How to integrate Gift up MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Gift up 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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Gift Up! is a digital platform for selling, managing, and redeeming gift cards online. It streamlines promotions and gift card transactions for businesses and their customers.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Gift up 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 Gift up 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.

bash
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 Gift up MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Gift up MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Gift Up! account. It provides structured and secure access to your gift card operations, so your agent can list available gift cards, fetch company or checkout details, generate transaction reports, and manage users or webhook subscriptions on your behalf.

  • Gift card inventory management: Instantly list, filter, and audit all gift cards issued or available in your account, including status and details.
  • Sales item and group retrieval: Let your agent fetch all items for sale and organize them by item groups, making it easy to manage or present products.
  • Company and checkout settings access: Retrieve current company details and checkout configuration to audit or display your store's gift card setup.
  • Transaction reporting and analytics: Generate and filter transaction reports for deep insights into gift card sales, redemptions, and trends.
  • User and webhook management: List all users with account access or subscribe to webhook events, enabling automated notifications and streamlined team management.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Gift up with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Gift up 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 Gift up 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 Gift up operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Note to Order

Tool to add a note to an existing order.

Create Item

Tool to create a new item for sale in the Gift Up checkout.

Create Item Group

Tool to create a new item group for organizing items in the Gift Up checkout.

Create Order

Tool to create a new order which generates one or more gift cards.

Delete Item

Tool to delete an item from the Gift Up checkout.

Delete Item Group

Tool to delete an item group by its ID.

Delete Webhook

Tool to delete a webhook subscription by its ID.

Get Checkout Settings

Tool to retrieve the current checkout settings.

Get Company Details

Tool to retrieve company details.

Get Email Settings

Tool to retrieve email settings for the Gift Up account.

Get Gift Card by Code

Tool to retrieve a gift card by its code.

Get Gift Card Settings

Tool to retrieve gift card settings including code format, expiration rules, and display options.

Get Item by ID

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific item by its ID.

Get Order by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific order by ID.

API Health Check

Tool to perform a health check on the Gift Up!

Get Report Transaction

Tool to retrieve a specific transaction report by its ID.

Get Shipping Settings

Tool to retrieve shipping settings for physical gift cards.

Get Stripe Connection

Tool to retrieve current Stripe integration connection settings.

Get Webhook

Tool to retrieve a specific webhook by its ID.

List Gift Card Artwork

Tool to list all gift card artwork available for use on gift cards.

List Gift Cards

Tool to list gift cards.

List Item Groups

Tool to list item groups.

List Items

Lists all items (gift cards, passes, etc.

List Locations

Retrieves all physical locations where gift cards are sold and/or redeemed.

List Promotions

Tool to list all promotions that allow discounts to be applied on the Gift Up checkout.

List Report Transactions

Tool to list report transactions with optional filters.

List GiftUp Users

Tool to list all users.

List Webhooks

Tool to list all webhooks configured for the account.

Health Check (POST)

Tool to perform a health check using POST /ping endpoint.

Reactivate Gift Card

Tool to reactivate a voided gift card.

Redeem Gift Card

Tool to redeem a specified amount or units from a gift card.

Redeem Gift Card In Full

Tool to redeem a gift card in full.

Subscribe to Webhook

Subscribe to Gift Up!

Top Up Gift Card

Tool to add value to an existing gift card.

Undo Gift Card Redemption

Tool to undo a previous redemption on a gift card, restoring the redeemed amount to the gift card balance.

Update Email Settings

Tool to update email settings using JSON Patch operations.

Update Gift Card

Tool to update gift card properties using JSON Patch operations.

Update Gift Card Settings

Tool to update gift card settings using JSON Patch operations.

Update Item

Update an item's properties using JSON Patch operations.

Update Item Group

Tool to update an item group's properties using JSON Patch operations.

Update Order

Tool to update an order's properties using JSON Patch operations.

Update Stripe Connection

Tool to update Stripe integration connection settings for the Gift Up account.

Upload Gift Card Artwork

Tool to upload new gift card artwork.

Void Gift Card

Tool to void a gift card making it invalid for future redemptions.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Gift up MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Gift up tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Gift up 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 Gift up tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Gift up 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 Gift up data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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