How to connect Apollo MCP with VS Code

How to connect Apollo MCP with VS Code VS Code is the most popular code editor out there. With its recent AI makeover, it can do more than just help you write code. You can connect your applications to it and let LLMs automate many of the mundane tasks in your workflow. In this guide, I will explain how to connect Apollo with VS Code in the most secure and robust way possible via Composio.

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How to connect Apollo MCP with VS Code

VS Code is the most popular code editor out there. With its recent AI makeover, it can do more than just help you write code. You can connect your applications to it and let LLMs automate many of the mundane tasks in your workflow.

In this guide, I will explain how to connect Apollo with VS Code in the most secure and robust way possible via Composio.

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Why use Composio?

Composio provides:

  • Access to 1,000+ managed apps from a single MCP endpoint. This makes it convenient for agents to run cross-app workflows.
  • 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.
  • Large tool response handling outside the LLM context. This minimizes context bloat from large tool responses.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to thousands of tools across hundreds of apps. Composio loads the tools your agent needs, so LLMs are not overwhelmed by tools they do not need.

Integrate Apollo MCP with VS Code

1. Install with one click

Click the button below to add Composio to VS Code. You will be prompted to authorize. This requires VS Code 1.99+ with GitHub Copilot.

+Install in VS Code

2. Or add manually

Open or create .vscode/mcp.json in your project root and add the following configuration:

bash
{
  "servers": {
    "composio": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Authorize

Click the install button to authorize VS Code to connect to Composio. VS Code will detect OAuth and prompt you to sign in.

VS Code MCP server install screen for Composio

A browser window will open to authorize.

Composio authorization browser window

4. Authenticate Apollo and start working

Back in VS Code chat, ask the agent to connect to Apollo or give it any Apollo-related task.

For example, ask it to:

  • "Bulk enrich profiles for new leads"
  • "Add contacts to outreach sequence now"
  • "Create a new sales deal for Acme"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access to Apollo.

That is it. Composio tools are now available in VS Code, and your Apollo account is ready to use.

Way Forward

Now that Apollo is connected, extend your setup by connecting the other apps you already use every day, so your agent can run true cross-app workflows end to end.

  • Connect Calendar to turn threads into scheduled meetings automatically.
  • Connect Slack or Teams to post summaries, approvals, and alerts where your team works.
  • Connect Notion, Linear, Jira, or Asana to convert requests into tickets, tasks, and docs.
  • Connect Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive to fetch, file, and share attachments without manual steps.
  • Connect HubSpot or Salesforce to log customer context, update records, and draft follow-ups.

Start with one workflow you do repeatedly, then keep adding apps as you find new handoffs. With everything behind a single MCP endpoint, your agent can coordinate multiple tools safely and reliably in one conversation.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Contacts to Sequence

Adds contacts to a specified Apollo email sequence and returns the contact details.

Bulk organization enrichment

Enriches data for up to 10 organizations simultaneously by providing a list of their base company domains (e.

Bulk people enrichment

Use to enrich multiple person profiles simultaneously with comprehensive data from Apollo's database.

Bulk update account stage

Bulk updates the stage for specified existing Apollo.

Create an Apollo account

Creates a new account in Apollo.

Bulk create Apollo accounts

Creates multiple accounts in Apollo.

Bulk create Apollo contacts

Tool to bulk create multiple contacts in Apollo with a single API call.

Create call record in Apollo

Tool to log call records in Apollo from external systems.

Create Apollo contact

Creates a new contact in Apollo.

Create custom field

Creates a new custom field in Apollo.

Create Apollo deal

Creates a new sales opportunity (deal) in Apollo.

Create Apollo Task

Tool to create a single task in Apollo.

Get Account by ID

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific account by its Apollo ID.

Check Apollo API key status

Tool to check whether the provided Apollo API key is valid and accepted by Apollo (health/auth check).

Get Apollo Contact

Retrieves detailed information about a specific contact by its ID.

Get Apollo deal

Retrieves information about a specific deal by its ID.

Get Labels

Retrieves all labels from Apollo.

Get opportunity stages

Retrieves all configured opportunity (deal) stages from the Apollo.

Get Organization by ID

Retrieves complete information about a specific organization by its Apollo ID.

Get Organization Job Postings

Retrieves paginated job postings for a specified organization by its ID, optionally filtering by domain; ensure `organization_id` is a valid identifier.

Get typed custom fields

Retrieves all typed custom field definitions available in the Apollo.

List Apollo account stages

Retrieves the IDs for all available account stages in your team's Apollo account.

List apollo contact stages

Retrieves all available contact stages from an Apollo account, including their unique IDs and names.

List Apollo deals

Retrieves a list of deals from Apollo, using Apollo's default sort order if 'sort_by_field' is omitted.

List email accounts

Retrieves all email accounts and their details for the authenticated user; takes no parameters.

List Fields

Retrieves all field definitions from Apollo.

List Apollo Users

Retrieves a list of all users (teammates) associated with the Apollo account, supporting pagination via `page` and `per_page` parameters.

Enrich organization data

Fetches comprehensive organization enrichment data from Apollo.

Search organizations in Apollo

Searches Apollo's database for organizations using various filters; consumes credits on every call (unavailable on free plans) — avoid re-running identical queries and surface quota errors rather than retrying.

Enrich person with Apollo

Enriches and retrieves information for a person from Apollo.

Apollo people search

Searches Apollo's contact database for people using various filters; results capped at 50,000 records and does not enrich contact data.

Search Apollo Accounts

Searches for accounts within your existing Apollo.

Search for Calls

Searches for call records in Apollo.

Search Apollo contacts

Searches Apollo contacts using keywords, stage IDs (from 'List Contact Stages' action), or sorting (max 50,000 records; `sort_ascending` requires `sort_by_field`).

Search news articles

Tool to search for news articles about companies in Apollo's database.

Search outreach emails

Tool to search for outreach emails sent through Apollo sequences.

Search sequences

Searches for sequences (e.

Search tasks

Searches for tasks in Apollo.

Update an Apollo account

Updates specified attributes of an existing account in Apollo.

Update account ownership

Updates the ownership of multiple Apollo accounts to a specified user.

Update Apollo call record

Tool to update an existing call record in Apollo.

Update Apollo contact details

Tool to update an existing contact's information in Apollo.

Update contact ownership

Updates the ownership of specified Apollo contacts to a given Apollo user, who must be part of the same team.

Bulk update Apollo contacts

Tool to bulk update multiple Apollo contacts with a single API call.

Update contact stage

Updates the stage for one or more existing contacts in Apollo.

Update contact status in sequence

Updates a contact's status within a designated Apollo sequence, but cannot set the status to 'active'.

Update Apollo deal

Updates specified fields of an existing Apollo.

View API Usage Stats

Fetches Apollo API usage statistics and rate limits for the connected team.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. VS 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 Apollo tools.

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

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