OpenAI Codex MCP Server

This MCP server provides the following tools:

Local serverstdio

What is the OpenAI Codex MCP Server?

OpenAI Codex MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the tomatio13/openai-codex-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This MCP server provides the following tools”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using python. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares PATH. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the OpenAI Codex MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openai-codex": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/openai-codex-mcp/codex_server.py",
        "--mode",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PATH": "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
PATHDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation