BioRender connector tools fail with "Tool search-icons not found"

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 5, 2026 by liqinghe350
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.623.101652

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

Summary

The BioRender connector exposes icon and template search tools, but every call fails because the corresponding upstream MCP tools are not registered.

Environment

  • Codex App: 26.623.101652
  • Codex CLI: 0.142.5
  • OS: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
  • Plugin: biorender@openai-curated 1.0.2
  • Plugin status: installed, enabled
  • Connector ID: connector_691e3de0d2708191a6476a7b36e38779

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install and enable the official BioRender plugin.
  2. Connect and authorize BioRender.
  3. Restart Codex and open a new conversation.
  4. Ask BioRender to search for “breast cancer” or “breast tumor” icons.
  5. The request fails.

Template search fails in the same way.

Actual result

MCP error -32602: Tool search-icons not found

MCP error -32602: Tool search-templates not found

Expected result

The connector should return matching BioRender icons or templates.

Troubleshooting already attempted

  • Updated BioRender to version 1.0.2
  • Confirmed the plugin is installed and enabled
  • Disconnected and reauthorized the connector
  • Fully restarted Codex
  • Tested in a new conversation
  • Tested multiple search queries

This appears to be a mismatch between the client-exposed tool schema and the tools registered by the upstream BioRender MCP service.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: 019f32ac-0a06-71c1-8cd1-65deef100b8e

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

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2 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 1 month ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #31026

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athan614 · 1 month ago

I can reproduce as well:
Plugin: biorender@openai-curated-remote

Tool: _search_icons
Request: {"query":"DNA"}
Response: {"error_code":"INVALID_ARGUMENT"}

Tool: _search_templates
Result: {"error_code":"INVALID_ARGUMENT"}