How to integrate Aryn MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Aryn 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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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Aryn 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 Aryn 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.

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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
bash
[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

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

The Aryn MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Aryn account. It provides structured and secure access to your document sets and analytics tools, so your agent can perform actions like document parsing, data extraction, metadata management, and workflow monitoring on your behalf.

  • Automated document set management: Create, organize, and delete entire docsets to keep your unstructured documents sorted and accessible for further processing.
  • Advanced document retrieval: Retrieve individual documents or their binary content by ID, making it easy for your agent to access and analyze specific files.
  • Dynamic query planning: Generate logical query plans for complex data extraction or analytics tasks before executing them, giving you more transparency and control over document analysis workflows.
  • Metadata and usage insights: Fetch detailed metadata and usage statistics for any docset, so you can track document activity and storage at a glance.
  • Asynchronous task monitoring: List and monitor all outstanding or running async tasks, helping you keep tabs on document processing operations and system status in real time.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Aryn with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Aryn 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 Aryn 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 Aryn operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Create DocSet

Tool to create a new DocSet.

Delete DocSet

Tool to delete a DocSet and all its documents.

Generate plan

Tool to generate a query plan without executing it.

Get DocSet Metadata

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific DocSet by its ID.

Get Document by ID

Retrieve a document by ID from Aryn DocParse storage.

Download Document Binary

Download the original binary content (e.

List Async Tasks

Tool to list all outstanding asynchronous tasks for the account.

Partition Document

Partition a document using Aryn DocParse to extract and structure its content elements including text, tables, and images.

Submit Document for Async Add Doc

Tool to submit a document for asynchronous addition to a DocSet.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Aryn MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Aryn tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Aryn 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 Aryn tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Aryn 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 Aryn data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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