How to integrate iLovePDF MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With iLovePDF 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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iLovePDF is a PDF and image processing API for converting, compressing, editing, and signing files. Use it to automate document workflows without building PDF tooling from scratch.

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Introduction

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

The iLovePDF MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your iLovePDF account. It provides structured and secure access to your PDF and image processing tools, so your agent can compress files, convert formats, merge documents, split PDFs, and monitor processing tasks on your behalf.

  • PDF and image compression: Have your agent compress one or more PDFs or images to reduce file sizes and return the processed files.
  • PDF and image conversion: Direct your agent to turn images into PDFs or convert PDF pages into images.
  • PDF merging: Instruct your agent to combine two or more PDFs in your chosen order and return one merged document.
  • Flexible PDF splitting: Let the agent split a PDF by page ranges or fixed intervals, or create a new document with selected pages removed.
  • Task and account management: Have your agent check processing progress, review output details and remaining allowance, or delete completed tasks and their files.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Compress Images

Compress one or more images and immediately return the resulting image or ZIP as an offloaded download.

Compress PDFs

Compress one or more PDFs and return the stored PDF or ZIP output in one workflow: task creation, ordered uploads, synchronous processing, download, and best-effort cleanup.

Convert Images to PDF

Convert one or more images into PDF output using iLovePDF's documented defaults and immediately return the generated PDF or ZIP as an offloaded download.

Convert PDF to Images

Convert a PDF using iLovePDF's default PDF-to-JPG behavior and immediately return the generated image or ZIP as an offloaded download.

Delete Task

Immediately delete an iLovePDF task and its related uploaded and processed files from the task's assigned worker.

Get Account Info

Return the connected iLovePDF project's account type and remaining processing allowance.

Get Task Status

Inspect an iLovePDF task's current state and output metadata on its assigned worker.

Merge PDFs

Merge two or more PDFs in the supplied order and return the merged file in one workflow.

Split PDF

Split one PDF by explicit ranges, fixed page intervals, or removed pages and return the resulting PDF or ZIP.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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