Install UniFi Protect MCP in Codex

What you need first

• Codex, installed.
• uv, which gives the uvx command the server starts with.
• Your own values for YOUR_UNIFI_HOST,YOUR_UNIFI_USERNAME,YOUR_UNIFI_PASSWORD.

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 unifi-protect-mcp --env UNIFI_HOST=YOUR_UNIFI_HOST --env UNIFI_USERNAME=YOUR_UNIFI_USERNAME --env UNIFI_PASSWORD=YOUR_UNIFI_PASSWORD -- uvx unifi-protect-mcp==0.1.6

2. Replace YOUR_UNIFI_HOST,YOUR_UNIFI_USERNAME,YOUR_UNIFI_PASSWORD with your own values.
3. Start Codex again and type /mcp: the server is listed.

Check it worked

Ask Codex: List the tools of unifi-protect-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.