Install SafeDep Vet MCP in Codex
What you need first
- Codex, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with.
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 vet-mcp -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/safedep/vet:v1.20.0 -s -l /tmp/vet-mcp.log server mcp- Start Codex again and type
/mcp: the server is listed.
Check it worked
Ask Codex: List the tools of vet-mcp.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Codex.