How to integrate Openai MCP with Claude Code

Manage your Openai directly from Claude Code with zero worries about OAuth hassles, API-breaking issues, or reliability and security concerns. You can do this in two different ways: Via Composio Connect - Direct and easiest approach Via Composio SDK - Programmatic approach with more control

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Introduction

Manage your Openai directly from Claude Code with zero worries about OAuth hassles, API-breaking issues, or reliability and security concerns.

You can do this in two different ways:

  1. Via Composio Connect - Direct and easiest approach
  2. Via Composio SDK - Programmatic approach with more control

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Why use Composio?

  • Only one MCP URL to connect multiple apps with Claude Code with zero auth hassles.
  • Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

Connecting Openai to Claude Code using Composio

1. Add the Composio MCP to Claude

Terminal

2. Start Claude Code

bash
claude

3. Open your MCP list

bash
/mcp

4. Select Composio and click on Authenticate

Select Composio and click Authenticate

5. This will redirect you to the Composio OAuth page. Complete the flow by authorizing Composio and you're all set.

Composio OAuth authorization page
Composio authorization complete
Ask Claude to connect to your account and authenticate via the link

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

The Openai MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your OpenAI account. It provides structured and secure access to your models, assistants, files, threads, and fine-tuning jobs, so your agent can perform actions like managing assistants, handling conversations, uploading or organizing files, and working with OpenAI models on your behalf.

  • Assistant and conversation management: Quickly create, update, or delete OpenAI assistants and manage threads or messages for seamless conversational flows.
  • File uploads and organization: Let your agent upload new files, list all uploaded documents, or delete unnecessary files to keep your workspace tidy.
  • Model discovery and utilization: Effortlessly list all available OpenAI models—including vision and multimodal—and retrieve their details to choose the best fit for your tasks.
  • Fine-tuning job insights: View a complete list of your organization's fine-tune jobs and track their progress or review results as needed.
  • Thread and run management: Create, modify, or inspect threads and run steps to fully control and monitor interactive agent conversations.

Connecting Openai via Composio SDK

Composio SDK is the underlying tech that powers Rube. It's a universal gateway that does everything Rube does but with much more programmatic control. You can programmatically generate an MCP URL with the app you need (here Openai) for even more tool search precision. It's secure and reliable.

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 step10 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Claude Pro, Max, or API billing enabled Anthropic account
  • Composio API Key
  • A Openai account
  • Basic knowledge of Python or TypeScript
2

Install Claude Code

bash
# macOS, Linux, WSL
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

# Windows PowerShell
irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex

# Windows CMD
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd && del install.cmd

To install Claude Code, use one of the following methods based on your operating system:

3

Set up Claude Code

bash
cd your-project-folder
claude

Open a terminal, go to your project folder, and start Claude Code:

  • Claude Code will open in your terminal
  • Follow the prompts to sign in with your Anthropic account
  • Complete the authentication flow
  • Once authenticated, you can start using Claude Code
Claude Code initial setup showing sign-in prompt
Claude Code terminal after successful login
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here

Create a .env file in your project root with the following variables:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio (get it from Composio dashboard)
  • USER_ID identifies the user for session management (use any unique identifier)
5

Install Composio library

npm install @composio/core dotenv

Install the Composio TypeScript library to create MCP sessions.

  • @composio/core provides the core Composio functionality
  • dotenv loads environment variables from your .env file
6

Generate Composio MCP URL

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

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 composioClient = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

const composioSession = await composioClient.create(USER_ID, {
  toolkits: ['openai'],
});

const composioMcpUrl = composioSession?.mcp.url;

console.log(`MCP URL: ${composioMcpUrl}`);
console.log(`\nUse this command to add to Claude Code:`);
console.log(`claude mcp add --transport http openai-composio "${composioMcpUrl}" --headers "X-API-Key:${COMPOSIO_API_KEY}"`);

Create a script to generate a Composio MCP URL for Openai. This URL will be used to connect Claude Code to Openai.

