Codex Octopus MCP Server

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 codex-octopus -- npx -y codex-octopus

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codex-octopus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codex-octopus"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.codex-octopus]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "codex-octopus"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codex-octopus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codex-octopus"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "codex-octopus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codex-octopus"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: CODEX_API_KEY (OpenAI API key (leave unset to inherit from parent process)), CODEX_TOOL_NAME (Tool name prefix (default: codex)), CODEX_MODEL (Model: gpt-5-codex, o3, codex-1, or full ID), CODEX_SANDBOX_MODE (Sandbox: read-only, workspace-write, danger-full-access), CODEX_APPROVAL_POLICY (Approval: never, on-failure, on-request, untrusted), CODEX_APPEND_INSTRUCTIONS (Additional instructions appended to the default), CODEX_FACTORY_ONLY (Set to true to expose only the factory wizard tool).