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OpenAI Codex Desktop

OpenAI Codex Desktop is OpenAI's desktop application for AI-assisted development with MCP support.

Cloudflare or other firewall?

If your store is behind Cloudflare or another CDN/WAF, you must whitelist the MCP endpoints before connecting. See Protected stores for step-by-step instructions.

Setup

  1. Open the Codex Desktop application.
  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Go to MCP Servers and click Add Server.
  4. Choose Streamable HTTP as the server type.
  5. Set the Name to your store name or server key (shown on the MCP Info tab in Magento admin).
  6. Set the URL to the MCP Server URL from the MCP Info tab.
  7. Click Save.

Authentication & Usage

  1. Wait for the Authenticate button to appear next to the newly added MCP server.
  2. Click Authenticate and complete the authorization steps in the browser.
  3. Start a new conversation to begin using the MCP tools.

Documentation