Does Excel MCP work with ChatGPT (Codex)?
Yes. Excel MCP 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
- install OK
- connected OK
- tools visible OK
- agent task: write read back OKcreate a document with known content, then read it back
From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.
What happened in this run
Install config we used
[mcp_servers.excel]
command = "uvx"
args = ["excel-mcp-server", "stdio"]
env = {EXCEL_FILES_PATH="{SANDBOX}"}Connection check
server answered tool calls during the taskTools check
verified via task step: agent saw and called the server's tools
Agent task: write read back
- Tool calls, in order:
excel:create_workbook,excel:describe_workbook,excel:write_range,excel:read_range
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 Excel MCP page. Not connecting? ChatGPT (Codex) MCP troubleshooting.
Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Cursor (passed) · Claude Desktop (passed).