Does MCP Time (TheoBrigitte) work with ChatGPT (Codex)?
Yes. MCP Time (TheoBrigitte) 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
Steps
- install OK
- connect OK
- tools visible OK
- agent task: time zones OK
From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.
Versions tested
Codex CLI 0.162.0-alpha.17.2 · @theo.foobar/mcp-time v0.4.0 · connect time not recorded · tested Oct 19, 2026
Server package tested: @theo.foobar/mcp-time v0.4.0 (npm, Node v20.19.2; resolved 2026-10-19)
All 1 resolved dependencies
mcp-time-linux-x64==0.4.0Captured with: npm ls --all --json in the npx env.
What happened in this run
Install config we used
[mcp_servers.mcp-time]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@theo.foobar/mcp-time"]Connection check
server answered tool calls during the taskTools check
verified via task step: agent saw and called the server's tools
Agent task: time zones
- Tool calls, in order:
mcp-time:current_time
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 Time (TheoBrigitte) page. Not connecting? ChatGPT (Codex) MCP troubleshooting.
Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Cursor (passed) · Claude Desktop (passed).