Codanna works with Codex CLI as a standard MCP server.
Configure in ~/.codex/config.toml:
[mcp_servers.codanna]
command = "codanna"
args = ["serve", "--watch"]
startup_timeout_ms = 20_000- Standard MCP server integration
- File watching capability
- Configurable startup timeout
After configuration, verify the connection:
codanna mcp-testOnce configured, Codex CLI will automatically start Codanna when needed and provide access to all MCP tools.
- Ensure Codanna is in your PATH
- Check that
.codanna/settings.tomlexists in your project - Adjust
startup_timeout_msif indexing takes longer on large codebases