codex octopus for VS Code
io.github.xiaolai/codex-octopus
Spawn multiple specialized Codex agents as MCP servers, each independently configured.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install codex octopus in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "codex-api-key",
"description": "CODEX_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "codex-tool-name",
"description": "CODEX_TOOL_NAME",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "codex-model",
"description": "CODEX_MODEL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "codex-sandbox-mode",
"description": "CODEX_SANDBOX_MODE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "codex-approval-policy",
"description": "CODEX_APPROVAL_POLICY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "codex-append-instructions",
"description": "CODEX_APPEND_INSTRUCTIONS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "codex-factory-only",
"description": "CODEX_FACTORY_ONLY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"codex-octopus": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"codex-octopus"
],
"env": {
"CODEX_API_KEY": "${input:codex-api-key}",
"CODEX_TOOL_NAME": "${input:codex-tool-name}",
"CODEX_MODEL": "${input:codex-model}",
"CODEX_SANDBOX_MODE": "${input:codex-sandbox-mode}",
"CODEX_APPROVAL_POLICY": "${input:codex-approval-policy}",
"CODEX_APPEND_INSTRUCTIONS": "${input:codex-append-instructions}",
"CODEX_FACTORY_ONLY": "${input:codex-factory-only}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs