Composio

Composio is an integration platform that provides access to 500+ tools across popular applications like GitHub, Slack, Notion, and more. It enables AI agents to interact with external services through a unified API, handling authentication, permissions, and event-driven workflows.

Overview

Integration details

Class	Package	Serializable	Python support	Version
Composio	@composio/langchain	❌	✅

Tool features

500+ Tool Access: Pre-built integrations for GitHub, Slack, Gmail, Jira, Notion, and more
Authentication Management: Handles OAuth flows, API keys, and authentication state
Event-Driven Workflows: Trigger agents based on external events (new Slack messages, GitHub issues, etc.)
Fine-Grained Permissions: Control tool access and data exposure per user
Custom Tool Support: Add proprietary APIs and internal tools

Setup

The integration lives in the @composio/langchain package.

npm install @composio/langchain @composio/core

Or using other package managers:

yarn add @composio/langchain @composio/core
# or
pnpm add @composio/langchain @composio/core

Credentials

You’ll need a Composio API key. Sign up for free at composio.dev to get your API key.

Set API key

import * as dotenv from 'dotenv';
dotenv.config();

// Set your Composio API key
process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY = 'your_api_key_here';

It’s also helpful to set up LangSmith for tracing:

Enable tracing

// process.env.LANGSMITH_API_KEY = 'your_langsmith_key';
// process.env.LANGSMITH_TRACING = 'true';

Instantiation

Initialize Composio with the LangChain provider and get tools from specific toolkits. Each toolkit represents a service (e.g., GitHub, Slack) with multiple tools (actions you can perform).

Initialize Composio

import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { LangchainProvider } from '@composio/langchain';

// Initialize Composio with LangChain provider
const composio = new Composio({
    apiKey: process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY,
    provider: new LangchainProvider(),
});

// Get tools from specific toolkits
const tools = await composio.tools.get('default', 'GITHUB');

console.log(`Loaded ${tools.length} tools from GitHub toolkit`);

Available toolkits

Composio provides toolkits for various services: Productivity: GitHub, Slack, Gmail, Jira, Notion, Asana, Trello, ClickUp Communication: Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams Development: GitLab, Bitbucket, Linear, Sentry Data & Analytics: Google Sheets, Airtable, HubSpot, Salesforce And 100+ more…

Invocation

Get tools from multiple toolkits

You can load tools from multiple services:

// Get tools from multiple toolkits
const tools = await composio.tools.get('default', ['GITHUB', 'SLACK', 'GMAIL']);

Get specific tools

Instead of entire toolkits, you can load specific tools:

// Get specific tools by name
const tools = await composio.tools.get('default', {
    tools: ['GITHUB_CREATE_ISSUE', 'SLACK_SEND_MESSAGE']
});

User-specific tools

Composio supports multi-user scenarios with user-specific authentication:

// Get tools for a specific user
// This user must have authenticated their accounts first
const tools = await composio.tools.get('user_123', 'GITHUB');

Use within an agent

Here’s a complete example using Composio tools with a LangGraph agent to interact with HackerNews:

import { ChatOpenAI } from '@langchain/openai';
import { HumanMessage, AIMessage } from '@langchain/core/messages';
import { ToolNode } from '@langchain/langgraph/prebuilt';
import { StateGraph, MessagesAnnotation } from '@langchain/langgraph';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { LangchainProvider } from '@composio/langchain';

// Initialize Composio
const composio = new Composio({
    apiKey: process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY,
    provider: new LangchainProvider(),
});

// Fetch the tools
console.log('🔄 Fetching the tools...');
const tools = await composio.tools.get('default', 'HACKERNEWS_GET_USER');

// Define the tools for the agent to use
const toolNode = new ToolNode(tools);

// Create a model and give it access to the tools
const model = new ChatOpenAI({
    model: 'gpt-5',
}).bindTools(tools);

// Define the function that determines whether to continue or not
function shouldContinue({ messages }: typeof MessagesAnnotation.State) {
    const lastMessage = messages[messages.length - 1] as AIMessage;

    // If the LLM makes a tool call, then we route to the "tools" node
    if (lastMessage.tool_calls?.length) {
        return 'tools';
    }

    // Otherwise, we stop (reply to the user)
    return '__end__';
}

// Define the function that calls the model
async function callModel(state: typeof MessagesAnnotation.State) {
    console.log('🔄 Calling the model...');
    const response = await model.invoke(state.messages);
    return { messages: [response] };
}

// Define a new graph
const workflow = new StateGraph(MessagesAnnotation)
    .addNode('agent', callModel)
    .addEdge('__start__', 'agent')
    .addNode('tools', toolNode)
    .addEdge('tools', 'agent')
    .addConditionalEdges('agent', shouldContinue);

