How to integrate Clientary MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Clientary MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Clientary MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • CodeAct: A dedicated workbench that allows GPT to write its code to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool responses: Handle them to minimise context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so GPTs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Clientary MCP in Codex

Run the setup command

Run this command in your terminal to add the Composio MCP server to Codex.

Terminal

It will initiate the authentication in a browser window, authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

Composio authentication page

(Optional) Authenticate with OAuth

To authenticate manually, run the login command to open a browser window and authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

bash
codex mcp login composio

Verify the connection

Run codex mcp list to confirm Composio appears as a registered MCP server.

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codex mcp list

Codex App

Codex App follows the same approach as VS Code.

  1. Click ⚙️ on the bottom left → MCP Servers → + Add servers → Streamable HTTP:
  2. Fill the header and Key fields with { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }.
  3. The Key is the Composio API key, that you can find on dashboard.composio.dev
  4. Click on Authenticate and authorize Codex to your Composio account and you're all set.
Codex App MCP setup
  1. Restart and verify if it's there in .codex/config.toml
bash
[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

What is the Clientary MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Clientary MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Clientary account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Clientary operations on your behalf.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Clientary with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Clientary directly from your terminal, VS Code, or the Codex App using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across CLI, VS Code, and standalone app
  • Natural language commands for Clientary operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • CodeAct workbench for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking Codex to perform various Clientary operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Clientary action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Client

Tool to create a new client record in Clientary.

Create Contact

Tool to create a new contact within a specified client.

Create Expense

Tool to create a new expense record in Clientary to track expenditures within your account.

Create Lead

Tool to create a new lead record in Clientary.

Create Project

Tool to create a new project in Clientary with name and rate.

Create Task

Tool to create a new task in Clientary.

Delete Client

Tool to remove a client and all associated projects, invoices, estimates, and contacts.

Delete Lead

Tool to permanently delete a lead and all associated Estimates and Contacts.

Delete Payment

Tool to remove an existing payment from an invoice.

Delete Payment Profile

Tool to remove a specific payment profile from a client's account.

Delete Recurring Schedule

Tool to remove a recurring schedule by its identifier.

Get Client

Tool to fetch details for a specific client using its ID.

Get Contact

Tool to retrieve a single contact by its ID.

Get Estimate

Tool to retrieve details for a single estimate by ID.

Get Expense

Tool to retrieve details for a single expense record in Clientary.

Get Hour Entry

Tool to obtain details about a specific time entry in Clientary.

Get Invoice

Tool to retrieve detailed information for a specific invoice by ID.

Get Lead

Tool to retrieve a single lead by its ID.

Get Project

Tool to retrieve a single project by its identifier.

Get Staff

Tool to retrieve a single staff member by their ID.

Get Task

Tool to retrieve a specific task by its ID.

List Client Contacts

Tool to retrieve all contacts for a specific client with pagination support.

List Client Expenses

Tool to retrieve all expenses for a specific client within an optional date range.

List Client Invoices

Tool to retrieve all invoices for a specific client with pagination support (30 results per page).

List Client Projects

Tool to retrieve all projects associated with a specific client with pagination support (10 results per page).

List Clients

Tool to retrieve all clients with pagination support (10 results per page).

List Expenses

Tool to retrieve expenses by date range (defaults to current fiscal year).

List Leads

Tool to retrieve all leads with pagination support.

List Payments

Tool to retrieve all payments with pagination support (30 results per page).

List Project Estimates

Tool to retrieve estimates scoped to a particular project with pagination support (30 results per page).

List Project Expenses

Tool to retrieve all expenses for a specific project within an optional date range.

List Project Hours

Tool to retrieve all time tracking entries logged against a specific project.

List Project Invoices

Tool to retrieve all invoices linked to a specific project with pagination support (30 results per page).

List Projects

Tool to retrieve all projects with pagination support (10 results per page).

List Staff

Tool to retrieve all staff members for an account.

List Tasks

Tool to retrieve all tasks with pagination support (50 results per page).

Send Invoice Message

Tool to send an invoice message to recipients via email.

Update Client

Tool to update an existing client record in Clientary with partial or complete field modifications.

Update Expense

Tool to update an existing expense record in Clientary with partial or complete field modifications.

Update Hour Entry

Tool to modify an existing time entry in Clientary with partial or complete field updates.

Update Project

Tool to update an existing project in Clientary with partial or complete field modifications.

Update Task

Tool to update an existing task in Clientary with partial or complete field modifications.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Clientary MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Clientary tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Clientary and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Codex fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Clientary tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Clientary scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Clientary data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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