What's happening

  • We import the Composio client and load environment variables
  • Create a Composio instance with your API key
  • Call create() to create a Tool Router session for Openai
  • The returned mcp.url is the MCP server URL that Claude Code will use
  • The script prints this URL so you can copy it
7

Run the script and copy the MCP URL

node --loader ts-node/esm generate_mcp_url.ts
# or if using tsx
tsx generate_mcp_url.ts

Run your TypeScript script to generate the MCP URL.

  • The script connects to Composio and creates a Tool Router session
  • It prints the MCP URL and the exact command you need to run
  • Copy the entire claude mcp add command from the output
8

Add Openai MCP to Claude Code

bash
claude mcp add --transport http openai-composio "YOUR_MCP_URL_HERE" --headers "X-API-Key:YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY"

# Then restart Claude Code
exit
claude

In your terminal, add the MCP server using the command from the previous step. The command format is:

  • claude mcp add registers a new MCP server with Claude Code
  • --transport http specifies that this is an HTTP-based MCP server
  • The server name (openai-composio) is how you'll reference it
  • The URL points to your Composio Tool Router session
  • --headers includes your Composio API key for authentication

After running the command, close the current Claude Code session and start a new one for the changes to take effect.

9

Verify the installation

bash
claude mcp list

Check that your Openai MCP server is properly configured.

  • This command lists all MCP servers registered with Claude Code
  • You should see your openai-composio entry in the list
  • This confirms that Claude Code can now access Openai tools

If everything is wired up, you should see your openai-composio entry listed:

Claude Code MCP list showing the toolkit MCP server
10

Authenticate Openai

The first time you try to use Openai tools, you'll be prompted to authenticate.

  • Claude Code will detect that you need to authenticate with Openai
  • It will show you an authentication link
  • Open the link in your browser (or copy/paste it)
  • Complete the Openai authorization flow
  • Return to the terminal and start using Openai through Claude Code

Once authenticated, you can ask Claude Code to perform Openai operations in natural language. For example:

  • "List all available OpenAI models"
  • "Upload a file for fine-tuning"
  • "Create a new assistant with GPT-4"

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Openai and Claude Code:

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

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 composioClient = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

const composioSession = await composioClient.create(USER_ID, {
  toolkits: ['openai'],
});

const composioMcpUrl = composioSession?.mcp.url;

console.log(`MCP URL: ${composioMcpUrl}`);
console.log(`\nUse this command to add to Claude Code:`);
console.log(`claude mcp add --transport http openai-composio "${composioMcpUrl}" --headers "X-API-Key:${COMPOSIO_API_KEY}"`);

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Openai with Claude Code using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Openai directly from your terminal using natural language commands.

Key features of this setup:

  • Terminal-native experience without switching contexts
  • Natural language commands for Openai operations
  • Secure authentication through Composio's managed MCP
  • Tool Router for dynamic tool discovery and execution

Next steps:

  • Try asking Claude Code to perform various Openai operations
  • Add more toolkits to your Tool Router session for multi-app workflows
  • Integrate this setup into your development workflow for increased productivity

You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom workflows, or building automation scripts that leverage Claude Code's capabilities.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Upload Part

Tool to add a part (chunk of bytes) to an Upload object.

Cancel batch

Tool to cancel an in-progress batch.

Cancel evaluation run

Tool to cancel an ongoing evaluation run.

Cancel Response

Tool to cancel a background model response by its ID.

Cancel Run

Tool to cancel a run that is currently in progress.

Cancel upload

Tool to cancel an upload.

Compact Response

Tool to compact a conversation or response to reduce token usage.

Create Audio Transcription

Tool to transcribe audio files to text via OpenAI Audio Transcriptions API.

Create Audio Translation

Tool to translate audio files to English text via OpenAI Audio Translations API.

Create Batch

Tool to create and execute a batch from an uploaded file of requests.

Create Chat Completion

Tool to create a chat completion response from OpenAI models.

Create Completion (Legacy)

Tool to generate text completions using OpenAI's legacy Completions API.

Create Container

Tool to create a new container with configurable memory, expiration, file access, and network policies.

Create Container File

Tool to create a file in a container.

Create Conversation

Tool to create a new conversation for multi-turn interactions.

