How do I get my Appcues API Key and Secret?

You can generate API keys in the Appcues Studio. Go to **Settings > Integrations > API Keys** to create a new set of credentials.

What is my Appcues Account ID?

Your Account ID is a unique numeric identifier for your Appcues account. You can find it in the URL of your Appcues Studio (e.g., studio.appcues.com/accounts/YOUR_ID) or in your Account Settings.

Does this server support the EU region?

Yes, you can configure the `APPCUES_REGION` environment variable to `eu` if your account is hosted in the Appcues European data center.

Appcues MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 11 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Appcues
Availability: InStock
Author: Vinkius

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The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect Appcues through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.

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python

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

async def main():
    # Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
    async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as mcp_server:

        agent = Agent(
            name="Appcues Assistant",
            instructions=(
                "You help users interact with Appcues. "
                "You have access to 11 tools."
            ),
            mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
        )

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent, "List all available tools from Appcues"
        )
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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About Appcues MCP Server

The Appcues MCP Server empowers your AI agent to interact directly with your Appcues account. Whether you need to audit your current onboarding flows, manage user segments, or track real-time user activity, this integration provides a seamless natural language interface to your product experience platform.

The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 11 tools from Appcues through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries Appcues, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.

Key Features

Flow Management — List, view, publish, and unpublish flows (in-app experiences) across web and mobile.
User Segmentation — Retrieve and analyze your targeting segments to understand who is seeing your content.
Activity Tracking — Send real-time events and profile updates for immediate targeting and personalization.
Mobile Support — Access specific experiences designed for your mobile applications.
Auditing & Reporting — Quickly check account status, checklists, and experience metadata.

Benefits for Teams

Product Managers — Quickly audit which onboarding flows are active and make changes without leaving your AI workspace.
Growth Engineers — Programmatically track user events to trigger personalized in-app journeys.
Customer Success — View user profiles and segment membership to provide better support and guidance.

The Appcues MCP Server exposes 11 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to OpenAI Agents SDK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Appcues to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Appcues MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents in your Python environment

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.com

Run the script

Save the code above and run it: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent will automatically discover 11 tools from Appcues

Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the Appcues MCP Server

OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with Appcues through the Model Context Protocol.

Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety

Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure

Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate

First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output

Appcues + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the Appcues MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated workflows: build agents that query Appcues, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously

Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries Appcues, another analyzes results, a third generates reports

Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through Appcues tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop

Customer support bots: agents query Appcues to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention

Appcues MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (11)

These 11 tools become available when you connect Appcues to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP:

get_account_details

Verify Appcues account connection

get_flow

Get details for a specific flow

get_segment

Get details for a specific segment

get_user_profile

Retrieve the profile of a specific user

list_checklists

List all checklists configured in the account

list_flows

List all Appcues flows (experiences) for the account

list_mobile_experiences

List mobile-specific experiences

list_segments

List all user segments defined in Appcues

publish_flow

Publish a draft flow

track_user_activity

Use JSON strings for profileUpdate and events. Track real-time events and profile updates for a user

unpublish_flow

Unpublish an active flow

Example Prompts for Appcues in OpenAI Agents SDK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with Appcues immediately.

"List all my active Appcues flows."

"Track a 'clicked_checkout' event for user 'user_123'."

"Show me the details of the segment with ID '998877'."

Troubleshooting Appcues MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK

Common issues when connecting Appcues to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCPServerStreamableHttp not found

Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents

Agent not calling tools

Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.

Appcues + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ

Common questions about integrating Appcues MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?

Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.