Install Autotask in Codex
What you need first
- Codex, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_AUTOTASK_USERNAME,YOUR_AUTOTASK_SECRET,YOUR_AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE.
Steps
- 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 autotask-mcp --env AUTOTASK_USERNAME=YOUR_AUTOTASK_USERNAME --env AUTOTASK_SECRET=YOUR_AUTOTASK_SECRET --env AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE=YOUR_AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE -- docker run -i --rm -e AUTOTASK_USERNAME -e AUTOTASK_SECRET -e AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE ghcr.io/wyre-ai/autotask-mcp:v2.39.9 - Replace
YOUR_AUTOTASK_USERNAME,YOUR_AUTOTASK_SECRET,YOUR_AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODEwith your own values. - Start Codex again and type
/mcp: the server is listed.
Check it worked
Ask Codex: List the tools of autotask-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.