Create Conversation Items

Tool to create items in a conversation with the given ID.

Create Embeddings

Tool to generate text embeddings via the OpenAI embeddings endpoint.

Create Eval

Tool to create an evaluation structure for testing a model's performance.

Create Evaluation Run

Tool to create a new evaluation run for testing model configurations.

Create fine-tuning job

Tool to create a fine-tuning job which begins the process of creating a new model from a given dataset.

Generate Image

Tool to generate an image via the OpenAI Images API and return hosted image asset URL and metadata.

Edit Image

Tool to create edited or extended images via OpenAI Images Edit API.

Create Image Variation

Tool to create a variation of a given image using the OpenAI Images API.

Create Message

Tool to create a new message in a specific thread.

Create Moderation

Tool to classify text and/or image inputs for potentially harmful content via the OpenAI Moderation API.

Create Realtime Call

Tool to create a Realtime API call over WebRTC and receive the SDP answer needed to complete the peer connection.

Create Realtime Client Secret

Tool to create an ephemeral client secret for authenticating Realtime API connections.

Create Realtime Session

Tool to create an ephemeral API token for client-side Realtime API applications.

Create Realtime Transcription Session

Tool to create an ephemeral API token for realtime transcriptions via the Realtime API.

Create Response

Tool to generate a one-shot model response via the Responses API.

Create Run

Tool to create a run on a thread with an assistant.

Create Skill

Tool to create a skill from uploaded files.

Create Speech (TTS)

Tool to generate text-to-speech audio using OpenAI's Audio API.

Create Thread

Tool to create a new thread.

Create Thread And Run

Tool to create a thread and run it in one request.

Create Upload

Tool to create an intermediate Upload object for large file uploads.

Create Vector Store

Tool to create a new vector store.

Create Vector Store File

Tool to create a vector store file by attaching a File to a vector store.

Create vector store file batch

Tool to create a vector store file batch.

Create Video

Tool to create a video using Sora models via the OpenAI Videos API.

Create Video Remix

Tool to create a video remix from an existing generated video using OpenAI's Video API.

Delete assistant

Tool to delete a specific assistant by its ID.

Delete chat completion

Tool to delete a stored chat completion by its ID.

Delete container

Tool to delete a specific container by its ID.

Delete container file

Tool to delete a file from a container.

Delete conversation

Tool to delete a conversation by its ID.

Delete conversation item

Tool to delete an item from a conversation with the given IDs.

Delete evaluation

Tool to delete a specific evaluation by its ID.

Delete evaluation run

Tool to delete an evaluation run.

Delete file

Tool to delete a file by its ID after confirming the target.

Delete message

Tool to delete a message from a thread.

Delete response

Tool to delete a model response with the given ID.

Delete skill

Tool to delete a specific skill by its ID.

Delete thread

Tool to delete a thread by its ID.

Delete Vector Store

Tool to delete a vector store.

Delete Vector Store File

Tool to delete a vector store file.

Delete video

Tool to delete a video by its ID.

Download file

Tool to download the contents of a specified file by its ID.

Download Video Content

Tool to download video content (MP4) or preview assets from OpenAI Videos API.

Get Chat Completion

Tool to retrieve a stored chat completion.

Get Chat Completion Messages

Tool to retrieve messages from a stored chat completion.

Get ChatKit thread

Tool to retrieve a ChatKit thread by its ID.

Get Conversation Item

Tool to retrieve a single item from a conversation.

Get Eval

Tool to retrieve an evaluation by ID.

Get Evaluation Run

Tool to retrieve an evaluation run by ID to check status and results.

Get Eval Run Output Item

Tool to retrieve a specific output item from an evaluation run by its ID.

Get eval run output items

Tool to get a list of output items for an evaluation run.

Get Evaluation Runs

Tool to get a paginated list of runs for an evaluation.

Get Input Token Counts

Tool to calculate input token counts for OpenAI API requests.

Get Message

Tool to retrieve a specific message from a thread by its ID.

Get Response

Tool to retrieve a model response by ID.

