How to integrate Here MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Here 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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HERE Technologies offers robust mapping and location data APIs for developers. It delivers precise geolocation, routing, and map visualization to power location-aware apps.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Here 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 Here 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 Here MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Here MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Here account. It provides structured and secure access to powerful location, mapping, and geocoding services, so your agent can perform actions like searching places, calculating routes, fetching map imagery, and converting addresses or coordinates on your behalf.

  • Smart place discovery and suggestions: Ask your agent to find points of interest, get autosuggested places based on partial queries, or discover addresses near a location.
  • Geocoding and reverse geocoding: Convert addresses to geographic coordinates or vice versa, enabling seamless location lookup and mapping in your workflows.
  • Map tile and imagery retrieval: Direct your agent to fetch satellite, base, or hybrid map tiles for specific locations, zoom levels, and formats for rich visual context.
  • Advanced routing and fleet planning: Have your agent calculate optimized routes with vehicle profiles, constraints, and even isolines for reachable areas based on time or distance.
  • Nearby search and contextual browsing: Let your agent browse or search for places around a given location, filtered by categories or names, to surface relevant local information.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Autosuggest Places

Tool to fetch possible completions for a partial search term.

Browse Places

Tool to search for places around a given location with optional filters.

Calculate Fleet Telematics Route

Calculate optimal routes between multiple waypoints supporting various transport modes (car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian).

Cancel Tour Planning Problem

Tool to cancel a running asynchronous tour planning optimization job.

Coordinates to Tile Indices

Tool to convert geographic coordinates to Web Mercator XYZ tile indices.

Decode Route Handle

Tool to decode and return a route from a previously calculated route handle via POST request.

Discover Places

Tool to discover places and addresses by free-form text near a location.

Solve Vehicle Routing Problem

Tool to solve a Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) by optimizing routes for a fleet of vehicles serving multiple jobs.

Find Optimal Waypoint Sequence

Tool to find the optimal sequence of waypoints using POST request to solve the Travelling Salesman Problem.

Geocode Address

Tool to convert structured address data into geographic coordinates.

Get Aliases Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking aliases service.

Get Aliases Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Tracking Aliases service.

Get Associations Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Associations API service.

Get Associations Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Associations tracking service.

Get Address Autocomplete

Tool to get address autocomplete suggestions for partial address queries.

Get Base Map Tile

Retrieves a base map tile image from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Bulkjobs Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking bulkjobs service.

Get Bulkjobs Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Bulkjobs tracking service.

Get C2C Service Health

Tool to check HERE C2C service health status.

Get C2C Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE C2C tracking service.

Get Copyright

Tool to retrieve copyright information for HERE map tiles.

Get Transit Departures

Tool to get next departures from transit stations.

Get Events Health Status

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Events API service.

Get Events Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Events service.

Get Features

Tool to retrieve available map features per style for tile rendering.

Get Geofences Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Geofences service.

Get Geofences Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Geofences service.

Get Service Health Status

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking API service.

Get Incident By ID

Tool to get details of a specific traffic incident by its ID.

Get Raster Tile API Info

Tool to get metadata about the HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Isolines

Tool to calculate isolines.

Get Labels Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Labels service.

Get Labels Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Labels service.

Get Label Tile

Retrieves a map tile image with text labels using HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Get Supported Languages

Tool to retrieve supported languages for map tile labels from HERE Raster Tile API.

Get Largedata Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking largedata service.

Get Largedata Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE largedata tracking service.

Get Locations Service Health

Tool to check the health status of HERE's locations tracking service.

Get Locations Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking Locations service.

Get Map Image

Retrieves a static map image from HERE Map Image API v3.

Get Map Tile with Transit

Tool to request a map tile with public transport overlay from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Compute Routing Matrix

Computes routing matrices for batch distance and travel time calculations between multiple origins and destinations.

Get Matrix Calculation Result

Tool to retrieve the result of a successfully completed matrix calculation.

Get Metadata Service Health

Tool to retrieve the health status of the HERE Tracking metadata service.

Get Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version number of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Notifications Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Notifications service.

Get Notifications Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Notifications service.

Get OpenAPI Specification

Tool to retrieve the OpenAPI 3 specification for the HERE Traffic API v7.

