Bring Referly
to CrewAI
Learn how to connect Referly to CrewAI and start using 12 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Referly MCP Server?
Connect your Referly (referly.so) account to any AI agent and take full control of your referral marketing and affiliate orchestration through natural conversation. Referly provides a powerful platform for managing partners and conversion tracking, and this integration allows you to retrieve affiliate metadata, trigger custom referral workflows, and monitor program performance directly from your chat interface.
What you can do
- Affiliate & Partner Orchestration — List all managed affiliates and retrieve detailed performance metadata, including creating new partner profiles programmatically.
- Referral & Conversion Intelligence — Track real-time conversion events and attribute sign-ups or sales to specific referral codes directly from the AI interface.
- Workflow & Automation Control — Trigger custom referral workflows and monitor their execution statuses via natural language to keep your growth loops synchronized.
- Coupon & Promo Oversight — Validate discount coupons and list active promo codes to ensure your marketing campaigns are always optimized.
- Operational Monitoring — Access analytics summaries and manage tenant metadata using simple AI commands.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Referly Tenant ID and API Key from your dashboard at referly.so
3. Start managing your growth programs from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
No more manual CSV exports or attribute hunting. Your AI acts as a dedicated growth manager or affiliate coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Growth Marketers — quickly retrieve referral stats and monitor partner performance without switching apps.
- Partnership Managers — automate the onboarding of new affiliates and track their impact via natural conversation.
- Operations Teams — streamline the retrieval of conversion metadata and monitor organizational growth health directly within the chat.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Requires name and email. Create a new affiliate
Get details for a specific affiliate
Get authenticated user profile
Get referral performance summary
Check workflow execution status
List all affiliates/partners
List all discount coupons
List automation workflows
List all referral events
Track a new referral conversion
Manually trigger a workflow
Validate a discount coupon
Why CrewAI?
When paired with CrewAI, Referly becomes a first-class tool in your multi-agent workflows. Each agent in the crew can call Referly tools autonomously, one agent queries data, another analyzes results, a third compiles reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius with zero configuration overhead.
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Multi-agent collaboration lets you decompose complex workflows into specialized roles, one agent researches, another analyzes, a third generates reports, each with access to MCP tools
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CrewAI's native MCP integration requires zero adapter code: pass Vinkius Edge URL directly in the
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Built-in task delegation and shared memory mean agents can pass context between steps without manual state management, enabling multi-hop reasoning across tool calls
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Sequential and hierarchical crew patterns map naturally to real-world workflows: enumerate subdomains → analyze DNS history → check WHOIS records → compile findings into actionable reports
Referly in CrewAI
Referly and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Referly to CrewAI through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for Referly in CrewAI
The Referly MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 12 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in CrewAI only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
Referly for CrewAI
Every tool call from CrewAI to the Referly MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can my AI automatically find if a specific discount code is valid in Referly?
Yes! Use the validate_coupon tool. Provide the promo code, and your agent will return its eligibility status and technical metadata instantly.
How do I find my Referly Tenant ID and API Key?
Log in to your Referly dashboard at referly.so, navigate to Settings > API Keys, and you will find your unique Tenant ID and secret API key there.
How does CrewAI discover and connect to MCP tools?
CrewAI connects to MCP servers lazily. when the crew starts, each agent resolves its MCP URLs and fetches the tool catalog via the standard tools/list method. This means tools are always fresh and reflect the server's current capabilities. No tool schemas need to be hardcoded.
Can different agents in the same crew use different MCP servers?
Yes. Each agent has its own mcps list, so you can assign specific servers to specific roles. For example, a reconnaissance agent might use a domain intelligence server while an analysis agent uses a vulnerability database server.
What happens when an MCP tool call fails during a crew run?
CrewAI wraps tool failures as context for the agent. The LLM receives the error message and can decide to retry with different parameters, fall back to a different tool, or mark the task as partially complete. This resilience is critical for production workflows.
Can CrewAI agents call multiple MCP tools in parallel?
CrewAI agents execute tool calls sequentially within a single reasoning step. However, you can run multiple agents in parallel using process=Process.parallel, each calling different MCP tools concurrently. This is ideal for workflows where separate data sources need to be queried simultaneously.
Can I run CrewAI crews on a schedule (cron)?
Yes. CrewAI crews are standard Python scripts, so you can invoke them via cron, Airflow, Celery, or any task scheduler. The crew.kickoff() method runs synchronously by default, making it straightforward to integrate into existing pipelines.
MCP tools not discovered
Ensure the Edge URL is correct. CrewAI connects lazily when the crew starts. check console output.
Agent not using tools
Make the task description specific. Instead of "do something", say "Use the available tools to list contacts".
Timeout errors
CrewAI has a 10s connection timeout by default. Ensure your network can reach the Edge URL.
Rate limiting or 429 errors
Vinkius enforces per-token rate limits. Check your subscription tier and request quota in the dashboard. Upgrade if you need higher throughput.