How to integrate Kaggle MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Kaggle 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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Kaggle is a platform for data science and machine learning competitions, datasets, and collaborative notebooks. It makes it easy to find data, participate in challenges, and share insights with a global data community.

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Introduction

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

The Kaggle MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Kaggle account. It provides structured and secure access to your Kaggle datasets, competitions, and configurations, so your agent can perform actions like downloading competition data, creating datasets, submitting entries, and managing dataset versions on your behalf.

  • Competition data access and download: Let your agent fetch and download competition datasets quickly by specifying a competition ID, so you always have the latest files for analysis.
  • Automated dataset creation and management: Have your agent create new Kaggle datasets, update metadata, and publish new dataset versions seamlessly, streamlining the process of sharing your work with the community.
  • Competition entry submission: Empower your agent to submit competition entries automatically once your solution is ready and uploaded, helping you participate in challenges without manual hassle.
  • Configuration management and setup: Allow your agent to initialize, locate, and update Kaggle API configuration files and keys, ensuring smooth and authenticated operations every time.
  • Dataset status monitoring: Ask your agent to check the status of uploaded datasets or processing jobs, so you always know when your data is ready for use or public sharing.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Download competition data files

Downloads all data files for a Kaggle competition as a single zip archive.

Submit Competition Entry

Submit an entry to a Kaggle competition using a previously uploaded file.

Get Kaggle Config Directory

Tool to retrieve the directory of the Kaggle API configuration file.

Initialize Kaggle Configuration

Initialize Kaggle API client configuration.

List Kaggle Configuration Keys

Tool to list local Kaggle API configuration keys.

Get Kaggle Config Path

Tool to retrieve local Kaggle API configuration file path.

Reset Kaggle Configuration

Tool to reset local Kaggle CLI configuration to defaults.

Set Kaggle Configuration

Tool to set a Kaggle CLI configuration parameter.

Unset Kaggle Configuration

Tool to unset a Kaggle CLI configuration parameter.

View Kaggle Configuration

View local Kaggle API credentials and configuration settings.

Dataset Create

Create a new Kaggle dataset with metadata.

Kaggle Dataset Init

Tool to initialize a dataset-metadata.

List Kaggle Dataset Files

Tool to list files in a Kaggle dataset.

Get Dataset Status

Check the processing status of a Kaggle dataset after creation or version update.

Create Dataset Version

Create a new version of an existing Kaggle dataset.

Download competition file

Tool to download a specific data file from a Kaggle competition.

Download competition leaderboard

Tool to download the entire competition leaderboard as a CSV file packaged in a ZIP archive.

Download Kaggle Dataset

Tool to download all files from a Kaggle dataset as a zip archive.

Download Kaggle Dataset File

Tool to download a specific file from a Kaggle dataset.

Generate Competition Submission URL

Tool to generate a pre-signed URL for uploading competition submission files.

Get Dataset Metadata

Tool to get comprehensive metadata for a Kaggle dataset including title, description, licenses, and tags.

Get Model Details

Tool to get a Kaggle model's details including metadata and description.

Get Model Instance Details

Tool to get details for a specific Kaggle model instance (variation).

Kaggle Kernel Init

Initialize a kernel-metadata.

Download kernel output

Tool to download the output of a Kaggle kernel.

Get Kernel Status

Get the execution status of a Kaggle kernel (notebook).

List competition data files

Tool to list all data files available for a Kaggle competition.

List Kaggle Competitions

Tool to list available Kaggle competitions with filters and pagination.

List Kaggle Datasets

Tool to list Kaggle datasets with filters and pagination.

List Kernel Output Files

Tool to list output files for a specific kernel run.

List Kaggle Kernels

Tool to list Kaggle kernels (notebooks and scripts) with filters and pagination.

List Model Instance Version Files

Tool to list files for a specific version of a model variation.

List Kaggle Models

Tool to list Kaggle models with optional filters for owner, sorting, search, and pagination.

Pull Kernel Code

Tool to pull (download) the source code of a Kaggle kernel to local storage.

View competition leaderboard

Tool to view competition leaderboard information showing rankings and scores of participants.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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