How to integrate Transloadit 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 Transloadit with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Transloadit via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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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 Transloadit with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Transloadit 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 Transloadit 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 Transloadit 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 Transloadit MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Transloadit MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Transloadit account. It provides structured and secure access to your file-processing workflows, so your agent can start processing jobs, monitor progress, review results, cancel active work, and retry failed jobs on your behalf.

  • Start file-processing workflows: Have your agent launch a workflow from configured processing steps or an existing template, with local files included when needed.
  • Monitor processing progress: Let the agent check a workflow’s latest state, uploaded files, warnings, and processing results.
  • Find previous workflows: Instruct your agent to list recent workflows and narrow them by state, date range, or keywords.
  • Cancel active processing: Direct your agent to stop a running workflow and any file upload still in progress.
  • Recover jobs and resend notifications: Have your agent retry a crashed workflow while its input files remain available, or resend the result notification for completed work.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Transloadit with OpenClaw using Composio plugin. Now interact with Transloadit 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 Transloadit 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 Transloadit 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 Transloadit action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Cancel Assembly

Cancel a running Assembly and any upload still in progress.

Create Assembly

Start a Transloadit file-processing Assembly from validated inline Steps or an existing Template, optionally uploading up to 10 local files with a 20 MiB aggregate direct-upload limit.

Get Assembly Status

Retrieve the latest state, uploads, warnings, and results for one Assembly.

List Assemblies

Return one page of Assemblies in descending creation order, optionally filtered by state, date range, or keywords.

Replay Assembly

Retry a crashed Assembly while its original input files remain recoverable, optionally reparsing its Template.

Replay Assembly Notification

Resend a completed Assembly's result notification to the notify_url configured on that Assembly.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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