Codex not being able to see the MCP even when running `/mcp` shows the mcp is installed.
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 30, 2026 by NikoPit Closed Jun 30, 2026
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.139.0
What subscription do you have?
pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.5
What platform is your computer?
Linux 7.1.0 x86_64 unknown
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
ghostty
Codex doctor report
{
"schemaVersion": 1,
"generatedAt": "1782815706s since unix epoch",
"overallStatus": "fail",
"codexVersion": "0.139.0",
"checks": {
"app_server.status": {
"id": "app_server.status",
"category": "app-server",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "background server is not running",
"details": {
"control socket": "/home/elysia/.codex/app-server-control/app-server-control.sock",
"daemon state dir": "/home/elysia/.codex/app-server-daemon",
"mode": "ephemeral",
"pid file": "/home/elysia/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
"settings": "/home/elysia/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
"status": "not running",
"update-loop pid file": "/home/elysia/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"auth.credentials": {
"id": "auth.credentials",
"category": "auth",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "auth is configured",
"details": {
"auth file": "/home/elysia/.codex/auth.json",
"auth storage mode": "File",
"stored API key": "true",
"stored ChatGPT tokens": "false",
"stored agent identity": "false",
"stored auth mode": "api_key"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"config.load": {
"id": "config.load",
"category": "config",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "config loaded",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME": "/home/elysia/.codex",
"config.toml": "/home/elysia/.codex/config.toml",
"config.toml parse": "ok",
"cwd": "/home/elysia/coding-project/seele-os-linux",
"enabled feature flags": "shell_tool, unified_exec, shell_snapshot, terminal_resize_reflow, sqlite, hooks, enable_request_compression, multi_agent, apps, tool_suggest, plugins, in_app_browser, browser_use, browser_use_external, computer_use, plugin_sharing, image_generation, skill_mcp_dependency_install, steer, guardian_approval, goals, collaboration_modes, tool_call_mcp_elicitation, personality, fast_mode, tui_app_server, workspace_dependencies",
"feature flag overrides": "none",
"feature flags enabled": "27",
"log dir": "/home/elysia/.codex/log",
"mcp servers": "7",
"model": "<default>",
"model provider": "e-flowcode",
"sqlite home": "/home/elysia/.codex"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"git.environment": {
"id": "git.environment",
"category": "git",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "git version 2.54.0",
"details": {
".git entry": "directory",
"PATH git #1": "/etc/profiles/per-user/elysia/bin/git",
"PATH git entries": "1",
"git branch": "main",
"git build options": "git version 2.54.0; cpu: x86_64; no commit associated with this build; sizeof-long: 8; sizeof-size_t: 8; shell-path: /nix/store/gik3rh1vz2jlgnifb9dh6vc6sxwwz9jj-bash-5.3p9/bin/bash; rust: enabled; gettext: enabled; libcurl: 8.20.0; OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.6.2 7 Apr 2026; zlib-ng: 2.3.3; SHA-1: SHA1_DC; SHA-256: SHA256_BLK; default-ref-format: files; default-hash: sha1",
"git exec path": "/nix/store/bcnisk3ydfgv26v2gw3zlky24g00yww2-git-2.54.0/libexec/git-core",
"git version": "git version 2.54.0",
"repo detected": "true",
"repo root": "/home/elysia/coding-project/seele-os-linux",
"selected git": "/etc/profiles/per-user/elysia/bin/git"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 29
},
"installation": {
"id": "installation",
"category": "install",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "installation looks consistent",
"details": {
"PATH codex #1": "/etc/profiles/per-user/elysia/bin/codex",
"current executable": "/nix/store/9li75nh4fyk2m574lmim7wnjqm49hl39-codex-0.139.0/bin/.codex-wrapped",
"install context": "other",
"managed by bun": "false",
"managed by npm": "false",
"managed package root": "not set"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 2
},
"mcp.config": {
"id": "mcp.config",
"category": "mcp",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "MCP configuration is locally consistent",
"details": {
"configured servers": "7",
