Codex Control Plane MCP

Codex Control Plane MCP is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Durable MCP control plane for long-running Codex Desktop tasks. It has 124 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx codex-control-plane-mcp.

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Productivity
Apache-2.0
Active

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codex-control-plane-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "codex-control-plane-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio codex-control-plane-mcp -- uvx codex-control-plane-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codex-control-plane-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "codex-control-plane-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "codex-control-plane-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "codex-control-plane-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Codex Control Plane MCP

Reliable Codex Desktop automation for long tasks. codex-control-plane-mcp turns Codex Desktop and codex-app-server into a durable worker that an MCP client can drive safely. Send a task, get an operationId or workflowId right away, poll until the work finishes, approve Plan Mode when needed, then read the final report.

agent-tools
codex-desktop
mcp
model-context-protocol
openai-codex
openclaw
python
agentic-workflows
ai-agents
automation

Key facts

GitHub stars	124
License	Apache-2.0
Language	Python
Transport	stdio (local)
Packages	PyPI: `codex-control-plane-mcp`
Auth	None declared
Works with	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code
Latest release	v0.2.1 (Jun 21, 2026)
Last commit	Sep 9, 2026
MCP registry name	`io.github.aresyn/codex-control-plane-mcp`

Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Sep 9, 2026, last release Jun 21, 2026.

Regular releases7 releases in 12 months
Welcomes contributors7 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commit	Sep 9, 2026
Latest release	v0.2.1 (Jun 21, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months	7
Releases, all time	7
Open issues	8
Open pull requests	0
Good first issues	2
Contributing guide	Yes
Security policy	Yes
Created	Jun 17, 2026

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