How to integrate Alchemy MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Alchemy MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Alchemy is a blockchain development platform offering APIs and tools for Ethereum apps. It simplifies building and scaling Web3 projects with robust infrastructure.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Alchemy MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • CodeAct: A dedicated workbench that allows GPT to write its code to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool responses: Handle them to minimise context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so GPTs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Alchemy MCP in Codex

Run the setup command

Run this command in your terminal to add the Composio MCP server to Codex.

Terminal

It will initiate the authentication in a browser window, authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

Composio authentication page

(Optional) Authenticate with OAuth

To authenticate manually, run the login command to open a browser window and authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

bash
codex mcp login composio

Verify the connection

Run codex mcp list to confirm Composio appears as a registered MCP server.

bash
codex mcp list

Codex App

Codex App follows the same approach as VS Code.

  1. Click ⚙️ on the bottom left → MCP Servers → + Add servers → Streamable HTTP:
  2. Fill the header and Key fields with { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }.
  3. The Key is the Composio API key, that you can find on dashboard.composio.dev
  4. Click on Authenticate and authorize Codex to your Composio account and you're all set.
Codex App MCP setup
  1. Restart and verify if it's there in .codex/config.toml
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[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

What is the Alchemy MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Alchemy MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Alchemy account. It provides structured and secure access to your blockchain data, so your agent can perform actions like fetching NFT metadata, tracking token balances, analyzing transaction history, and managing Ethereum assets on your behalf.

  • Retrieve NFT contract and token metadata: Instantly access detailed information about any NFT collection or token, including name, symbol, supply, and contract deployer.
  • Analyze NFT sales and ownership: Let your agent fetch historical NFT sales across marketplaces and list current owners for any ERC-721 or ERC-1155 token.
  • Track token balances and portfolio: Effortlessly check ERC-20 token balances for any Ethereum address to monitor holdings or build portfolio analytics.
  • List NFTs within a collection: Pull a complete list of NFTs under a specific contract to explore, display, or analyze full collections.
  • Monitor transaction counts and activity: Quickly get the transaction count (nonce) for any Ethereum address to understand activity or prepare for new transactions.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Alchemy with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Alchemy directly from your terminal, VS Code, or the Codex App using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across CLI, VS Code, and standalone app
  • Natural language commands for Alchemy operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • CodeAct workbench for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking Codex to perform various Alchemy operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Alchemy action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Compute NFT Rarity

Tool to compute the rarity of each attribute for a specific NFT based on its collection.

Get NFT Collection Metadata

Tool to get metadata for an NFT collection using its marketplace slug (OpenSea, LooksRare, etc).

Get Collections for Owner

Tool to retrieve all NFT collections held by a specified owner address.

Get Contract Metadata Batch V3

Tool to retrieve metadata for multiple NFT contracts in a single batch request.

Get Contract Metadata V3

Tool to get the metadata for an NFT contract including name, symbol, total supply, and token type (ERC721/ERC1155).

Get Contracts for Owner (NFT API v3)

Tool to get all NFT contracts owned by an address with contract metadata.

Get NFT Floor Price

Tool to get the floor price for an NFT collection across multiple marketplaces (OpenSea, LooksRare, etc).

Get Historical Token Prices

Retrieves historical price data for a token over a specified time range with configurable intervals.

Get NFT Contracts By Address

Tool to retrieve NFT contracts associated with one or more wallet addresses across multiple blockchain networks.

Get NFT Metadata

Tool to retrieve comprehensive metadata for a specific NFT, including contract details, media URLs, attributes, ownership info, and OpenSea data.

Get NFT Metadata Batch

Tool to retrieve metadata for multiple NFTs in a single request (up to 100 NFTs), including contract details, media URLs, attributes, and collection data.

Get NFT Sales V3

Retrieves NFT sales that have occurred through on-chain marketplaces using Alchemy's v3 API.

Get NFTs for Collection V3

Retrieves all NFTs in a collection using OpenSea collection slug or contract address.

Get NFTs for Contract

Retrieves all NFTs for a given NFT contract address.

Get NFTs for Owner

Tool to get all NFTs currently owned by a given address.

Get Owners for Collection

Tool to retrieve all owner addresses for a given NFT collection contract.

Get Owners for Contract

Tool to get all owners of NFTs in a contract with optional token balances.

Get NFT Owners (v3)

Tool to retrieve all owners for a specific NFT using Alchemy's v3 API.

Get Portfolio NFTs By Address

Tool to fetch NFTs owned by multiple wallet addresses across different blockchain networks.

Get Token Prices By Symbol

Tool to get current token prices by symbol (e.

Get Token Balances

This tool retrieves ERC20 token balances for a specified Ethereum address.

Get Token Balances By Address

Tool to get token balances for wallet addresses across multiple networks using Alchemy's Portfolio API.

Get Token Metadata

Retrieves metadata for an ERC-20 token on Ethereum mainnet, including its name, symbol, decimals, and logo URL.

Get Token Prices By Address

Retrieves current token prices by contract address and network from decentralized exchanges (DEXes).

Get Tokens By Address

Tool to fetch fungible tokens (native, ERC-20, SPL) for multiple wallet addresses across networks.

Get Transaction Count

This tool retrieves the number of transactions sent from a specific address (also known as the nonce).

Get Transactions History By Address

Tool to get transaction history for wallet addresses across multiple networks using Alchemy's Data API.

Invalidate NFT Contract Cache

Tool to invalidate the cached metadata for an NFT contract.

Check If NFT Is Airdrop

Tool to check if a specific NFT token is marked as an airdrop.

Check If NFT Is Airdrop

Tool to determine whether an NFT was airdropped to the owner address.

Check Collection Ownership

Tool to check if a wallet address owns any token from a specific NFT collection.

Check NFT Holder Status

Tool to check if a wallet address holds any NFTs from a specific contract.

Check if Contract is Spam

Tool to check if an NFT contract is marked as spam by Alchemy.

Check if Contract is Spam (V3)

Tool to determine if a specific NFT contract is marked as spam by Alchemy.

Search NFT Contract Metadata

Tool to search for keywords across metadata of all ERC-721 and ERC-1155 smart contracts.

Summarize NFT Attributes

Retrieves a comprehensive summary of all attributes and traits for NFTs in a collection, including trait counts and distribution statistics.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Alchemy MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Alchemy tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Alchemy and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Codex fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Alchemy tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Alchemy scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Alchemy data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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