Excellent in Codex, as one entry in its own config

The installer writes one excellent entry into ~/.codex/config.toml, in TOML, under [mcp_servers.excellent], and leaves the rest of the file alone. Restart Codex afterwards: it only sees the new server after a restart.

curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh

It runs excellent install-agent-mcps, which writes the entry and prints Codex: linked.

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.excellent]

command = "/absolute/path/to/node"

args = [ "/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist/server.js" ]

cwd = "/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist"

env = {}

Setup prompt · paste it into Codex

Set up Excellent (excellent.so) in Codex for me. First run: curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh
If its output has a line starting "Codex: linked" or "Codex: already-linked", skip to the last step.
Otherwise add this block to ~/.codex/config.toml (create the file if it is missing; if it already has an [mcp_servers.excellent] block, replace only that block):
[mcp_servers.excellent]
command = "/absolute/path/to/node"
args = [ "/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist/server.js" ]
cwd = "/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist"
env = {}
Replace /absolute/path/to/node with the output of `node -p process.execPath`, and /absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist with the output of `echo "$(npm root -g)/@excellent-so/cli/dist"`.
Last step: tell me to restart Codex, because it only sees the new server after a restart.

It runs the installer and looks for Codex: linked; if that line is missing it adds the entry by hand, then asks you to restart.

Agent: CodexOpenAI
Config file: ~/.codex/config.tomlmacOS
Linux, Windows: Linux: the same path. Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.codex\config.tomlNot supported yet
Format: TOML, under [mcp_servers.excellent]a [mcp_servers.excellent] table
Detected by: the codex binary or Codex.app
The installer prints: Codex: linked
Restart: Restart Codex afterwards: it only sees the new server after a restart.
Undo: Delete the [mcp_servers.excellent] block from ~/.codex/config.toml, then restart Codex.
Source: micro packages/core/src/agent-clis.ts:582
Codex docs

The CLI on npm today, 0.1.0 (checked October 23, 2026), predates install-agent-mcps: the installer skips this step, says so, and changes no agent config. Paste the setup prompt, or add the entry by hand as the setup doc shows.

The same entry

Put Excellent in your agent: install it, restart the agent, run one task

curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh

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The entry and the setup prompt