How to integrate Google Docs MCP with Autogen

This guide walks you through connecting Google Docs to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Google Docs agent that can create a new meeting notes document, copy last week's project summary template, add bullet points to the action items section through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Google Docs account through Composio's Google Docs MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Google Docs to AutoGen using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Google Docs agent that can create a new meeting notes document, copy last week's project summary template, add bullet points to the action items section through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your AutoGen agent real control over a Google Docs account through Composio's Google Docs MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
  • Get and set up your OpenAI and Composio API keys
  • Install the required dependencies for Autogen and Composio
  • Initialize Composio and create a Tool Router session for Google Docs
  • Wire that MCP URL into Autogen using McpWorkbench and StreamableHttpServerParams
  • Configure an Autogen AssistantAgent that can call Google Docs tools
  • Run a live chat loop where you ask the agent to perform Google Docs operations

What is AutoGen?

Autogen is a framework for building multi-agent conversational AI systems from Microsoft. It enables you to create agents that can collaborate, use tools, and maintain complex workflows.

Key features include:

  • Multi-Agent Systems: Build collaborative agent workflows
  • MCP Workbench: Native support for Model Context Protocol tools
  • Streaming HTTP: Connect to external services through streamable HTTP
  • AssistantAgent: Pre-built agent class for tool-using assistants

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

The Google Docs MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Google Docs account. It provides structured and secure access to your documents, so your agent can create, copy, edit, and organize Google Docs on your behalf.

  • Automated document creation and duplication: Let your agent generate new Google Docs from scratch or copy existing documents to quickly use templates or preserve originals.
  • Rich content editing and formatting: Direct your agent to add headers, footers, footnotes, bullet lists, and more—making it easy to update and format documents programmatically.
  • Targeted content manipulation: Have your agent delete specific content ranges, paragraphs, or sections within any document to keep your files up to date.
  • Named range management: Empower your agent to create and manage named ranges for easier referencing, collaboration, and advanced document workflows.
  • Markdown-based document generation: Allow the agent to create new Google Docs directly from markdown content, streamlining content migration from other tools or sources.

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

Composio's Composio SDK helps agents find the right tools for a task at runtime. You can plug in multiple toolkits (like Gmail, HubSpot, and GitHub), and the agent will identify the relevant app and action to complete multi-step workflows. This can reduce token usage and improve the reliability of tool calls. Read more here: Getting started with Composio SDK

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

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 step08 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

You will need:

  • A Composio API key
  • An OpenAI API key (used by Autogen's OpenAIChatCompletionClient)
  • A Google Docs account you can connect to Composio
  • Some basic familiarity with Autogen and Python async
2

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
  • Go to the OpenAI dashboard and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models, or you can connect to another model provider.
  • Keep the API key safe.
Composio API Key
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
  • Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.
3

Install dependencies

bash
pip install composio python-dotenv
pip install autogen-agentchat autogen-ext-openai autogen-ext-tools

Install Composio, Autogen extensions, and dotenv.

What's happening:

  • composio connects your agent to Google Docs via MCP
  • autogen-agentchat provides the AssistantAgent class
  • autogen-ext-openai provides the OpenAI model client
  • autogen-ext-tools provides MCP workbench support

4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-composio-api-key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
USER_ID=your-user-identifier@example.com

Create a .env file in your project folder.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY is required to talk to Composio
  • OPENAI_API_KEY is used by Autogen's OpenAI client
  • USER_ID is how Composio identifies which user's Google Docs connections to use
5

Import dependencies and create Tool Router session

python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a Google Docs session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["googledocs"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
What's happening:
  • load_dotenv() reads your .env file
  • Composio(api_key=...) initializes the SDK
  • create(...) creates a Tool Router session that exposes Google Docs tools
  • session.mcp.url is the MCP endpoint that Autogen will connect to
6

Configure MCP parameters for Autogen

python
# Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
    url=url,
    timeout=30.0,
    sse_read_timeout=300.0,
    terminate_on_close=True,
    headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
)

Autogen expects parameters describing how to talk to the MCP server. That is what StreamableHttpServerParams is for.

What's happening:

  • url points to the Tool Router MCP endpoint from Composio
  • timeout is the HTTP timeout for requests
  • sse_read_timeout controls how long to wait when streaming responses
  • terminate_on_close=True cleans up the MCP server process when the workbench is closed
7

Create the model client and agent

python
# Create model client
model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
    model="gpt-5",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
)

# Use McpWorkbench as context manager
async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
    # Create Google Docs assistant agent with MCP tools
    agent = AssistantAgent(
        name="googledocs_assistant",
        description="An AI assistant that helps with Google Docs operations.",
        model_client=model_client,
        workbench=workbench,
        model_client_stream=True,
        max_tool_iterations=10
    )

What's happening:

  • OpenAIChatCompletionClient wraps the OpenAI model for Autogen
  • McpWorkbench connects the agent to the MCP tools
  • AssistantAgent is configured with the Google Docs tools from the workbench
8

Run the interactive chat loop

python
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
print("Ask any Google Docs related question or task to the agent.\n")

# Conversation loop
while True:
    user_input = input("You: ").strip()

    if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
        print("\nGoodbye!")
        break

    if not user_input:
        continue

    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

    # Run the agent with streaming
    try:
        response_text = ""
        async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
            if hasattr(message, "content") and message.content:
                response_text = message.content

