How to integrate Bannerbear MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Bannerbear 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 Bannerbear 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 Bannerbear 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
bash
[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

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

The Bannerbear MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Bannerbear account. It provides structured and secure access to your Bannerbear workspace, so your agent can generate images, create videos, manage templates, merge PDFs, and retrieve creative assets on your behalf.

  • Automated image and video generation: Enable your agent to create customized graphics or videos at scale using your Bannerbear templates and project assets.
  • Template browsing and management: Let your agent list, inspect, and select templates or template sets for creative projects, making it easy to automate content workflows.
  • Font and asset discovery: Have your agent retrieve available fonts and signed bases, ensuring the right design elements are used for every creative output.
  • PDF merging automation: Direct your agent to combine multiple PDFs into a single document, streamlining report or collateral creation.
  • Account and usage monitoring: Allow your agent to fetch current account status, API usage, and quota information to keep your creative operations running smoothly.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Create Project

Creates a new Bannerbear project with the specified name and optional settings.

Create Signed Base

Tool to create a signed URL base for a template.

Create Template

Create a new blank template in a Bannerbear project.

Create Template Set

Tool to create a new template set by grouping multiple templates together.

Create Video Template

Tool to create a new video template for video generation in Bannerbear.

Create Webhook

Create a project-level webhook that fires for all events of a specific type.

Delete Template

Tool to delete a template referenced by its unique ID.

Delete Webhook

Tool to delete a webhook referenced by its unique ID.

Get Account Info

Retrieves Bannerbear account information including subscription plan, API usage, and quota limits.

Get Animated GIF

Tool to retrieve a single Animated Gif object by its unique identifier (UID).

Get Auth Status

Verify API authentication and check which project the API key is scoped to.

Get Available Fonts

This tool retrieves a list of all available fonts in Bannerbear.

Get Image

Retrieves a single Image object by its unique identifier (UID).

Get Project

Retrieves detailed information about a specific Bannerbear project by its unique identifier (UID).

Get Screenshot

Retrieve a single Screenshot object referenced by its unique ID.

Get Signed Bases

This tool retrieves a list of signed bases for a specific template.

Get Template

Tool to retrieve a single template by its unique ID with layer defaults.

Get Template Set Details

This tool retrieves detailed information about a specific template set using its unique identifier (UID).

Get Webhook

Retrieves a single Webhook object by its unique ID.

Hydrate Project

Hydrate a project by copying templates from another project.

Import Template

Tool to import templates from the Bannerbear template library or from other projects.

Join PDFs

Merges multiple PDF files into a single combined PDF document.

List Animated GIFs

Lists all animated GIFs in a Bannerbear project.

List Collections

Lists all collections in a Bannerbear project.

List Effects

Tool to list all available image effects in Bannerbear.

List Images

Lists all images in a Bannerbear project.

List Projects

Lists all projects in a Bannerbear account.

List Screenshots

Lists all screenshots in a Bannerbear project.

List Templates

This action retrieves a list of all templates available in your Bannerbear project.

List Template Sets

Tool to list all template sets inside a project with pagination support.

List Videos

This action retrieves a list of all videos created in your Bannerbear account.

List Video Templates

This action retrieves a list of all video templates available in your Bannerbear project.

Update Template Set

Tool to update a template set by modifying its list of templates.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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