How to integrate Seqera MCP with Codex

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

The Seqera MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Seqera account. It provides structured and secure access to your workflow orchestration environment, so your agent can perform actions like running pipelines, monitoring jobs, managing compute resources, and automating Nextflow processes on your behalf.

  • Pipeline orchestration and execution: Launch, schedule, and track complex Nextflow pipelines across cloud and on-prem infrastructure without manual intervention.
  • Job monitoring and status updates: Let your agent check the progress, status, and logs of running or completed workflows to keep you updated in real time.
  • Compute environment management: Automatically provision, scale, or tear down compute environments to match your workflow needs.
  • Resource usage and cost tracking: Retrieve detailed metrics on resource consumption and workflow costs to optimize performance and spending.
  • Error detection and alerting: Quickly identify failed jobs or bottlenecks and trigger alerts or automated troubleshooting steps to maintain workflow reliability.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Create Wave Container

Tool to submit a request to Wave for accessing a private container registry or building a container image on-the-fly.

Get Organization Details

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific organization.

Get Service Info

Tool to retrieve information about the Seqera API service.

Get User Info

Tool to retrieve information about the authenticated user.

Get Wave Build Logs

Tool to get logs for a container build by build ID.

Get Wave Build Status

Tool to retrieve the status of a Wave container build by build ID.

Inspect Wave Container

Tool to inspect container image metadata via Wave.

List Action Event Types

Tool to list supported action event types.

List Compute Environments

Tool to retrieve a list of compute environments.

List Organizations

Tool to list all organizations.

List Pipelines

Tool to list all pipelines accessible to the authenticated user.

List Workflows

Tool to list workflows.

Validate Action Name

Tool to validate action name.

Validate Pipeline Name

Tool to validate a pipeline name.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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