How to integrate Stack Ai MCP with Codex

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

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

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Check Health

Tool to check the health status of the Stack AI API.

Get Action Inputs

Tool to retrieve the input schema for a specific provider action in Stack AI.

Get Action Output Schema

Tool to retrieve the output parameters schema for a Stack.

Get Connector Type Schema

Tool to retrieve the configuration schema for a specific connector type in Stack AI.

Get License Status

Tool to retrieve the current Stack AI license status.

Get Provider Details

Tool to retrieve details of a specific Stack AI tool provider.

Get Provider Action Details

Tool to get details of a specific action for a provider.

Get Provider Icon

Tool to fetch a provider icon image by provider identifier.

Get Provider Trigger Details

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific trigger for a provider.

Get Root

Tool to retrieve information from the Stack AI API root endpoint.

Get Trigger Details From Provider

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific trigger from a provider.

Get Trigger Inputs

Tool to retrieve the input parameters for a trigger as a JSON schema.

Get Trigger Outputs

Tool to retrieve the output schema for a specific trigger in Stack AI.

List Connector Types

Tool to list all available connector types from Stack AI.

List Stack AI Integrations

Tool to list all available Stack AI integrations.

List Permission Groups

Tool to list all permission groups with their associated permissions.

List Permissions

Tool to list all available permissions in Stack AI.

List Provider Triggers

Tool to get all available triggers for a specific provider.

List Stack AI Actions

Tool to list all available Stack AI tool actions.

List Stack AI Providers

Tool to list all Stack AI tool providers (integrations).

List Stack AI Built-in Tools

Tool to list all Stack AI built-in tools.

List Stack AI Triggers

Tool to list all available Stack AI tool triggers.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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