MCP ServerSTDIOOfficialv1.0.1

codex-octopus MCP Server

Spawn multiple specialized Codex agents as MCP servers, each independently configured.

io.github.xiaolai/codex-octopus

Hosted URL

https://github.com/xiaolai/codex-octopus

Transport

STDIO

Auth

No auth required

Connect to codex-octopus

Hosted endpoint — paste into any MCP client.

https://github.com/xiaolai/codex-octopus

Environment variables

Configuration this server reads at startup.

  • CODEX_API_KEYSecret

    OpenAI API key (leave unset to inherit from parent process)

  • CODEX_TOOL_NAME

    Tool name prefix (default: codex)

  • CODEX_MODEL

    Model: gpt-5-codex, o3, codex-1, or full ID

  • CODEX_SANDBOX_MODE

    Sandbox: read-only, workspace-write, danger-full-access

  • CODEX_APPROVAL_POLICY

    Approval: never, on-failure, on-request, untrusted

  • CODEX_APPEND_INSTRUCTIONS

    Additional instructions appended to the default

  • CODEX_FACTORY_ONLY

    Set to true to expose only the factory wizard tool

Resources

Where to find authoritative docs and source for codex-octopus.

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