How to integrate Optimoroute MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Optimoroute 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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OptimoRoute is an online route optimization and planning solution for logistics, delivery, and field service companies. It helps businesses save time and resources by optimizing routes, schedules, and workloads for drivers.

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Introduction

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

The Optimoroute MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Optimoroute account. It provides structured and secure access to your logistics and planning data, so your agent can perform actions like retrieving driver details, viewing planned delivery routes, checking route assignments, and monitoring driver status on your behalf.

  • Live driver roster and status retrieval: Instantly fetch up-to-date information about all drivers, including their current availability and contact details.
  • Planned route overview for any date: Have your agent pull a detailed list of all planned routes for a specific date, including stop information and route parameters.
  • Monitor unassigned orders and route gaps: Easily identify orders that haven’t been assigned to a route, helping you spot scheduling bottlenecks.
  • Centralized route and driver reporting: Aggregate route and driver data to power dashboards or daily logistics summaries, all via your AI agent.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Create Order

Tool to create a new order or update an existing order in OptimoRoute.

Create or Update Orders

Tool to bulk create, update, or replace multiple orders at once without geocoding.

Delete All Orders

Tool to remove all orders and planned routes for a specified date.

Delete Order

Tool to remove a single order from the OptimoRoute system.

Delete Orders

Tool to delete one or more orders from the system in bulk (max 500 per request).

Get Order Completion Details

Tool to retrieve completion details for one or more orders including proof of delivery data.

Get Drivers

Tool to retrieve all drivers in the system.

Get Mobile Events

Tool to retrieve mobile events from drivers' field operations.

Get Orders

Tool to retrieve one or more orders from OptimoRoute.

Get Planning Status

Tool to retrieve the status of an active planning/optimization process.

Get Planned Routes

Tool to retrieve all planned routes for a given date.

Get Order Scheduling Info

Tool to retrieve scheduling information for a specific order.

Search Orders

Tool to search for orders in OptimoRoute based on criteria.

Start Planning

Tool to start the planning/optimization process for a specified date or date range.

Stop Planning

Tool to stop an active planning/optimization process.

Update Driver Parameters

Tool to update driver parameters for a specific date including work times, vehicle assignment, and start/end locations.

Update Drivers Parameters

Tool to update parameters of multiple drivers for specified dates in bulk (max 500 per request).

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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