How to integrate Shippo MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Shippo 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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Shippo is a shipping API for e-commerce merchants to create labels, track packages, and manage shipments. It streamlines shipping operations with multi-carrier support and easy integration.

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Introduction

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

The Shippo MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Shippo account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Shippo operations on your behalf.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Create Shippo Address

Tool to create a new address in Shippo.

Create Batch

Tool to create a batch of shipments for bulk label purchasing.

Create Carrier Account

Tool to create a new carrier account in Shippo.

Create Customs Item

Create a new customs item for international shipments.

Create Live Rate

Tool to generate live shipping rates from multiple carriers for a given shipment.

Create Manifest

Tool to create a new shipping manifest with Shippo.

Create Merchant Address

Tool to create a new address for a merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

Create Merchant Batch

Tool to create a batch for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Create Merchant Carrier Account

Tool to create a carrier account for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Create Merchant Customs Declaration

Tool to create a new customs declaration for a merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

Create Merchant Customs Item

Tool to create a new customs item for a merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

Create Merchant Order

Tool to create an order for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Create Merchant Parcel

Tool to create a new parcel for a merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

Create Merchant Refund

Tool to create a refund for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Create Merchant Shipment

Tool to create a new shipment for a merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

Create Merchant Transaction

Tool to create a shipping label transaction for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Create Order

Tool to create a new order in Shippo.

Create Parcel

Tool to create a new parcel in Shippo with dimensions and weight specifications.

Create Refund

Tool to create a refund for a Shippo transaction.

Create Service Group

Tool to create a new Shippo service group with specified pricing model and carrier service levels.

Create Shipment

Tool to create a new shipment with Shippo.

Register Tracking Webhook

Tool to register a tracking webhook for a shipment.

Create Transaction

Tool to create a shipping label transaction with Shippo.

Create User Parcel Template

Tool to create a new user parcel template in Shippo with preset dimensions and weight specifications.

Create Shippo Webhook

Tool to create a new webhook subscription in Shippo.

Delete Default Parcel Template

Tool to clear the current default parcel template.

Delete User Parcel Template

Tool to delete a user-created parcel template.

Delete Webhook

Tool to delete a specific webhook from Shippo.

Get Address

Tool to retrieve a previously created address from Shippo.

Get Carrier Account

Tool to retrieve a carrier account by its ID.

Get Carrier Parcel Template

Tool to retrieve a specific carrier parcel template by its token.

Get Carrier Registration Status

Tool to retrieve carrier registration status from Shippo.

Get Customs Declaration

Tool to retrieve a customs declaration by its ID.

Get customs item

Tool to retrieve a customs item from Shippo.

Get Default Parcel Template

Tool to retrieve the current default parcel template for live rates at checkout.

Get Merchant

Tool to retrieve a merchant from the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Address

Tool to retrieve a merchant address from Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Batch

Tool to retrieve a batch for a merchant from the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Carrier Account

Tool to retrieve a carrier account for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Carrier Registration Status

Tool to retrieve carrier registration status for a specific merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

Get Merchant Customs Declaration

Tool to retrieve a specific customs declaration for a merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

Get Merchant Customs Item

Tool to retrieve a customs item for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Manifest

Tool to retrieve a manifest for a merchant from the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Order

Tool to retrieve an order for a merchant from the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Parcel

Tool to retrieve a parcel for a merchant from the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Rate

Tool to retrieve a specific shipping rate for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Refund

Tool to retrieve a merchant refund from Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Shipment

Tool to retrieve a shipment for a merchant from the Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Tracking Status

Tool to retrieve tracking status for a merchant from Shippo Platform API.

Get Merchant Transaction

Tool to retrieve a shipping label transaction for a merchant from the Shippo Platform API.

Get Order

Tool to retrieve an order from Shippo.

Get Parcel

Tool to retrieve a parcel by its ID.

Get Rate

Tool to retrieve a specific shipping rate by its ID.

Get Refund

Tool to retrieve a refund by its ID from Shippo.

Get Shipment

Tool to retrieve a shipment by its ID.

Get Shippo Account

Tool to retrieve a Shippo Account from the Shippo Platform API.

Get Tracking Status

Tool to retrieve tracking status for a shipment from Shippo.

Get Transaction

Tool to retrieve a shipping label transaction by its ID.

Get User Parcel Template

Tool to retrieve a specific user-created parcel template by its object ID.

Get Webhook

Tool to retrieve a specific webhook subscription from Shippo.

List Addresses

Tool to list all addresses in the Shippo account with pagination support.

List Carrier Accounts

Tool to list all carrier accounts configured in the Shippo account with pagination support.

List Carrier Parcel Templates

Tool to list all carrier parcel templates available for creating shipments.

List Customs Declarations

Tool to list all customs declarations in the Shippo account with pagination support.

List Customs Items

Tool to list all customs items with pagination support.

List Manifests

Tool to list all shipping manifests from Shippo.

List Merchant Addresses

Tool to list all addresses for a specific merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

List Merchant Carrier Accounts

Tool to list all carrier accounts for a specific merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

List Merchant Customs Declarations

Tool to list all customs declarations for a specific merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

List Merchant Customs Items

Tool to list all customs items for a specific merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

List Merchant Manifests

Tool to list all manifests for a specific merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

List Merchant Parcels

Tool to list all parcels for a specific merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

List Merchants

Tool to list all merchants using the Shippo Platform API with pagination support.

List Merchant Shipment Rates by Currency

Tool to retrieve available shipping rates for a merchant's shipment filtered by currency code using the Shippo Platform API.

List Merchant Shipments

Tool to list all shipments for a specific merchant using Shippo's Platform API.

List Merchant Transactions

Tool to list all shipping label transactions for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

List Orders

Tool to list all orders in the Shippo account with pagination support.

List Refunds

Tool to retrieve a list of all refunds from Shippo.

List Service Groups

Tool to retrieve all service groups configured in Shippo.

List Shipment Rates

Tool to retrieve available shipping rates for a specific shipment.

List Shipment Rates by Currency

Tool to retrieve available shipping rates for a specific shipment filtered by currency code.

List Shipments

Tool to list all shipments in the Shippo account with pagination support.

List Shippo Accounts

Tool to list all Managed Shippo Accounts.

List User Parcel Templates

Tool to list all user-created parcel templates.

Purchase Merchant Batch

Tool to purchase a batch for a merchant via the Shippo Platform API.

Remove Shipments From Batch

Tool to remove shipments from a batch for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API.

Update Carrier Account

Tool to update an existing carrier account in Shippo.

Update Default Parcel Template

Tool to update the default parcel template for live rates at checkout in Shippo.

Update Merchant

Tool to update an existing merchant in Shippo Platform API.

Update Merchant Carrier Account

Tool to update a carrier account for a merchant in Shippo Platform API.

Update Service Group

Tool to update an existing Shippo service group.

Update User Parcel Template

Tool to update an existing user parcel template with new weight and carrier template settings.

Update Webhook

Tool to update an existing webhook in Shippo.

Validate Address

Tool to validate an address using the Shippo API.

Validate Merchant Address

Tool to validate a merchant address using the Shippo Platform API.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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