Get Run Step

Tool to retrieve a specific run step from an Assistants API run to inspect detailed execution progress, view tool calls, or check message creation.

Get Vector Store

Tool to retrieve a vector store by its ID.

Get Vector Store File

Tool to retrieve a file from a vector store.

Get Vector Store File Batch

Tool to retrieve a vector store file batch.

Get Video

Tool to retrieve a video generation job by its unique identifier.

List Assistants

Tool to list assistants to discover the correct assistant_id by name or metadata.

List Batches

Tool to list your organization's batches.

List Chat Completions

Tool to list stored chat completions that were created with the `store` parameter set to true.

List ChatKit thread items

Tool to list ChatKit thread items.

List container files

Tool to list files in a container.

List Containers

Tool to list containers.

List Conversation Items

Tool to list all items for a conversation with the given ID.

List engines

Tool to list available engines and their basic information.

List Evals

Tool to list evaluations for a project.

List files

Tool to retrieve a list of files uploaded to your organization/project context.

List Files in Vector Store Batch

Tool to list vector store files in a batch.

List fine-tunes

Tool to list your organization's fine-tuning jobs.

List fine-tuning job events

Tool to get status updates for a fine-tuning job.

List fine-tuning job checkpoints

Tool to list checkpoints for a fine-tuning job.

List Input Items

Tool to retrieve input items for a given response from the OpenAI Responses API.

List Messages

Tool to list messages in an Assistants thread to fetch the assistant's generated outputs after a run completes.

List models

Tool to list available models scoped to the current account/organization — some public models may be absent due to permissions.

List Runs

Tool to list runs belonging to a thread.

List Run Steps

Tool to list run steps for an Assistants API run to track detailed execution progress, inspect tool calls, and view message creation events.

List Skills

Tool to list skills.

List ChatKit Threads

Tool to list ChatKit threads with pagination and filtering.

List Vector Store Files

Tool to list files in a vector store.

List Vector Stores

Tool to list vector stores to discover available vector stores by name or metadata.

List Videos

Tool to list all video generation jobs.

Modify Assistant

Tool to modify an existing assistant.

Modify Message

Tool to modify an existing message's metadata in a thread.

Modify Run

Tool to modify a run's metadata.

Modify thread

Tool to modify an existing thread's metadata.

Modify Vector Store

Tool to modify an existing vector store.

Retrieve assistant

Tool to retrieve details of a specific assistant.

Retrieve Batch

Tool to retrieve a batch by ID to check its status, progress, and results.

Retrieve container

Tool to retrieve details of a specific container by its ID.

Retrieve container file

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific file in a container.

Retrieve container file content

Tool to retrieve the content of a file within a container.

Retrieve engine

Tool to retrieve details of a specific engine.

Retrieve file

Tool to retrieve information about a specific file.

Retrieve fine-tuning job

Tool to retrieve information about a fine-tuning job.

Retrieve model

Tool to retrieve details of a specific model, confirming its metadata (ownership, created date) and verifying access under your org — a model appearing in OPENAI_LIST_MODELS does not guarantee access.

Retrieve run

Tool to retrieve an Assistants run by ID to check status, errors, and usage.

Retrieve thread

Tool to retrieve metadata of a specific thread by its ID — does not include message bodies or assistant replies (those require a completed run and separate message listing).

Retrieve Vector Store File Content

Tool to retrieve the parsed contents of a vector store file.

Run grader

Tool to run a grader to evaluate model performance on a given sample.

Search Vector Store

Tool to search a vector store for relevant chunks based on a query and file attributes filter.

Submit Tool Outputs to Run

Tool to submit tool call outputs to continue a run that requires action.

Update Chat Completion

Tool to update metadata for a stored chat completion.

Update Conversation

Tool to update a conversation's metadata.

Update Eval

Tool to update certain properties of an evaluation (name and metadata).

Update Vector Store File Attributes

Tool to update custom attributes on a vector store file.

Upload file

Tool to upload a file for use across OpenAI endpoints.

Validate grader configuration

Tool to validate a grader configuration for fine-tuning jobs.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Claude Code 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 Openai tools.

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

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