docs: fix outdated Codex MCP setup instructions - #1656
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- Replace broken config.toml + 'codex mcp login' primary path with 'codex mcp add sourcebot --url <URL>' which matches Settings → MCP - Add tip near Getting Started pointing users to Settings → MCP for easiest setup (one-click install cards) - Update Codex docs link to current official location - Fix API key path to use CLI flag instead of manual config.toml editing Co-authored-by: Michael Sukkarieh <msukkari@users.noreply.github.com>
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 8 included reviews per hour; 6 remain after this review. WalkthroughThe MCP server documentation adds Settings → MCP guidance, updates Codex setup commands, and clarifies OAuth and API key authentication. It retains the anonymous-access behavior description. ChangesMCP documentation
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Change: Other Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to OAuth users without an existing credential source can configure Sourcebot but remain unauthenticated, preventing connection until they discover and run the missing login command. Add the documented OAuth step before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@docs/docs/features/mcp-server.mdx`:
- Line 164: Update the Codex MCP setup instructions near the Sourcebot server
URL to include an explicit `codex mcp login sourcebot` step after `codex mcp
add`, so users start OAuth authorization and can authenticate the configured
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| codex mcp add sourcebot --url https://app.sourcebot.dev/api/mcp | ||
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| Replace `https://app.sourcebot.dev` with wherever your Sourcebot instance is hosted. Codex will automatically detect OAuth support and prompt you to authorize in your browser when you first connect. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Start the OAuth login explicitly.
codex mcp add saves the server configuration. Codex requires a separate codex mcp login sourcebot command to start OAuth authorization. Without it, users cannot authenticate the OAuth MCP server.
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-Replace `https://app.sourcebot.dev` with wherever your Sourcebot instance is hosted. Codex will automatically detect OAuth support and prompt you to authorize in your browser when you first connect.
+Replace `https://app.sourcebot.dev` with wherever your Sourcebot instance is hosted. Then run `codex mcp login sourcebot` to authorize in your browser.📝 Committable suggestion
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| Replace `https://app.sourcebot.dev` with wherever your Sourcebot instance is hosted. Codex will automatically detect OAuth support and prompt you to authorize in your browser when you first connect. | |
| Replace `https://app.sourcebot.dev` with wherever your Sourcebot instance is hosted. Then run `codex mcp login sourcebot` to authorize in your browser. |
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In `@docs/docs/features/mcp-server.mdx` at line 164, Update the Codex MCP setup
instructions near the Sourcebot server URL to include an explicit `codex mcp
login sourcebot` step after `codex mcp add`, so users start OAuth authorization
and can authenticate the configured server.
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- Remove redundant sentence from Fastest setup tip - Combine public deployment note with anonymous access into single Note - Restore anonymous access mention in Authorization section Co-authored-by: Michael Sukkarieh <msukkari@users.noreply.github.com>
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278-278: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winUse second person in this documentation sentence.
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docs/**/*.mdxguideline requires second person. Use:Proposed fix
-The Sourcebot MCP server supports two authorization methods: OAuth and API keys. +You can authorize the Sourcebot MCP server with OAuth or an API key.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/docs/features/mcp-server.mdx`:
- Line 278: Update the authorization sentence in the MCP server documentation to
address the reader directly in second person while preserving the statement that
both OAuth and API keys are supported.
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Updates Codex MCP setup docs to use
codex mcp add --url(matching Settings → MCP) instead of the brokenconfig.toml+codex mcp loginpath that failed for Vevo's trial. Also points users at Settings → MCP for the fastest install.Summary by CodeRabbit
codex mcp addcommand.Note
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Documentation-only changes to MCP setup instructions with no runtime or security impact.
Overview
Updates the MCP server docs so Codex setup matches Settings → MCP and the current CLI: OAuth and API key flows now use
codex mcp addwith--url(and--bearer-token-env-varfor keys) instead of editing~/.codex/config.tomland runningcodex mcp login. The Codex doc link points to the ChatGPT learn site.Getting Started now highlights Settings → MCP for copying the server URL and one-click install cards, and folds anonymous-access guidance into the examples note alongside the public deployment URL caveat. The authorization intro gets a small wording tweak only.
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