Does context-mode work with ChatGPT (Codex)?

Yes. context-mode passed every step of our test in ChatGPT (Codex) on Oct 14, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.

Result

ResultPassed
Date testedOct 14, 2026
Plan tested onChatGPT Plus
App versioncodex-cli 0.162.0-alpha.17.2
Modelaccount default (ChatGPT Plus)

Steps

  1. install OK
  2. connected OK
  3. tools visible OK
  4. agent task: recall across sessions OKstore in session 1, recall in a fresh session 2 (the token only appears in session 1's prompt)

From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.

What happened in this run

Install config we used

[mcp_servers.context-mode]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "context-mode"]
env = {}

Connection check

server answered tool calls during the task

Tools check

verified via task step: agent saw and called the server's tools

Agent task: recall across sessions

  • Tool calls, in order: context-mode:ctx_search

Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.

Set it up in ChatGPT (Codex)

Copy-paste config for every app is on the context-mode page. Not connecting? ChatGPT (Codex) MCP troubleshooting.

Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Cursor (passed) · Claude Desktop (passed).

All MCP servers tested in ChatGPT (Codex)

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