Ask Codex MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

    const childProcess = spawn(command, safeArgs, {

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

      run: sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y -qq zsh
    - name: Run test batch ${{ matrix.batch }}/5

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add ask-codex -- npx -y @ask-llm/codex-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-codex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/codex-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.ask-codex]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ask-llm/codex-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-codex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/codex-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "ask-codex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/codex-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS (Timeout for Codex CLI execution in milliseconds (default: 300000 = 5 minutes)), GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL (Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error (default: warn)).