How to integrate Mailerlite MCP with Autogen

This guide walks you through connecting Mailerlite to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Mailerlite agent that can create a new subscriber group called vip customers, add a custom field for subscriber birthday, create a segment for recent e-commerce buyers through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Mailerlite account through Composio's Mailerlite 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 AutoGen agent real control over a Mailerlite account through Composio's Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite
Wire that MCP URL into Autogen using McpWorkbench and StreamableHttpServerParams
Configure an Autogen AssistantAgent that can call Mailerlite tools
Run a live chat loop where you ask the agent to perform Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Mailerlite MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Mailerlite account. It provides structured and secure access to your email marketing tools, so your agent can create campaigns, manage subscribers, automate workflows, and oversee your shop integrations with ease.

Campaign automation and workflow management: Instruct your agent to create or delete automations, streamlining your email marketing processes and ensuring timely communication with your audience.
E-commerce customer and shop integration: Let your agent create, update, or remove e-commerce customers and shops for seamless sales tracking, customer onboarding, or data syncing.
Subscriber group and segment organization: Have your agent create custom fields, new subscriber groups, or targeted segments so you can send highly personalized campaigns.
Webhook registration for real-time updates: Direct your agent to set up webhooks for specific events, enabling instant notifications and integrations with other systems as actions happen in Mailerlite.
Efficient cleanup and management: Ask your agent to delete outdated automations, customers, or shops, helping you keep your Mailerlite workspace organized and up to date.

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

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Prerequisites

You will need:

A Composio API key
An OpenAI API key (used by Autogen's OpenAIChatCompletionClient)
A Mailerlite account you can connect to Composio
Some basic familiarity with Autogen and Python async

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.

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 Mailerlite via MCP
autogen-agentchat provides the AssistantAgent class
autogen-ext-openai provides the OpenAI model client
autogen-ext-tools provides MCP workbench support

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 Mailerlite connections to use

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 Mailerlite session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["mailerlite"]
    )
    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 Mailerlite tools
session.mcp.url is the MCP endpoint that Autogen will connect to

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

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 Mailerlite assistant agent with MCP tools
    agent = AssistantAgent(
        name="mailerlite_assistant",
        description="An AI assistant that helps with Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite tools from the workbench

Run the interactive chat loop

python

print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
print("Ask any Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["mailerlite"]
    )
    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 Mailerlite assistant agent with MCP tools
        agent = AssistantAgent(
            name="mailerlite_assistant",
            description="An AI assistant that helps with Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite 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 Mailerlite, you can reuse the same structure for other MCP-enabled apps with minimal code changes.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Product to Category

Tool to add a product to a category in an e-commerce shop.

Add Subscriber To Group

Tool to assign an existing subscriber to a group.

Create automation

Create Campaign

Tool to create a new email campaign (draft) with specified type, content, and targeting.

Create E-commerce Cart Item

Tool to add an item to a shopping cart.

Create E-commerce Category

Tool to create a new product category for a shop.

Create/Update E-commerce Customer

Tool to create or update a customer record for a shop.

Create E-commerce Order

Tool to create a new order for a shop.

Create E-commerce Product

Tool to create a new product for an e-commerce shop.

Create E-commerce Shop

Tool to connect a new e-commerce shop.

Create Field

Tool to create a new custom field.

Create Group

Tool to create a new subscriber group.

Create Segment

Tool to create a new subscriber segment.

Create Subscriber

Tool to create or update (upsert) a subscriber by email.

Create Webhook

Tool to register a new webhook URL for specified event types.

Delete Automation

Tool to delete an automation workflow by ID.

Delete E-commerce Cart Item

Tool to remove an item from a cart in an e-commerce shop.

Delete E-commerce Category

Tool to delete a product category from an e-commerce shop by IDs.

Delete E-commerce Customer

Tool to delete a customer from an e-commerce shop by IDs.

Delete E-commerce Order

Tool to delete an order from a shop.

Delete E-commerce Product

Tool to delete a product from an e-commerce shop by IDs.

Delete E-commerce Shop

Tool to disconnect an e-commerce shop by ID.

Delete Field

Tool to delete a custom field.

Delete Group

Tool to delete a subscriber group by ID.

Delete Segment

Tool to delete a segment by ID.

Delete Subscriber

Tool to delete a subscriber by ID.

Delete Webhook

Tool to remove a webhook subscription by ID.

Execute Batch Request

Tool to execute multiple API requests in a single batch call (max 50 requests).

Forget Subscriber

Tool to forget a subscriber completely (GDPR compliant deletion).

Get Account Info

Tool to retrieve basic MailerLite account details.

Get Account Stats

Tool to retrieve usage statistics and performance metrics for the account.

Get Automation

Tool to retrieve details of a specific automation by ID.

Get Automation Activity

Tool to retrieve subscriber activity for a specific automation.

Get Campaign Languages

Tool to retrieve a list of all available campaign languages.

Get Campaigns

Tool to retrieve a list of all campaigns.

Get E-commerce Cart

Tool to fetch details of a specific cart by shop ID and cart ID.

Get E-commerce Cart Item

Tool to fetch details of a specific cart item by shop ID, cart ID, and item ID.

Get E-commerce Category

Tool to fetch details of a specific product category by shop and category ID.

Get E-commerce Customer

Tool to fetch details of a customer by shop and customer ID.

Get E-commerce Customers

Tool to list customers for a specific shop.

Get E-commerce Order

Tool to fetch details of a specific e-commerce order by shop ID and order ID.

Get E-commerce Product

Tool to fetch details of a specific e-commerce product by shop and product ID.

Get E-commerce Shop

Tool to fetch details of a specific e-commerce shop by ID.

Get E-commerce Shops

Tool to list all e-commerce shops connected to the account.

Get Fields

Tool to retrieve all custom fields defined in the account.

Get Group

Tool to retrieve details of a specific subscriber group by ID.

Get Groups

Tool to retrieve all subscriber groups.

Get Group Subscribers

Tool to list subscribers within a group by ID.

Get Import Status

Tool to retrieve the status and detailed report of a subscriber import operation by import ID.

Get Segment

Tool to retrieve a specific segment by ID.

Get Segments

Tool to retrieve all segments in the account.

Get Segment Subscribers

Tool to retrieve all subscribers belonging to a specific segment.

Get Subscriber

Tool to fetch a single subscriber by ID or email address.

Get Subscriber Activity

Tool to fetch the activity log for a specific subscriber.

Get Subscribers

Tool to retrieve all subscribers.

Get Subscribers Stats

Tool to get subscriber statistics for the account.

Get Webhook

Tool to retrieve details of a specific webhook by ID.

Get Webhooks

Tool to retrieve all configured webhooks.

Import E-commerce Categories

Tool to bulk import categories to an e-commerce shop.

Import E-commerce Orders

Tool to bulk import orders to an e-commerce shop.

Import E-commerce Products

Tool to bulk import products to an e-commerce shop.

Import Subscribers to Group

Tool to bulk import multiple subscribers to a specific group.

List Automations

Tool to retrieve all automations in your MailerLite account.

List E-commerce Cart Items

Tool to list all items in a specific cart for an e-commerce shop.

List E-commerce Carts

Tool to list all carts for a specific shop.

List E-commerce Categories

Tool to list all product categories for a shop.

List E-commerce Category Products

Tool to list all products in a specific e-commerce category.

List E-commerce Orders

Tool to list all orders for a specific e-commerce shop.

List E-commerce Products

Tool to list all products for a specific e-commerce shop.

List Forms

Tool to retrieve all forms of a specific type (popup, embedded, or promotion).

List Timezones

Tool to retrieve all available timezones supported by MailerLite.

Remove Product From Category

Tool to remove a product from a category in an e-commerce shop.

Remove Subscriber From Group

Tool to remove a subscriber from a group by ID.

Set Double Opt-In

Tool to enable or disable double opt-in for new subscribers.

Update E-commerce Cart

Tool to update an existing cart's checkout URL or total price.

Update E-commerce Cart Item

Tool to update a cart item's quantity or properties in an e-commerce cart.

Update E-commerce Category

Tool to update an existing product category in an e-commerce shop.

Update E-commerce Customer

Tool to update a customer's data for a shop by IDs.

Update E-commerce Order

Tool to update an existing order's status or total price in an e-commerce shop.

Update E-commerce Product

Tool to update an existing product in an e-commerce shop by IDs.

Update E-commerce Shop

Tool to update settings of a connected e-commerce shop by ID.

Update Field

Tool to update the title of an existing custom field.

Update Group

Tool to update a group's name by ID.

Update Segment

Tool to rename an existing segment by ID.

Update Subscriber

Tool to update an existing subscriber's information by ID.

Update Webhook

Tool to update an existing MailerLite webhook.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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How to integrate Mailerlite MCP with Autogen

Connect Mailerlite without auth hassles

Introduction

Also integrate Mailerlite with

TL;DR

What is AutoGen?

What is the Mailerlite 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 dependencies and create Tool Router session

Configure MCP parameters for Autogen

Create the model client and agent

Run the interactive chat loop

Complete Code

Conclusion

Supported Tools

How to build Mailerlite 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

Mastra AI

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

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Frequently asked questions

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

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Autogen?+

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

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?+

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