Install openDAW MCP in Codex

What you need first

• Codex, installed.
• Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
• Your own values for YOUR_OPENDAW_HOST_DIR,YOUR_OPENDAW_URL.

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 opendaw-mcp --env OPENDAW_HOST_DIR=YOUR_OPENDAW_HOST_DIR --env OPENDAW_URL=YOUR_OPENDAW_URL -- docker run -i --rm -e OPENDAW_HOST_DIR -e OPENDAW_URL ghcr.io/ameobius/opendaw-mcp:1.13.0

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

Check it worked

Ask Codex: List the tools of opendaw-mcp.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon

Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Codex.

The server starts, but its tools fail

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