Install PowerBI MCP Server in Codex

What you need first

• Codex, installed.
• uv, which gives the uvx command the server starts with.
• Your own values for YOUR_POWERBI_TENANT_ID,YOUR_POWERBI_CLIENT_ID,YOUR_POWERBI_CLIENT_SECRET.

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 powerbi-mcp --env POWERBI_TENANT_ID=YOUR_POWERBI_TENANT_ID --env POWERBI_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_POWERBI_CLIENT_ID --env POWERBI_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_POWERBI_CLIENT_SECRET -- uvx powerbi-mcp==0.1.2

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

Check it worked

Ask Codex: List the tools of powerbi-mcp.

If it does not start

spawn uvx ENOENT

uv is not on the PATH that Codex sees. Install it, or write the full path of uvx in the config.

The server starts, but its tools fail

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