Install ArcGIS MCP Bridge in Codex

What you need first

• Codex, installed.
• uv, which gives the uvx command the server starts with.
• Your own value for YOUR_ARCPY_PYTHON_PATH.

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 arcgis-mcp-bridge --env ARCPY_PYTHON_PATH=YOUR_ARCPY_PYTHON_PATH -- uvx arcgis-mcp-bridge==0.6.8

2. Replace YOUR_ARCPY_PYTHON_PATH with your own value.
3. Start Codex again and type /mcp: the server is listed.

Check it worked

Ask Codex: List the tools of arcgis-mcp-bridge.

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.