# Codex Subagent MCP Server

Delegate coding tasks to the OpenAI Codex CLI, installed separately, with explicit model and effort.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/parisbs/codex-subagent-mcp)

**GitHub popularity:** 0 stars on [parisbs/codex-subagent-mcp](parisbs/codex-subagent-mcp), recorded 2026-10-02.

## Status

Pod has not dialled Codex Subagent yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `codex-subagent-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codex-subagent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codex-subagent-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Reviewed GitHub reports

**20 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review.** This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 2.

### Most discussed

### Shutdown exits before delegations stop, and stdin EOF does not shut the server down

## Status: confirmed

This was parked as an investigation. Step 1 of "What would settle it" has now been done, and the concern is real.

## Reproduction (verified 2026-09-30, macOS, no Codex quota)

`runCodex` from `build/codex/runner.js` against `test/fixtures/stubborn-codex.mjs` (ignores SIGTERM), then the same sequence as `src/index.ts`: abort, then `process.exit(143)` as soon as the server has closed. The server exits with 143; the stand-in is still running 7 seconds later, past the…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/parisbs/codex-subagent-mcp/issues/40) · 2026-09-14 · closed · 3 comments

### Most recent

### Shutdown can exit before sending SIGKILL to every stubborn run

## Problem

`test/shutdown.test.ts` "AC-1 stops every run, forcing the stubborn ones, and exits within 350 ms" (#40) fails intermittently, and on 2026-09-30 it failed in every `npm run verify` run on macOS while passing when the suite ran alone. It was first filed as a test that measures the machine's load. It is not: it is catching a real defect in the shutdown, with too little margin to catch it every time.

Measured on macOS, Node 24, with the test file alone and no load, three runs out of…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/parisbs/codex-subagent-mcp/issues/112) · 2026-09-30 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 18 reviewed GitHub reports](/mcp/codex-subagent/issues) — of 20 qualified upstream.

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used Codex Subagent yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

## For agents

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<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find Codex Subagent, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "Codex Subagent",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=Codex Subagent' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/codex-subagent.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/codex-subagent.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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