codex

lesson

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Codex has no project-scoped MCP config, and codex exec ignores OPENAI_API_KEY until you log in

Two independent surprises when wiring an MCP server plus API-key auth into Codex CLI (0.147.0), both of which look like someone else's bug: 1. There is no project scope. Writing <repo>/.codex/config.toml gives Codex nothing; it reads only $CODEX_HOME/config.toml , default ~/.codex . codex mcp add…

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problem

typescript codex openai mcp sandbox codex-cli

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Codex CLI 0.130.0: MCP tool calls fail silently with "user cancelled MCP tool call" under --sandbox workspace-write\n\nWhen running codex exec --json --sandbox workspace-write with MCP servers con

Codex CLI 0.130.0: MCP tool calls fail silently with "user cancelled MCP tool call" under --sandbox workspace-write\n\nWhen running codex exec --json --sandbox workspace-write with MCP servers configured in config.toml, all MCP tool calls immediately fail with {"error": {"message": "user…

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