// Compile the graph
const app = workflow.compile();

// Use the agent
const finalState = await app.invoke({
    messages: [new HumanMessage('Find the details of the user `pg` on HackerNews')]
});

console.log('✅ Message received from the model');
console.log(finalState.messages[finalState.messages.length - 1].content);

// Continue the conversation
const nextState = await app.invoke({
    messages: [...finalState.messages, new HumanMessage('what about haxzie')]
});

console.log('✅ Message received from the model');
console.log(nextState.messages[nextState.messages.length - 1].content);

Using with GitHub toolkit

Here’s an example that stars a GitHub repository:

import { ChatOpenAI } from '@langchain/openai';
import { createReactAgent } from '@langchain/langgraph/prebuilt';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { LangchainProvider } from '@composio/langchain';

// Initialize Composio
const composio = new Composio({
    apiKey: process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY,
    provider: new LangchainProvider(),
});

// Get GitHub tools
const tools = await composio.tools.get('default', 'GITHUB');

// Create model
const model = new ChatOpenAI({
    model: 'gpt-5',
});

// Create agent
const agent = createReactAgent({
    llm: model,
    tools: tools,
});

// Execute task
const result = await agent.invoke({
    messages: [
        {
            role: 'user',
            content: 'Star the repository composiohq/composio on GitHub'
        }
    ]
});

console.log(result.messages[result.messages.length - 1].content);

Authentication setup

Before using tools that require authentication, users need to connect their accounts:

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

const composio = new Composio({
    apiKey: process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY
});

// Get authentication URL for a user
const authConnection = await composio.integrations.create({
    userId: 'user_123',
    integration: 'github'
});

console.log(`Authenticate at: ${authConnection.redirectUrl}`);

// After authentication, the user's connected account will be available
// and tools will work with their credentials

Multi-user scenarios

For applications with multiple users:

// Each user authenticates their own accounts
const toolsUser1 = await composio.tools.get('user_1', 'GITHUB');
const toolsUser2 = await composio.tools.get('user_2', 'GITHUB');

// Tools will use the respective user's credentials
// User 1's agent will act on User 1's GitHub account
const agent1 = createAgent(model, toolsUser1);

// User 2's agent will act on User 2's GitHub account
const agent2 = createAgent(model, toolsUser2);

Event-driven workflows

Composio supports triggering agents based on external events. When events occur in connected apps (like new GitHub commits or Slack messages), triggers automatically send structured payloads to your application.

Creating a trigger

First, create a trigger for the events you want to monitor:

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

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
const userId = 'user_123';

// Check what configuration is required for the trigger
const triggerType = await composio.triggers.getType('GITHUB_COMMIT_EVENT');
console.log(triggerType.config);

// Create trigger with required configuration
const trigger = await composio.triggers.create(
    userId,
    'GITHUB_COMMIT_EVENT',
    {
        triggerConfig: {
            owner: 'composiohq',
            repo: 'composio'
        }
    }
);

console.log(`Trigger created: ${trigger.triggerId}`);

Subscribing to triggers (Development)

For local development and prototyping, you can subscribe directly to triggers:

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

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });

// Subscribe to trigger events
composio.triggers.subscribe(
    (data) => {
        console.log(`New commit detected:`, data);
        // Process the event with your agent
        // ... invoke your agent with the task
    },
    {
        triggerId: 'your_trigger_id',
        // You can also filter by:
        // userId: 'user@acme.com',
        // toolkits: ['github', 'slack'],
        // triggerSlug: ["GITHUB_COMMIT_EVENT"],
        // authConfigId: "ac_1234567890"
    }
);

// Note: For production, use webhooks instead

Type-safe trigger handling

For better type safety, define payload types:

import { TriggerEvent } from '@composio/core';

// Define type-safe payload
export type GitHubStarAddedEventPayload = {
    action: 'created';
    repository_id: number;
    repository_name: string;
    repository_url: string;
    starred_at: string;
    starred_by: string;
};

// Type-safe handler
function handleGitHubStarAddedEvent(event: TriggerEvent<GitHubStarAddedEventPayload>) {
    console.log(`⭐ ${event.data.repository_name} starred by ${event.data.starred_by}`);
}

Webhooks (Production)

For production, configure webhooks in the Composio dashboard:

import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';

export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
    if (req.method !== 'POST') {
        return res.status(405).json({ error: 'Method not allowed' });
    }

    try {
        const payload = req.body;

        console.log('Received trigger event:', payload);

