What can Codex do through this integration?

It can draft scripts, generate videos, images, and text-to-speech, start scheduled recurring series, browse your videos, voices, and music, check credits and connections, and subscribe to webhooks.

Does it cost credits to use?

Generating media such as videos, images, and speech costs ShortGenius credits, while reads like browsing your library or checking your balance are free. You can ask Codex to check your credit balance anytime.

Do I need an API key?

No. Codex authenticates to the ShortGenius MCP server with OAuth through a browser sign-in. If you prefer key auth, you can generate an API key at https://shortgenius.com/developers/keys and pass it as a Bearer token.

Can it publish videos automatically?

Codex can check your publishing connections and start scheduled recurring video series. Connect your destinations in ShortGenius so generated media has somewhere to go.

Codex integration

Create and publish short-form video from your terminal with Codex

Add ShortGenius to Codex as an MCP server and OpenAI's coding agent can draft scripts, render videos, generate images and speech, and manage your account without leaving the terminal.

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What is Codex?

Codex is OpenAI's terminal coding agent. Register the public ShortGenius MCP server with one command and Codex can do real creative work: drafting video scripts, generating videos, images, and text-to-speech, starting scheduled recurring series, and managing your library, all from the command line.

Create in plain English

Describe the result and Codex drives ShortGenius for you — no clicking through screens, no glue code.

Real voices, styles, and music

Codex taps your voices, image styles, and soundtrack library, so every render is built from real assets.

Draft to render in one request

Chain scripting, generation, and publishing into a single turn instead of clicking through screens.

What you can do with Codex

Once Codex is connected, you can drive ShortGenius with plain-language prompts.

Draft video scripts from a topic, URL, or your own draft

Generate videos, images, and text-to-speech on demand

Start scheduled recurring video series

Browse your videos, voices, and music

Check your credit balance and publishing connections

Subscribe to lifecycle webhooks for media events

Connect ShortGenius to Codex

Two commands. Authenticate with OAuth in the browser.

One-step setup

Fastest path: paste this into Codex and it connects ShortGenius itself.

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1
Add the MCP server
Run this in your terminal to register the ShortGenius MCP server with Codex.
```
codex mcp add shortgenius --url https://app.shortgenius.com/api/mcp
```
2
Log in
Authenticate the connection. Codex opens a browser sign-in; approve the requested scopes with your ShortGenius account.
```
codex mcp login shortgenius
```
3
Older Codex versions
If your Codex build predates the mcp commands, add this to ~/.codex/config.toml instead.
```
[mcp_servers.shortgenius]
url = "https://app.shortgenius.com/api/mcp"
```
4
Try a prompt
Ask Codex to draft a script or generate media; the ShortGenius tools appear in its tool list.

Example prompts

Drop any of these into Codex after connecting.

Draft a 30-second video script about our new release from this changelog URL

Generate a vertical video from that script and let me review it

Create a square image and a voiceover for my next TikTok

Start a recurring weekly series that posts AI news shorts

Check my ShortGenius credit balance and which accounts are connected

Frequently Asked Questions

Run "codex mcp add shortgenius --url https://app.shortgenius.com/api/mcp" and then "codex mcp login shortgenius". Codex connects over streamable HTTP and authenticates with OAuth. Older versions can add the server to ~/.codex/config.toml instead.

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