        # Print the final response
        if response_text:
            print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
        else:
            print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")
What's happening:
  • The script prompts you in a loop with You:
  • Autogen passes your input to the model, which decides which Google Docs tools to call via MCP
  • agent.run_stream(...) yields streaming messages as the agent thinks and calls tools
  • Typing exit, quit, or bye ends the loop

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Google Docs and AutoGen:

python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio

from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench, StreamableHttpServerParams

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    # Initialize Composio and create a Google Docs session
    composio = Composio(api_key=os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY"))
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=os.getenv("USER_ID"),
        toolkits=["googledocs"]
    )
    url = session.mcp.url

    # Configure MCP server parameters for Streamable HTTP
    server_params = StreamableHttpServerParams(
        url=url,
        timeout=30.0,
        sse_read_timeout=300.0,
        terminate_on_close=True,
        headers={"x-api-key": os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")}
    )

    # Create model client
    model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
        model="gpt-5",
        api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
    )

    # Use McpWorkbench as context manager
    async with McpWorkbench(server_params) as workbench:
        # Create Google Docs assistant agent with MCP tools
        agent = AssistantAgent(
            name="googledocs_assistant",
            description="An AI assistant that helps with Google Docs operations.",
            model_client=model_client,
            workbench=workbench,
            model_client_stream=True,
            max_tool_iterations=10
        )

        print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n")
        print("Ask any Google Docs related question or task to the agent.\n")

        # Conversation loop
        while True:
            user_input = input("You: ").strip()

            if user_input.lower() in ['exit', 'quit', 'bye']:
                print("\nGoodbye!")
                break

            if not user_input:
                continue

            print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

            # Run the agent with streaming
            try:
                response_text = ""
                async for message in agent.run_stream(task=user_input):
                    if hasattr(message, 'content') and message.content:
                        response_text = message.content

                # Print the final response
                if response_text:
                    print(f"Agent: {response_text}\n")
                else:
                    print("Agent: I encountered an issue processing your request.\n")

            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Agent: Sorry, I encountered an error: {str(e)}\n")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Conclusion

You now have an Autogen assistant wired into Google Docs through Composio's Tool Router and MCP. From here you can:
  • Add more toolkits to the toolkits list, for example notion or hubspot
  • Refine the agent description to point it at specific workflows
  • Wrap this script behind a UI, Slack bot, or internal tool
Once the pattern is clear for Google Docs, you can reuse the same structure for other MCP-enabled apps with minimal code changes.
TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

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

Copy Google Document

Tool to create a copy of an existing Google Document.

Create a document

Creates a new Google Docs document using the provided title as filename and inserts the initial text at the beginning if non-empty, returning the document's ID and metadata (excluding body content).

Create Document Markdown

Creates a new Google Docs document, optionally initializing it with a title and content provided as Markdown text.

Create Footer

Tool to create a new footer in a Google Document.

Create Footnote

Tool to create a new footnote in a Google Document.

Create Header

Tool to create a new header in a Google Document, optionally with text content.

Create Named Range

Tool to create a new named range in a Google Document.

Create Paragraph Bullets

Tool to add bullets to paragraphs within a specified range in a Google Document.

Delete Content Range in Document

Tool to delete a range of content from a Google Document.

Delete Footer

Tool to delete a footer from a Google Document.

Delete Header

Deletes the header from the specified section or the default header if no section is specified.

Delete Named Range

Tool to delete a named range from a Google Document.

Delete Paragraph Bullets

Tool to remove bullets from paragraphs within a specified range in a Google Document.

Delete Table Column

Tool to delete a column from a table in a Google Document.

Delete Table Row

Tool to delete a row from a table in a Google Document.

Export Google Doc as PDF

Tool to export a Google Docs file as PDF using the Google Drive API.

Get document by id

Retrieves an existing Google Document by its ID; will error if the document is not found.

Get document plain text

Retrieve a Google Doc by ID and return a best-effort plain-text rendering.

Insert Inline Image

Tool to insert an image from a given URI at a specified location in a Google Document as an inline image.

Insert Page Break

Tool to insert a page break into a Google Document.

Insert Table in Google Doc

Tool to insert a table into a Google Document.

Insert Table Column

Tool to insert a new column into a table in a Google Document.

Insert Text into Document

Tool to insert a string of text at a specified location within a Google Document.

Get Charts from Spreadsheet

Tool to retrieve a list of all charts from a specified Google Sheets spreadsheet.

Replace All Text in Document

Tool to replace all occurrences of a specified text string with another text string throughout a Google Document.

Replace Image in Document

Tool to replace a specific image in a document with a new image from a URI.

Search Documents

Search for Google Documents using various filters including name, content, date ranges, and more.

Unmerge Table Cells

Tool to unmerge previously merged cells in a table.

Update Document Markdown

Replaces the entire content of an existing Google Docs document with new Markdown text; requires edit permissions for the document.

Update Document Section Markdown

Tool to insert or replace a section of a Google Docs document with Markdown content.

Update Document Style

Tool to update the overall document style, such as page size, margins, and default text direction.

Update existing document

Applies programmatic edits, such as text insertion, deletion, or formatting, to a specified Google Doc using the `batchUpdate` API method.

Update Table Row Style

Tool to update the style of a table row in a Google Document.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Autogen 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 Google Docs tools.

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

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