How to integrate Emailoctopus MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Emailoctopus 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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EmailOctopus is a straightforward email marketing platform for creating, sending, and analyzing campaigns. It helps you grow and engage your audience with affordable, easy-to-use tools.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Emailoctopus 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 Emailoctopus 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 Emailoctopus MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Emailoctopus MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Emailoctopus account. It provides structured and secure access to your subscriber lists, contacts, and campaigns, so your agent can perform actions like managing lists, adding contacts, launching campaigns, and handling unsubscriptions on your behalf.

  • Seamless contact management: Your agent can create new contacts, update details, or remove subscribers from your marketing lists in seconds.
  • Mailing list creation and organization: Effortlessly set up new mailing lists and keep your audience segmented for targeted campaigns.
  • Campaign insights and retrieval: Instantly access details about your recent email campaigns, including summaries and performance data.
  • Automated unsubscriptions and compliance: Quickly unsubscribe contacts or delete them to keep your lists clean and privacy-compliant.
  • Bulk list management: Retrieve and organize all mailing lists in your account, making it easy to scale and update your marketing efforts.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Create Contact

This tool creates a new contact in EmailOctopus.

Create Field

Tool to create a new custom field on an EmailOctopus mailing list.

Create List

Creates a new mailing list in EmailOctopus for organizing and managing email contacts.

Create Tag

Tool to create a new tag on an EmailOctopus mailing list.

Delete Contact

Permanently deletes a contact from a specified EmailOctopus list.

Delete Field

Permanently deletes a custom field from a specified EmailOctopus list.

Delete List

This tool allows you to delete an existing mailing list from your EmailOctopus account.

Delete Tag

Tool to delete a tag from a mailing list in EmailOctopus.

Get All Lists

This tool retrieves all the mailing lists associated with the EmailOctopus account.

Get Contact

Tool to retrieve details of a specific contact from an EmailOctopus list.

Get List

Retrieves details of a specific mailing list by ID.

Get Recent Campaigns

This tool retrieves a list of recent campaigns from the EmailOctopus account.

List Contacts

Tool to retrieve contacts from an EmailOctopus list.

List Tags

Tool to retrieve all tags from a mailing list.

Unsubscribe Contact

Unsubscribes a contact from an EmailOctopus mailing list.

Batch Update Contacts

Tool to update multiple contacts in an EmailOctopus list in a single batch operation.

Update Field

Updates an existing custom field on an EmailOctopus list including its label, tag, type, and fallback value.

Update List

Tool to update an existing mailing list's name in EmailOctopus.

Update Tag

Tool to update an existing tag on a mailing list.

Create or Update Contact

Tool to create or update a contact in EmailOctopus.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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