        // Process the event with your agent
        if (payload.triggerSlug === 'GITHUB_COMMIT_EVENT') {
            const commitData = payload.payload;
            // ... invoke your agent with commitData
        }

        res.status(200).json({ status: 'success' });
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error processing webhook:', error);
        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Internal server error' });
    }
}

For more details, see the Composio Triggers documentation

Advanced features

Custom tools

Composio allows you to create custom tools that can be used alongside built-in tools. There are two types:

Standalone tools

Simple tools that don’t require authentication:

import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { z } from 'zod';

const composio = new Composio({
    apiKey: process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY
});

const tool = await composio.tools.createCustomTool({
    slug: 'CALCULATE_SQUARE',
    name: 'Calculate Square',
    description: 'Calculates the square of a number',
    inputParams: z.object({
        number: z.number().describe('The number to calculate the square of'),
    }),
    execute: async input => {
        const { number } = input;
        return {
            data: { result: number * number },
            error: null,
            successful: true,
        };
    },
});

// Use with your agent
const allTools = [...tools, tool];

Toolkit-based tools

Tools that require authentication and can use toolkit credentials:

import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { z } from 'zod';

const composio = new Composio({
    apiKey: process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY
});

const tool = await composio.tools.createCustomTool({
    slug: 'GITHUB_STAR_COMPOSIOHQ_REPOSITORY',
    name: 'Github star composio repositories',
    toolkitSlug: 'github',
    description: 'Star any specified repo of `composiohq` user',
    inputParams: z.object({
        repository: z.string().describe('The repository to star'),
        page: z.number().optional().describe('Pagination page number'),
        customHeader: z.string().optional().describe('Custom header'),
    }),
    execute: async (input, connectionConfig, executeToolRequest) => {
        // This method makes authenticated requests to the relevant API
        // Composio will automatically inject the baseURL
        const result = await executeToolRequest({
            endpoint: `/user/starred/composiohq/${input.repository}`,
            method: 'PUT',
            body: {},
            // Add custom headers or query parameters
            parameters: [
                // Add query parameters
                {
                    name: 'page',
                    value: input.page?.toString() || '1',
                    in: 'query',
                },
                // Add custom headers
                {
                    name: 'x-custom-header',
                    value: input.customHeader || 'default-value',
                    in: 'header',
                },
            ],
        });
        return result;
    },
});

Execute custom tools:

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

const composio = new Composio({
    apiKey: process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY
});

const result = await composio.tools.execute('TOOL_SLUG', {
    arguments: {
        // Tool input parameters
    },
    userId: 'user-id',
    connectedAccountId: 'optional-account-id', // Required for toolkit-based tools
});

For more details, see the Composio Custom Tools documentation

Fine-grained permissions

Control what actions tools can perform:

// Get tools with specific permissions
const tools = await composio.tools.get('default', 'GITHUB', {
    // Limit to read-only operations
    permissions: ['read']
});

API reference

For detailed documentation of all Composio features and configurations, visit:

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Overview

Integration details

Tool features

Setup

Credentials

Instantiation

Available toolkits

Invocation

Get tools from multiple toolkits

Get specific tools

User-specific tools

Use within an agent

Using with GitHub toolkit

Authentication setup

Multi-user scenarios

Event-driven workflows

Creating a trigger

Subscribing to triggers (Development)

Type-safe trigger handling

Webhooks (Production)

Advanced features

Custom tools

Standalone tools

Toolkit-based tools

Fine-grained permissions

API reference

Popular Providers

General integrations

RAG integrations

​Overview

​Integration details

​Tool features

​Setup

​Credentials

​Instantiation

​Available toolkits

​Invocation

​Get tools from multiple toolkits

​Get specific tools

​User-specific tools

​Use within an agent

​Using with GitHub toolkit

​Authentication setup

​Multi-user scenarios

​Event-driven workflows

​Creating a trigger

​Subscribing to triggers (Development)

​Type-safe trigger handling

​Webhooks (Production)

​Advanced features

​Custom tools

​Standalone tools

​Toolkit-based tools

​Fine-grained permissions

​API reference

Overview

Integration details

Tool features

Setup

Credentials

Instantiation

Available toolkits

Invocation

Get tools from multiple toolkits

Get specific tools

User-specific tools

Use within an agent

Using with GitHub toolkit

Authentication setup

Multi-user scenarios

Event-driven workflows

Creating a trigger

Subscribing to triggers (Development)

Type-safe trigger handling

Webhooks (Production)

Advanced features

Custom tools

Standalone tools

Toolkit-based tools

Fine-grained permissions

API reference