"disabled servers": "0",
"stdio servers": "7"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"network.env": {
"id": "network.env",
"category": "network",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "network-related environment looks readable",
"details": {
"proxy env vars present": "HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, ALL_PROXY, NO_PROXY, http_proxy, https_proxy, all_proxy, no_proxy"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"network.provider_reachability": {
"id": "network.provider_reachability",
"category": "reachability",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "active provider endpoints are reachable over HTTP",
"details": {
"e-flowcode API base URL": "https://e-flowcode.cc/v1 reachable (HTTP 404)",
"e-flowcode API route probe": "https://e-flowcode.cc/v1/<redacted> route exists (HTTP 401)",
"reachability mode": "API key auth"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 1656
},
"network.websocket_reachability": {
"id": "network.websocket_reachability",
"category": "websocket",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "Responses WebSocket is not enabled for the active provider",
"details": {
"model provider": "e-flowcode",
"provider name": "e-flowcode",
"proxy env vars present": "HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, ALL_PROXY, NO_PROXY, http_proxy, https_proxy, all_proxy, no_proxy",
"supports websockets": "false",
"wire API": "responses"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"runtime.provenance": {
"id": "runtime.provenance",
"category": "runtime",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "running local build on linux-x86_64",
"details": {
"commit": "unknown",
"current executable": "/nix/store/9li75nh4fyk2m574lmim7wnjqm49hl39-codex-0.139.0/bin/.codex-wrapped",
"install method": "other",
"platform": "linux-x86_64",
"version": "0.139.0"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"runtime.search": {
"id": "runtime.search",
"category": "search",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "search is OK (system)",
"details": {
"search command": "rg",
"search command readiness": "ripgrep 15.1.0",
"search provider": "system"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 3
},
"sandbox.helpers": {
"id": "sandbox.helpers",
"category": "sandbox",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "sandbox configuration is readable",
"details": {
"approval policy": "Never",
"codex-linux-sandbox helper": "/home/elysia/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0kS0ae9/codex-linux-sandbox",
"execve wrapper helper": "/home/elysia/.codex/tmp/arg0/codex-arg0kS0ae9/codex-execve-wrapper",
"filesystem sandbox": "unrestricted",
"network sandbox": "enabled"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"state.paths": {
"id": "state.paths",
"category": "state",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "state paths and databases are inspectable",
"details": {
"CODEX_HOME": "/home/elysia/.codex (dir)",
"active rollout files": "737 files, 1724093415 total bytes, 2339339 average bytes",
"archived rollout files": "0 files, 0 total bytes, 0 average bytes",
"goals DB": "/home/elysia/.codex/goals_1.sqlite (file)",
"goals DB integrity": "ok",
"log DB": "/home/elysia/.codex/logs_2.sqlite (file)",
"log DB integrity": "ok",
"log dir": "/home/elysia/.codex/log (dir)",
"memories DB": "/home/elysia/.codex/memories_1.sqlite (file)",
"memories DB integrity": "ok",
"sqlite home": "/home/elysia/.codex (dir)",
"state DB": "/home/elysia/.codex/state_5.sqlite (file)",
"state DB integrity": "ok"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 4086
},
"state.rollout_db_parity": {
"id": "state.rollout_db_parity",
"category": "threads",
"status": "warning",
"summary": "rollout files and state DB thread inventory differ",
"details": {
"default model provider": "e-flowcode",
"rollout DB active files": "737",
"rollout DB active rows": "735",
"rollout DB archive mismatches": "0",
"rollout DB archived files": "0",
"rollout DB archived rows": "0",
"rollout DB duplicate DB paths": "0",
"rollout DB duplicate rollout thread ids": "0",
"rollout DB malformed file names": "0",
"rollout DB missing active rows": "2",
"rollout DB missing active sample": [
"/home/elysia/.codex/sessions/2026/05/01/rollout-2026-05-01T08-00-43-019de0d6-7170-7713-b68a-4dddd8f4df6e.jsonl",
