How to integrate Seam MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Seam 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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Seam is a connected device API for smart locks, access systems, thermostats, sensors, and other workspace devices. It gives developers one clean interface to manage building access and device state across many hardware brands.

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Introduction

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

The Seam MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Seam account. It provides structured and secure access to your connected devices, spaces, accounts, and access grants, so your agent can find devices, review connected accounts, create and update access grants, revoke access, and monitor operation results on your behalf.

  • Device and space discovery: Have your agent find connected devices and grantable spaces by details such as name, type, manufacturer, customer, or workspace metadata.
  • Access grant creation: Let the agent grant new or existing users access to selected spaces, devices, or entrances using PINs, cards, mobile keys, or cloud keys.
  • Access updates and revocation: Direct your agent to change an access grant's name or validity period, add more access methods, or permanently revoke access.
  • Access and account review: Instruct your agent to review access grants and search the provider accounts connected to your workspace.
  • Operation monitoring: Have your agent check the status, errors, and results of device operations so you can see whether requested actions completed successfully.

Conclusion

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

Supported Tools

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

Add Access Methods to Grant

Request additional PIN, card, mobile-key, or cloud-key methods for an existing access grant.

Create Access Grant

Grant an existing or new user identity access to spaces, devices, or access-control entrances, requesting PIN, card, mobile-key, or cloud-key methods.

Delete Access Grant

Permanently revoke and delete an access grant by UUID, removing the access it manages.

Get Access Grant

Get one access grant by its Seam UUID or unique workspace key.

List Access Grants

List access grants in the workspace, optionally filtered by space, device, entrance, user identity, reservation, customer, key, or IDs; returns one cursor-controlled page.

List Action Attempts

Inspect asynchronous Seam operation status, errors, and results in bulk by action-attempt IDs or by device, returning one cursor-controlled page.

List Connected Accounts

List and search provider accounts connected to the workspace, optionally filtering by space, customer, user, or metadata; returns one cursor-controlled page.

List Devices

List and search devices in the workspace, optionally filtering by account, space, IDs, type, manufacturer, customer, creation time, or metadata; returns one cursor-controlled page.

List Spaces

List and search spaces in the workspace by name, key, or customer, returning one cursor-controlled page of grantable locations.

Update Access Grant

Update an access grant's name or validity window by UUID or unique workspace key.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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