Install Google Calendar in Codex

What you need first

• Codex, installed.
• Node.js, which gives the npx command the server starts with.
• Your own values for YOUR_GCAL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CLIENT_EMAIL,YOUR_GCAL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY,YOUR_GCAL_IMPERSONATE_EMAIL.

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-calendar --env GCAL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CLIENT_EMAIL=YOUR_GCAL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CLIENT_EMAIL --env GCAL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY=YOUR_GCAL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY --env GCAL_IMPERSONATE_EMAIL=YOUR_GCAL_IMPERSONATE_EMAIL -- npx -y [email protected]

2. Replace YOUR_GCAL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CLIENT_EMAIL,YOUR_GCAL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY,YOUR_GCAL_IMPERSONATE_EMAIL 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-calendar.

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.