Install Google Analytics 4 in Codex

What you need first

• Codex, installed.
• Node.js, which gives the npx command the server starts with.
• Your own values for YOUR_GA4_CLIENT_ID,YOUR_GA4_CLIENT_SECRET,YOUR_GA4_REFRESH_TOKEN.

Steps

1. Run this in a terminal. It writes the server into ~/.codex/config.toml, which the Codex CLI, its IDE extension and the ChatGPT desktop app share.

codex mcp add google-analytics --env GA4_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_GA4_CLIENT_ID --env GA4_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_GA4_CLIENT_SECRET --env GA4_REFRESH_TOKEN=YOUR_GA4_REFRESH_TOKEN -- npx -y @getmcpads/[email protected]

2. Replace YOUR_GA4_CLIENT_ID,YOUR_GA4_CLIENT_SECRET,YOUR_GA4_REFRESH_TOKEN with your own values.
3. Start Codex again and type /mcp: the server is listed.

Check it worked

Ask Codex: List the tools of google-analytics.

If it does not start

spawn npx ENOENT

Node.js is not on the PATH that Codex sees. Install it, or write the full path of npx in the config.

The server starts, but its tools fail

A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.