How to integrate AltTextLab MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With AltTextLab MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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AltTextLab is an AI service that generates accessible, SEO-aware alt text for images. It helps teams make image content easier to understand, index, and publish.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With AltTextLab MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • CodeAct: A dedicated workbench that allows GPT to write its code to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool responses: Handle them to minimise context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so GPTs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install AltTextLab MCP in Codex

Run the setup command

Run this command in your terminal to add the Composio MCP server to Codex.

Terminal

It will initiate the authentication in a browser window, authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

Composio authentication page

(Optional) Authenticate with OAuth

To authenticate manually, run the login command to open a browser window and authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

bash
codex mcp login composio

Verify the connection

Run codex mcp list to confirm Composio appears as a registered MCP server.

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codex mcp list

Codex App

Codex App follows the same approach as VS Code.

  1. Click ⚙️ on the bottom left → MCP Servers → + Add servers → Streamable HTTP:
  2. Fill the header and Key fields with { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }.
  3. The Key is the Composio API key, that you can find on dashboard.composio.dev
  4. Click on Authenticate and authorize Codex to your Composio account and you're all set.
Codex App MCP setup
  1. Restart and verify if it's there in .codex/config.toml
bash
[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

What is the AltTextLab MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The AltTextLab MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your AltTextLab account. It provides structured and secure access to image alt text generation and account credit information, so your agent can generate accessible descriptions, tailor writing style and language, include SEO context, and check generation credits on your behalf.

  • Accessible image descriptions: Have your agent generate clear alt text for any image available at a public URL.
  • Language and style guidance: Let the agent tailor each description to your preferred language and writing style.
  • SEO-aware alt text: Direct your agent to incorporate relevant SEO keywords while keeping image descriptions useful and accessible.
  • Product and page context: Instruct your agent to use product details and page context to create more relevant alt text.
  • Account credit checks: Have your agent review your plan, activation status, and remaining generation credits before processing images.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated AltTextLab with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with AltTextLab directly from your terminal, VS Code, or the Codex App using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across CLI, VS Code, and standalone app
  • Natural language commands for AltTextLab operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • CodeAct workbench for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking Codex to perform various AltTextLab operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every AltTextLab action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Generate Alt Text

Generate accessible alt text for a publicly reachable image URL, optionally guided by language, writing style, SEO keywords, product details, and page context.

Get Account Credits

Return the connected AltTextLab account's plan, activation state, and current generation credit balance.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone AltTextLab MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of AltTextLab tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from AltTextLab and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Codex fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right AltTextLab tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which AltTextLab scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your AltTextLab data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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