as readline from 'readline';
What's happening:
  • You're importing all necessary libraries.
  • The Composio and OpenAIAgentsProvider classes are imported to connect your OpenAI agent to Composio tools like Lodgify.
6

Set up the Composio instance

dotenv.config();

const composioApiKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const userId = process.env.USER_ID;

if (!composioApiKey) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key');
}
if (!userId) {
  throw new Error('USER_ID is not set');
}

// Initialize Composio
const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioApiKey,
  provider: new OpenAIAgentsProvider(),
});
What's happening:
  • dotenv.config() loads your .env file so COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID are available as environment variables.
  • Creating a Composio instance using the API Key and OpenAIAgentsProvider class.
7

Create a Tool Router session

// Create Tool Router session for Lodgify
const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
  toolkits: ['lodgify'],
});
const mcpUrl = session.mcp.url;

What is happening:

  • You give the Tool Router the user id and the toolkits you want available. Here, it is only lodgify.
  • The router checks the user's Lodgify connection and prepares the MCP endpoint.
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP URL that your agent will use to access Lodgify.
  • This approach keeps things lightweight and lets the agent request Lodgify tools only when needed during the conversation.
8

Configure the agent

// Configure agent with MCP tool
const agent = new Agent({
  name: 'Assistant',
  model: 'gpt-5',
  instructions:
    'You are a helpful assistant that can access Lodgify. Help users perform Lodgify operations through natural language.',
  tools: [
    hostedMcpTool({
      serverLabel: 'tool_router',
      serverUrl: mcpUrl,
      headers: { 'x-api-key': composioApiKey },
      requireApproval: 'never',
    }),
  ],
});
What's happening:
  • We're creating an Agent instance with a name, model (gpt-5), and clear instructions about its purpose.
  • The agent's instructions tell it that it can access Lodgify and help with queries, inserts, updates, authentication, and fetching database information.
  • The tools array includes a hostedMcpTool that connects to the MCP server URL we created earlier.
  • The headers object includes the Composio API key for secure authentication with the MCP server.
  • requireApproval: 'never' means the agent can execute Lodgify operations without asking for permission each time, making interactions smoother.
9

Start chat loop and handle conversation

// Keep conversation state across turns
const conversationSession = new OpenAIConversationsSession();

// Simple CLI
const rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout,
  prompt: 'You: ',
});

console.log('\nComposio Tool Router session created.');
console.log('\nChat started. Type your requests below.');
console.log("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n");

try {
  const first = await run(agent, 'What can you help me with?', { session: conversationSession });
  console.log(`Assistant: ${first.finalOutput}\n`);
} catch (e) {
  console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
}

rl.prompt();

rl.on('line', async (userInput) => {
  const text = userInput.trim();

  if (['exit', 'quit', 'q'].includes(text.toLowerCase())) {
    console.log('Goodbye!');
    rl.close();
    process.exit(0);
  }

  if (!text) {
    rl.prompt();
    return;
  }

  try {
    const result = await run(agent, text, { session: conversationSession });
    console.log(`\nAssistant: ${result.finalOutput}\n`);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
  }

  rl.prompt();
});

rl.on('close', () => {
  console.log('\n👋 Session ended.');
  process.exit(0);
});
What's happening:
  • The program prints a session URL that you visit to authorize Lodgify.
  • After authorization, the chat begins.
  • Each message you type is processed by the agent using run().
  • The responses are printed to the console.
  • Typing exit, quit, or q cleanly ends the chat.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Lodgify and OpenAI Agents SDK:

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIAgentsProvider } from '@composio/openai-agents';
import { Agent, hostedMcpTool, run, OpenAIConversationsSession } from '@openai/agents';
import * as readline from 'readline';

const composioApiKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const userId = process.env.USER_ID;

if (!composioApiKey) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set. Create a .env file with COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_key');
}
if (!userId) {
  throw new Error('USER_ID is not set');
}

// Initialize Composio
const composio = new Composio({
  apiKey: composioApiKey,
  provider: new OpenAIAgentsProvider(),
});

async function main() {
  // Create Tool Router session
  const session = await composio.create(userId as string, {
    toolkits: ['lodgify'],
  });
  const mcpUrl = session.mcp.url;

