How to integrate SNCF MCP with OpenClaw

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access SNCF with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on SNCF via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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SNCF is France's national railway service for passenger train journeys, stations, schedules, and live travel information. It gives developers reliable rail data for route planning, station lookup, and service-status checks.

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Introduction

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access SNCF with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on SNCF via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • 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.

How to install SNCF with OpenClaw

Using Composio API Key and Setup Prompt

Copy the setup prompt from the OpenClaw dashboard
  • Run it in your OpenClaw chat interface.
  • Authenticate SNCF from the dashboard
  • Go back to your OpenClaw interface and start asking questions.

Using OpenClaw/Composio Plugin

1. Install OpenClaw Composio plugin

bash
openclaw plugins install @composio/openclaw-plugin

2. Copy the API Key from dashboard.composio.dev

3. Setup OpenClaw Config

bash
openclaw config set plugins.entries.composio.config.consumerKey "ck_your_key_here"

4. Restart OpenClaw

bash
openclaw gateway restart

5. Go to your chat interface and start asking questions.

6. When prompted, authenticate the app and you're all set.

How It Works

The plugin connects to Composio's MCP server at https://connect.composio.dev/mcp and registers all available tools directly into the OpenClaw agent. Tools are called by name — no extra search or execute steps needed.

If a tool returns an auth error, the agent will prompt you to connect that toolkit at dashboard.composio.dev.

Configuration

bash
{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "composio": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "consumerKey": "ck_your_key_here"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
OptionDescriptionDefault
enabledEnable or disable the plugintrue
consumerKeyYour Composio consumer key (ck_...)—
mcpUrlMCP server URL (advanced)https://connect.composio.dev/mcp

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

The SNCF MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your SNCF account. It provides structured and secure access to SNCF passenger information, so your agent can plan journeys, find stations, check schedules, monitor service disruptions, and explore the transport network on your behalf.

  • Journey planning: Have your agent plan train journeys between stations or locations for a chosen departure or arrival time.
  • Station and place discovery: Let the agent search for stations, addresses, administrative areas, and points of interest by name or find nearby stops from a location.
  • Live station boards: Direct your agent to check upcoming departures or arrivals, including scheduled times, real-time updates, and disruption details.
  • Service status monitoring: Instruct your agent to review current disruptions and identify the affected lines, stations, or train journeys within a selected time window.
  • Transport network exploration: Have your agent browse or search SNCF networks, lines, routes, stations, transport modes, operators, and train journeys, and check the available coverage period.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated SNCF with OpenClaw using Composio plugin. Now interact with SNCF directly from your terminal, Web UI, or any messenger app using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across TUI, Web UIs, and Messenger apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
  • Natural language commands for SNCF operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • Programmatic tool calling for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking OpenClaw to perform various SNCF operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits like Calendar, Slack, Notion, etc.
  • Build complex automation scripts that leverage OpenClaw's 24/7 running capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Find Nearby Places

Find SNCF stations, stops, or points of interest near a geographic coordinate.

Get Service Status

Get SNCF network service disruptions and affected lines, stations, or vehicle journeys for a time window.

Get Station Board

Get upcoming departures or arrivals for an SNCF station, including scheduled and realtime times and disruption context.

Get Transport Object

Get details for one SNCF network, line, route, station, stop, mode, company, or vehicle journey by canonical ID.

Get SNCF Coverage

Get the SNCF transport-data coverage region and its current production horizon.

List Transport Objects

Browse one supported SNCF transport-object collection, such as lines, networks, routes, stations, or vehicle journeys.

Plan Journey

Plan SNCF train journeys between two station/place IDs or coordinates for a requested departure or arrival time.

Search Places

Find SNCF stations, addresses, administrative areas, or points of interest by name and return IDs usable for journeys and station boards.

Search Transport Objects

Search SNCF networks, modes, lines, routes, stations, or stop points by name and return canonical transport-object IDs.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. OpenClaw 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 SNCF tools.

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

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