[MCP] Add support for streamable http servers with codex mcp add and replace bearer token handling (#4904)

1. You can now add streamable http servers via the CLI
2. As part of this, I'm also changing the existing bearer_token plain
text config field with ane env var

```
mcp add github --url https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ --bearer-token-env-var=GITHUB_PAT
```
This commit is contained in:
Gabriel Peal
2025-10-07 20:21:37 -07:00
committed by GitHub
parent 496cb801e1
commit a43ae86b6c
7 changed files with 372 additions and 75 deletions

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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::Context;
use anyhow::Result;
use anyhow::anyhow;
use anyhow::bail;
use clap::ArgGroup;
use codex_common::CliConfigOverrides;
use codex_core::config::Config;
use codex_core::config::ConfigOverrides;
@@ -77,13 +78,61 @@ pub struct AddArgs {
/// Name for the MCP server configuration.
pub name: String,
/// Environment variables to set when launching the server.
#[arg(long, value_parser = parse_env_pair, value_name = "KEY=VALUE")]
pub env: Vec<(String, String)>,
#[command(flatten)]
pub transport_args: AddMcpTransportArgs,
}
#[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
#[command(
group(
ArgGroup::new("transport")
.args(["command", "url"])
.required(true)
.multiple(false)
)
)]
pub struct AddMcpTransportArgs {
#[command(flatten)]
pub stdio: Option<AddMcpStdioArgs>,
#[command(flatten)]
pub streamable_http: Option<AddMcpStreamableHttpArgs>,
}
#[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
pub struct AddMcpStdioArgs {
/// Command to launch the MCP server.
#[arg(trailing_var_arg = true, num_args = 1..)]
/// Use --url for a streamable HTTP server.
#[arg(
trailing_var_arg = true,
num_args = 0..,
)]
pub command: Vec<String>,
/// Environment variables to set when launching the server.
/// Only valid with stdio servers.
#[arg(
long,
value_parser = parse_env_pair,
value_name = "KEY=VALUE",
)]
pub env: Vec<(String, String)>,
}
#[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
pub struct AddMcpStreamableHttpArgs {
/// URL for a streamable HTTP MCP server.
#[arg(long)]
pub url: String,
/// Optional environment variable to read for a bearer token.
/// Only valid with streamable HTTP servers.
#[arg(
long = "bearer-token-env-var",
value_name = "ENV_VAR",
requires = "url"
)]
pub bearer_token_env_var: Option<String>,
}
#[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
@@ -140,37 +189,51 @@ async fn run_add(config_overrides: &CliConfigOverrides, add_args: AddArgs) -> Re
// Validate any provided overrides even though they are not currently applied.
config_overrides.parse_overrides().map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
let AddArgs { name, env, command } = add_args;
let AddArgs {
name,
transport_args,
} = add_args;
validate_server_name(&name)?;
let mut command_parts = command.into_iter();
let command_bin = command_parts
.next()
.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("command is required"))?;
let command_args: Vec<String> = command_parts.collect();
let env_map = if env.is_empty() {
None
} else {
let mut map = HashMap::new();
for (key, value) in env {
map.insert(key, value);
}
Some(map)
};
let codex_home = find_codex_home().context("failed to resolve CODEX_HOME")?;
let mut servers = load_global_mcp_servers(&codex_home)
.await
.with_context(|| format!("failed to load MCP servers from {}", codex_home.display()))?;
let new_entry = McpServerConfig {
transport: McpServerTransportConfig::Stdio {
command: command_bin,
args: command_args,
env: env_map,
let transport = match transport_args {
AddMcpTransportArgs {
stdio: Some(stdio), ..
} => {
let mut command_parts = stdio.command.into_iter();
let command_bin = command_parts
.next()
.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("command is required"))?;
let command_args: Vec<String> = command_parts.collect();
let env_map = if stdio.env.is_empty() {
None
} else {
Some(stdio.env.into_iter().collect::<HashMap<_, _>>())
};
McpServerTransportConfig::Stdio {
command: command_bin,
args: command_args,
env: env_map,
}
}
AddMcpTransportArgs {
streamable_http: Some(streamable_http),
..
} => McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp {
url: streamable_http.url,
bearer_token_env_var: streamable_http.bearer_token_env_var,
},
AddMcpTransportArgs { .. } => bail!("exactly one of --command or --url must be provided"),
};
let new_entry = McpServerConfig {
transport,
startup_timeout_sec: None,
tool_timeout_sec: None,
};
@@ -288,11 +351,14 @@ async fn run_list(config_overrides: &CliConfigOverrides, list_args: ListArgs) ->
"args": args,
"env": env,
}),
McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp { url, bearer_token } => {
McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp {
url,
bearer_token_env_var,
} => {
serde_json::json!({
"type": "streamable_http",
"url": url,
"bearer_token": bearer_token,
"bearer_token_env_var": bearer_token_env_var,
})
}
};
@@ -345,13 +411,15 @@ async fn run_list(config_overrides: &CliConfigOverrides, list_args: ListArgs) ->
};
stdio_rows.push([name.clone(), command.clone(), args_display, env_display]);
}
McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp { url, bearer_token } => {
let has_bearer = if bearer_token.is_some() {
"True"
} else {
"False"
};
http_rows.push([name.clone(), url.clone(), has_bearer.into()]);
McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp {
url,
bearer_token_env_var,
} => {
http_rows.push([
name.clone(),
url.clone(),
bearer_token_env_var.clone().unwrap_or("-".to_string()),
]);
}
}
}
@@ -396,7 +464,7 @@ async fn run_list(config_overrides: &CliConfigOverrides, list_args: ListArgs) ->
}
if !http_rows.is_empty() {
let mut widths = ["Name".len(), "Url".len(), "Has Bearer Token".len()];
let mut widths = ["Name".len(), "Url".len(), "Bearer Token Env Var".len()];
for row in &http_rows {
for (i, cell) in row.iter().enumerate() {
widths[i] = widths[i].max(cell.len());
@@ -407,7 +475,7 @@ async fn run_list(config_overrides: &CliConfigOverrides, list_args: ListArgs) ->
"{:<name_w$} {:<url_w$} {:<token_w$}",
"Name",
"Url",
"Has Bearer Token",
"Bearer Token Env Var",
name_w = widths[0],
url_w = widths[1],
token_w = widths[2],
@@ -447,10 +515,13 @@ async fn run_get(config_overrides: &CliConfigOverrides, get_args: GetArgs) -> Re
"args": args,
"env": env,
}),
McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp { url, bearer_token } => serde_json::json!({
McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp {
url,
bearer_token_env_var,
} => serde_json::json!({
"type": "streamable_http",
"url": url,
"bearer_token": bearer_token,
"bearer_token_env_var": bearer_token_env_var,
}),
};
let output = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&serde_json::json!({
@@ -493,11 +564,14 @@ async fn run_get(config_overrides: &CliConfigOverrides, get_args: GetArgs) -> Re
};
println!(" env: {env_display}");
}
McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp { url, bearer_token } => {
McpServerTransportConfig::StreamableHttp {
url,
bearer_token_env_var,
} => {
println!(" transport: streamable_http");
println!(" url: {url}");
let bearer = bearer_token.as_deref().unwrap_or("-");
println!(" bearer_token: {bearer}");
let env_var = bearer_token_env_var.as_deref().unwrap_or("-");
println!(" bearer_token_env_var: {env_var}");
}
}
if let Some(timeout) = server.startup_timeout_sec {