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This guide covers installation, skill selection, example responses, and update steps for using the Connexease Gateway Customer MCP with Codex CLI or Codex desktop on macOS. For explanations of the five shared workflows, security rules, and troubleshooting, see the [Introduction and Shared Usage Guide](Connexease Gateway - Introduction.md).

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Setup and usage

Requirements: macOS, Node.js 20+, Codex CLI or Codex desktop, internet access, and your own Gateway account for panel operations. If you use Codex CLI, run the following in Terminal:
The same marketplace can be used in Codex desktop. Check the installed plugin in the application’s Plugins section and open a new chat if necessary. The installed package contains the ask, connect, panel-ops, sandbox-ops, and insights skills, as well as the gateway-account MCP tools. Do not use Claude’s /connexease-gateway-ops:... commands in Codex. Type $ in the message field to select an installed skill; the names below correspond to the plugin’s five skills. Codex may also select the appropriate skill based on your request. Examples — enter these in the Codex session’s message field, not in the terminal shell:

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Codex: command → example response

These lines are intended for the Codex CLI/desktop message field. You can choose the relevant skill from the skill picker that opens when you type $. Responses are illustrative; a similar flow is expected when the local macOS windows and account API succeed.
If the skill name appears differently in your client, select the relevant skill shown under connexease-gateway-ops in the $ picker; you can also make the request in natural language. $ is not a shell variable; it is the skill picker in the Codex message field. Sign-in and sensitive information are handled in local macOS windows. Real changes require chat approval and a separate local approval. Check availability in the installed client version of Codex desktop; the source catalog may also appear in the desktop application’s Plugins section. This local Codex integration is not automatically added to ChatGPT web chat. OpenAI’s local marketplace guide provides details. When a new version is released, refresh the catalog and check the installed version with these commands in a regular Terminal:
The first command refreshes the marketplace source; do not assume that it upgrades the installed package by itself. If the list still shows the old version, update it from Codex’s Plugins section or, depending on the installation state, follow the codex plugin add connexease-gateway-ops@connexease-gateway-customer-mcp flow. Check the version again and open a new session. If the marketplace has not yet been added, use the initial setup steps above. Enter /exit or press Ctrl+C to leave the CLI.