  // Configure agent with MCP tool
  const agent = new Agent({
    name: 'Assistant',
    model: 'gpt-5',
    instructions:
      'You are a helpful assistant that can access Lodgify. Help users perform Lodgify operations through natural language.',
    tools: [
      hostedMcpTool({
        serverLabel: 'tool_router',
        serverUrl: mcpUrl,
        headers: { 'x-api-key': composioApiKey },
        requireApproval: 'never',
      }),
    ],
  });

  // Keep conversation state across turns
  const conversationSession = new OpenAIConversationsSession();

  // Simple CLI
  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'You: ',
  });

  console.log('\nComposio Tool Router session created.');
  console.log('\nChat started. Type your requests below.');
  console.log("Commands: 'exit', 'quit', or 'q' to end\n");

  try {
    const first = await run(agent, 'What can you help me with?', { session: conversationSession });
    console.log(`Assistant: ${first.finalOutput}\n`);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
  }

  rl.prompt();

  rl.on('line', async (userInput) => {
    const text = userInput.trim();

    if (['exit', 'quit', 'q'].includes(text.toLowerCase())) {
      console.log('Goodbye!');
      rl.close();
      process.exit(0);
    }

    if (!text) {
      rl.prompt();
      return;
    }

    try {
      const result = await run(agent, text, { session: conversationSession });
      console.log(`\nAssistant: ${result.finalOutput}\n`);
    } catch (e) {
      console.error('Error:', e instanceof Error ? e.message : e, '\n');
    }

    rl.prompt();
  });

  rl.on('close', () => {
    console.log('\nSession ended.');
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error('Fatal error:', err);
  process.exit(1);
});

Conclusion

This was a starter code for integrating Lodgify MCP with OpenAI Agents SDK to build a functional AI agent that can interact with Lodgify.

Key features:

  • Hosted MCP tool integration through Composio's Tool Router
  • SQLite session persistence for conversation history
  • Simple async chat loop for interactive testing
You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom business logic, or building a web interface around the agent.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create Call Me Back Request

Tool to create a Call Me Back request in Lodgify.

Create Enquiry

Tool to create a new general enquiry with guest and reservation details.

Decline Enquiry

Tool to decline an enquiry, changing its status to Declined.

Delete Enquiry

Tool to delete an enquiry by moving it to the trash.

Delete Reservations

Tool to delete multiple bookings or enquiries in a single batch operation.

Get Countries

Tool to retrieve all available countries.

Get Country by Code

Tool to retrieve a specific country by its ISO code.

Get Currency By Code

Tool to retrieve currency details by its code.

Get Deleted Properties

Retrieves IDs of properties that have been deleted from the Lodgify account.

Get External Bookings

Tool to retrieve external bookings for a specific booking ID.

Get Messaging Thread

Tool to retrieve details of a messaging thread.

Get Property Availability

Retrieves availability information for a specific property within a date range.

Get Room Type Availability

Retrieves availability calendar data for a specific room type within a property for a given date range.

Get Unread Count

Retrieves the total count of unread bookings and enquiries.

Get V1 Availability

Retrieves availability information for all properties and room types for a given date range.

List Channel Connections

Tool to retrieve a list of all channel connections.

List Channel Mappings

Tool to list channel mappings.

List Channel Reservations

Tool to list channel reservations.

List Channels

Retrieves a list of all available distribution channels in the Lodgify account.

List Currencies

Tool to retrieve all available currency codes.

List Properties

Retrieves all properties from the Lodgify account with optional pagination.

List Reservations

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of bookings and enquiries from the inbox.

List Webhooks

Retrieves a list of all webhooks configured in the Lodgify account.

Mark Reservations Not Replied

Tool to batch mark bookings and enquiries as not replied.

Mark Reservations Replied

Tool to batch mark bookings or enquiries as replied.

Recover Enquiry

Tool to restore an enquiry that was previously moved to the trash.

Reopen Enquiry

Tool to reopen an enquiry, changing its status to Open.

Set Availability

Updates the number of available units for a specific room type within a date range.

Subscribe to Webhook

Subscribes to a Lodgify webhook by providing a target URL and event type.

Unsubscribe Webhook

Tool to unsubscribe from a Lodgify webhook.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. OpenAI Agents 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 Lodgify tools.

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

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