Does SQLite (reference, archived) work with ChatGPT (Codex)?
Not in our test. SQLite (reference, archived) installed in ChatGPT (Codex) but failed our agent task on Oct 21, 2026. Details of what went wrong are below.
Result
Steps
- install OK
- connect Not run
- tools visible Not run
- agent task: roundtrip Failedwrite then read back from a local database/vector store (no cloud account)Why it failed: no successful call to this server's tools; answer missing ['TP-613E06']; no tool result containing ['TP-613E06']
From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.
Versions tested
Codex CLI 0.162.0-alpha.17.2 · mcp-server-sqlite 2025.4.25 · connect time not recorded · tested Oct 21, 2026
Server package tested: mcp-server-sqlite 2025.4.25 (uv, Python 3.12.15; resolved 2026-10-21)
Direct and key dependencies as resolved: anyio 4.15.1 · mcp 2.3.0 · pydantic 2.14.1 · pydantic_core 2.50.1 · sse-starlette 3.5.0 · starlette 1.9.0 · typing_extensions 4.16.0 · uvicorn 0.54.0
All 36 resolved dependencies
annotated-doc==0.0.5
annotated-types==0.8.0
anyio==4.15.1
attrs==26.1.0
cffi==2.1.1
click==8.5.0
cryptography==50.0.2
h11==0.16.0
httpcore2==2.16.0
httpx2==2.16.0
idna==3.20
jsonschema==4.26.0
jsonschema-specifications==2025.9.1
markdown-it-py==4.2.0
mcp==2.3.0
mcp-types==2.3.0
mdurl==0.1.2
opentelemetry-api==1.45.1
pycparser==3.11
pydantic==2.14.1
pydantic_core==2.50.1
Pygments==2.21.0
PyJWT==2.15.1
python-dotenv==1.2.4
python-multipart==0.0.32
referencing==0.37.0
rich==15.0.0
rpds-py==2026.9.1
shellingham==1.5.4
sse-starlette==3.5.0
starlette==1.9.0
truststore==0.10.5
typer==0.27.3
typing-inspection==0.4.4
typing_extensions==4.16.0
uvicorn==0.54.0Captured with: uvx --from mcp-server-sqlite python (importlib.metadata in the same uvx env; equivalent to uv pip freeze).
What happened in this run
Install config we used
[mcp_servers.sqlite]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-server-sqlite", "--db-path", "{SANDBOX}/db/test.db"]Connection check
no tool call reached the serverTools check
checked in task step
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 SQLite (reference, archived) page. Not connecting? ChatGPT (Codex) MCP troubleshooting.
Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (failed) · Cursor (failed).