Get Political Views

Tool to retrieve available geopolitical views for HERE map rendering.

Get Tour Planning Solution

Tool to retrieve the solution for a completed tour planning problem.

Get Matrix Routing Profile

Tool to retrieve a specific matrix routing profile definition by its ID.

List Matrix Routing Profiles

Tool to list all supported predefined routing profiles for matrix routing calculations.

Get Registry Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Registry service.

Get Registry Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE Registry service.

Get Service Health Status

Tool to check the HERE Tracking service health status.

Get Raster Map Tile

Tool to retrieve a raster map tile image for a specific zoom level, column, and row from HERE Raster Tile API v3.

Calculate Routes

Tool to calculate routes between waypoints supporting multiple transport modes (car, truck, pedestrian, bicycle, scooter, taxi, bus).

Get Rules Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Rules service.

Get Rules Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking Rules service.

Get Sensors Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Sensors service.

Get Sensors Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking sensors service.

Get Shadows Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking Shadows service.

Get Shadows Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Shadows tracking service.

Get Shipments Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Shipments service.

Get Shipments Service Version

Tool to get the HERE shipments tracking service version.

Get Transit Stations

Tool to search for transit stations around a location.

Get Tour Planning Job Status

Check the status of an asynchronous tour planning optimization job.

Get Server Timestamp

Tool to get the current server timestamp from HERE Tracking API.

Get Traces Service Health

Tool to check the health status of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Tracking Service Version

Tool to retrieve the current version of the HERE Tracking service.

Get Traffic Flow

Tool to retrieve real-time traffic flow data.

Get Traffic Incidents

Tool to fetch real-time traffic incidents within a specified area.

Get Traffic Tile

Retrieve a traffic flow overlay tile image showing real-time traffic conditions.

Get Users Service Health

Tool to check the HERE Tracking Users API service health status.

Get Users Service Version

Tool to get the current version of the HERE tracking service.

Get Vector Tile

Retrieves protocol buffer encoded binary vector tiles using HERE Vector Tile API v2.

Get Vector Tiles Layers Documentation

Tool to retrieve OMV-2 layers documentation for HERE Vector Tiles.

Get Vector Tiles Copyright

Tool to retrieve copyright information for HERE vector tiles.

Get Vector Tiles Info

Tool to retrieve the current map version from HERE Vector Tiles Service.

Get Vector Tiles Languages

Tool to retrieve supported languages for vector map tiles from HERE Vector Tiles API.

Get Vector Tiles OpenAPI Specification

Tool to retrieve the OpenAPI specification for the HERE Vector Tiles API v2.

Get Vector Tiles Proto Formats

Tool to retrieve a list of available protocol buffer formats from HERE Vector Tiles Service.

Get Vector Tiles Proto File

Tool to retrieve protocol buffer (.

Get Vector Tiles Political Views

Tool to retrieve available political views for HERE vector tiles.

Get Version

Tool to retrieve the version information of the HERE Traffic API.

Get Waypoint Sequence

Optimizes the visit order of multiple waypoints between a fixed origin and destination.

Daily Weather Forecast

Get 7-day weather forecasts for any location worldwide.

Get Weather Observation

Tool to retrieve current weather observation.

Import Route from Trace

Tool to import and calculate a route from GPS trace points.

Locate Device

Determine device location based on WiFi and cellular network measurements.

Lookup Location by HERE ID

Retrieves comprehensive details for a location using its HERE ID.

Calculate Routes via POST

Calculate routes using POST method with extensive customization options via request body.

Reverse Geocode Coordinates

Converts geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude) into human-readable addresses and location details.

Submit Tour Planning Problem

Submit a tour planning problem synchronously to solve vehicle routing problems with constraints like time windows, capacity, and vehicle types.

Submit Tour Planning Problem (Async)

Submit a tour planning problem asynchronously for large-scale vehicle routing optimization.

Weather Alerts

Retrieve severe weather alerts for specified locations or routes.

Get Astronomy Forecast

Tool to fetch astronomical data (sunrise, sunset) for a specific location.

Hourly Weather Forecast

Tool to fetch hourly weather forecasts.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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