Does MCP SQLite (jparkerweb) work with ChatGPT (Codex)?

Q: Does MCP SQLite (jparkerweb) work with ChatGPT (Codex)?

Yes. In our test on 2026-10-19 (Codex CLI 0.162.0-alpha.17.2, mcp-sqlite 1.0.9, plan: ChatGPT Plus), MCP SQLite (jparkerweb) passed install, connect, tools and an agent task.

Yes. MCP SQLite (jparkerweb) passed every step of our test in ChatGPT (Codex) on Oct 19, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.

Result

ResultPassed

Date testedOct 19, 2026

Plan tested onChatGPT Plus

App versionCodex CLI 0.162.0-alpha.17.2

Server packagemcp-sqlite 1.0.9

Connect timeconnect time not recorded

Modelgpt-6-luna (reasoning low)

Steps

install OK
connect OK
tools visible OK
agent task: roundtrip OKwrite then read back from a local database/vector store (no cloud account)

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

Versions tested

Codex CLI 0.162.0-alpha.17.2 · mcp-sqlite 1.0.9 · connect time not recorded · tested Oct 19, 2026

Server package tested: mcp-sqlite 1.0.9 (npm, Node v20.19.2; resolved 2026-10-19)

Direct and key dependencies as resolved: @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.32.1 · express 5.3.0 · sqlite3 5.1.7 · zod 4.6.7 · zod-to-json-schema 3.25.2

All 199 resolved dependencies

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@hono/node-server==2.1.5
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk==1.32.1
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@npmcli/move-file==1.1.2
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aggregate-error==3.1.0
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emoji-regex==8.0.0
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router==2.2.0
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tar-stream==2.2.0
toidentifier==1.0.1
tunnel-agent==0.6.0
type-is==2.1.0
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zod-to-json-schema==3.25.2

Captured with: npm ls --all --json in the npx env.

What happened in this run

Install config we used

[mcp_servers.mcp-sqlite]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-sqlite", "{SANDBOX}/db/test2.db"]

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: roundtrip

Tool calls, in order: mcp-sqlite:list_tables, mcp-sqlite:get_table_schema, mcp-sqlite:create_record, mcp-sqlite:read_records

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 MCP SQLite (jparkerweb) page. Not connecting? ChatGPT (Codex) MCP troubleshooting.

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

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