How to Use the Helicone (LLM Observability) MCP in Mastra AI
Build resilient observability workflows in Mastra AI with the Helicone MCP Server.
Works with every AI agent you already use
…and any MCP-compatible client
Connect Helicone (LLM Observability) MCP to Mastra AI
Create your Vinkius account to connect Helicone (LLM Observability) to Mastra AI and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.
Automated Cost and Traffic Workflows
The `query_costs` tool performs structural extraction of properties driving active Account logic to trigger conditional Mastra AI workflows. If a specific user exceeds their token budget, your agent can catch the threshold and automatically pause their access. You can pair this with traffic analysis immediately. The `query_requests` tool identifies bounded CRM records inside the Headless Helicone Platform. Mastra evaluates these records and routes high-volume traffic alerts to your engineering team with built-in exponential backoff if the notification API fails.
Latency Monitoring and Feedback Loops
The `query_latency` tool provisions a highly-available JSON payload generating hard Customer bindings for your Mastra agents. When latency spikes above a defined limit, the workflow engine automatically retries the failing models or switches to a faster provider. To close the loop, `log_feedback` identifies precise active arrays spanning native Hold parsing. Mastra captures user satisfaction scores and uses `query_feedback` to inspect deep internal arrays mitigating specific Plan Math, adjusting routing logic based on actual human responses.
Auditing Users and Sessions via MCP Server
The `query_users` tool dispatches an automated validation check routing explicit Gateway history to audit suspicious activity. Your Mastra AI agent runs this step on a schedule, checking for anomalies in user behavior across your LLM endpoints. For deeper investigations, `query_sessions` enumerates explicitly attached structured rules exporting active Billing. Mastra compiles these session traces into a final report and deploys it to your cloud storage in a single command.
Set up Helicone (LLM Observability) MCP in Mastra AI
Prerequisites
- Node.js 18+ and a TypeScript project
-
@mastra/mcp+@mastra/corepackages - Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token
- 1
Install dependencies
Run
npm install @mastra/mcp @mastra/coreplus your preferred model provider (e.g.@ai-sdk/openai). - 2
Configure the MCPClient
Create an
MCPClientwith your Vinkius endpoint as aURLobject. Replace[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. - 3
Discover and inject tools
Call
mcpClient.listTools()and spread the result into your agent'stoolsobject. All Helicone (LLM Observability) tools become native Mastra tools. - 4
Run with any model
Swap
openai("gpt-4o")for any AI SDK-compatible provider. Callagent.generate()and the agent routes tool calls through MCP automatically.
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
id: "helicone-llm-observability-mcp-client",
servers: {
"helicone-llm-observability-mcp": {
url: new URL(
"https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
),
},
},
});
const agent = new Agent({
name: "Helicone (LLM Observability) Agent",
model: openai("gpt-4o"),
instructions: "You have access to Helicone (LLM Observability) tools.",
tools: {
...(await mcpClient.listTools()),
},
});
const result = await agent.generate(
"List recent Helicone (LLM Observability) transactions"
);
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