"/home/elysia/.codex/sessions/2026/04/30/rollout-2026-04-30T09-36-56-019ddc08-2d9c-7ff1-a674-10ba989d362e.jsonl"
],
"rollout DB missing archived rows": "0",
"rollout DB model providers": "e-flowcode=705, aicoding=28, openai=2",
"rollout DB rows": "735",
"rollout DB scan cap reached": "false",
"rollout DB scan errors": "0",
"rollout DB sources": "cli=707, subagent:review=28",
"rollout DB stale rows": "0"
},
"issues": [
{
"severity": "warning",
"cause": "rollout files are missing from the state DB",
"measured": "2 active, 0 archived",
"expected": "every rollout file has a matching threads row",
"remedy": null,
"fields": []
}
],
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 6255
},
"system.environment": {
"id": "system.environment",
"category": "system",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "OS language en-US",
"details": {
"EDITOR": "set",
"LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
"PAGER": "set",
"VISUAL": "set",
"os": "NixOS 26.11.0 [64-bit]",
"os language": "en-US",
"os type": "NixOS",
"os version": "26.11.0"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 1
},
"terminal.env": {
"id": "terminal.env",
"category": "terminal",
"status": "fail",
"summary": "TERMINFO unreadable - terminal capabilities are unknown",
"details": {
"COLORTERM": "truecolor",
"DISPLAY": "present",
"TERMINFO": "/nix/store/r8g7wx039a0kcc3chmxrni9qflxjs802-ghostty-1.3.1/share/terminfo (dir)",
"TERMINFO_DIRS entry": [
"/home/elysia/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/terminfo (missing)",
"/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/terminfo (missing)",
"/home/elysia/.nix-profile/share/terminfo (missing)",
"/nix/profile/share/terminfo (missing)",
"/home/elysia/.local/state/nix/profile/share/terminfo (missing)",
"/etc/profiles/per-user/elysia/share/terminfo (dir)",
"/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share/terminfo (missing)",
"/run/current-system/sw/share/terminfo (dir)"
],
"TERM_PROGRAM": "ghostty",
"WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "present",
"color output": "enabled",
"effective locale": "en_US.UTF-8",
"stderr is terminal": "true",
"stdin is terminal": "true",
"stdout is terminal": "true",
"terminal": "Ghostty",
"terminal size": "79x28",
"terminal version": "1.3.1"
},
"issues": [
{
"severity": "fail",
"cause": "TERMINFO unreadable - terminal capabilities are unknown",
"measured": null,
"expected": "readable terminfo file or directory",
"remedy": "check that $TERMINFO points to a readable directory",
"fields": [
"TERMINFO",
"TERMINFO_DIRS entry"
]
},
{
"severity": "warning",
"cause": "width 79 cols - output may wrap (recommended >=80)",
"measured": "79 x 28",
"expected": ">= 80 columns",
"remedy": "resize the window to at least 80 columns",
"fields": [
"terminal size"
]
}
],
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"terminal.title": {
"id": "terminal.title",
"category": "title",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "terminal title default",
"details": {
"terminal title activity": "true",
"terminal title items": "activity, project-name",
"terminal title project source": "git repo root",
"terminal title project value": "seele-os-linux",
"terminal title source": "default"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 0
},
"updates.status": {
"id": "updates.status",
"category": "updates",
"status": "ok",
"summary": "update configuration is locally consistent",
"details": {
"cached latest version": "0.142.4",
"check for update on startup": "true",
"last checked at": "2026-06-29T14:43:48.074648534Z",
"latest version": "0.142.4",
"latest version status": "newer version is available",
"update action": "manual or unknown",
"version cache": "/home/elysia/.codex/version.json"
},
"remediation": null,
"durationMs": 2878
}
}What issue are you seeing?
I have installed the seele mcp (its an mcp specific for my project).
When running /mcp, it shows that seele is infact installed.
/mcp
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start_vm, status, stop, stop_vm, type_text, unmount_rootfs, vm_status, wait_serialHowever, it looks like codex can not see the mcp. When i asked codex, it says that it can not see the seele mcp.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Idk
What is the expected behavior?
codex should beable to see and use the seele mcp
Additional information
_No response_
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