Codex Control Plane MCP MCP Server

Durable MCP control plane for long-running Codex Desktop tasks.

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Published as codex-control-plane-mcp on pypi. Runs locally.

Known issues

18 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

Most discussed

Add redacted account, usage, and rate limit status

Goal

Expose a privacy-safe account and quota status view from Codex app-server.

Candidate app-server methods

• account/read
• account/usage/read
• account/rateLimits/read

Privacy rules

• Do not return tokens.
• Do not return raw email by default.
• Do not return account identifiers unless explicitly needed.
• Prefer booleans and coarse status fields.

Acceptance criteria

• Health/runtime capabilities can show whether Codex is authenticated.
• Rate-limit information is inc

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · closed · 2 comments

Sync Codex thread goals with workflow state

Goal

Use Codex app-server thread/goal/get, thread/goal/set, and thread/goal/clear to synchronize high-level workflow goals.

Why

The MCP workflow already has durable goal-like state. Mirroring it into Codex thread goals can improve visibility in Codex Desktop and make resumed threads easier to understand.

Acceptance criteria

• Workflow start can optionally set a thread goal.
• Workflow completion can clear or update the goal based on configuration.
• `codex_get_workflow_status

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · closed · 2 comments

Add thread lifecycle management tools

Goal

Expose safe thread lifecycle operations around Codex app-server thread management.

Candidate operations

• thread/archive
• thread/unarchive
• thread/compact/start
• possibly thread/delete only behind explicit destructive confirmation

Design notes

These should stay outside the hot write path. They are management/maintenance tools, not replacements for durable operations.

Acceptance criteria

• Archive and unarchive are available as safe MCP tools.
• Compact is avail

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · closed · 2 comments

Support outputSchema for structured final reports

Goal

Allow MCP clients to pass Codex app-server outputSchema through durable task and workflow operations.

Why

OpenClaw/Hermes can use structured final reports directly:

• summary;
• root cause;
• proposed fix;
• risks;
• touched files;
• analyst comment draft;
• developer plan.

Proposed shape

• Add optional output_schema to codex_submit_task.
• Add optional output_schema to workflow planning/execution where appropriate.
• Persist parsed final JSON in final_report_json w

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · closed · 2 comments

Add durable thread fork operation

Goal

Expose Codex app-server thread/fork as a durable operation.

Why

Forking lets an MCP client safely branch from an existing thread:

• try an alternative analysis;
• continue from an older state;
• compare two solution plans;
• keep the original thread intact.

Proposed shape

• Add operation type fork_thread.
• Accept source threadId, optional target cwd/config overrides, and optional initial message.
• Persist new threadId as soon as app-server returns it.
• If an initia

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · closed · 2 comments

Most recent

Add durable code review workflow via review/start

Goal

Expose Codex app-server review/start as a durable MCP workflow for code review scenarios.

Proposed behavior

• Start a review through app-server.
• Persist review operation and associated thread/turn ids.
• Poll progress through existing operation/workflow status.
• Capture final review output as a structured report when possible.

Open questions

• What input shape should be public: branch, diff, PR URL, local checkout, or all of them?
• Should this be a separate tool or an op

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · closed · 1 comment

Add durable turn steering without creating duplicate turns

Goal

Expose Codex app-server turn/steer through the durable operation layer so an MCP client can add context to an active turn without starting a second turn.

Why

OpenClaw/Hermes often needs to pass a clarification while Codex is still working:

• add an analyst note;
• ask for an additional technical plan;
• answer a question from the user;
• correct scope without creating a duplicate turn.

Today the safe path is mostly "start another turn later". turn/steer should make this a fir

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · closed · 1 comment

Publish troubleshooting guide from real install failures

Turn real install and setup failures into a troubleshooting guide. Include symptoms, likely cause, and the exact command or config change that fixes each case.

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · open · 0 comments

Improve first-run security presets

Review the first-run security posture and propose safer presets or clearer prompts for users who start with untrusted repositories.

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · open · 0 comments

Add comparison docs for thin Codex wrappers

Expand the README comparison into a short docs page that explains when a thin wrapper is enough and when a durable control plane is useful.

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · closed · 1 comment

Collect MCP client config examples

Collect working MCP client config snippets for common clients. Keep secrets out of examples and prefer copy-paste snippets that work with the PyPI package.

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · open · 0 comments

Add Docker/devcontainer smoke environment

Add a lightweight Docker or devcontainer setup for protocol smoke checks. This should help contributors run tests without needing a full local Codex Desktop setup.

Read the thread · 2026-06-17 · open · 0 comments

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