Install Autotask in Codex

What you need first

  • Codex, installed.
  • Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
  • Your own values for YOUR_AUTOTASK_USERNAME,YOUR_AUTOTASK_SECRET,YOUR_AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE.

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 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
  1. Replace YOUR_AUTOTASK_USERNAME,YOUR_AUTOTASK_SECRET,YOUR_AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE with your own values.
  2. 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.

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