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CLI, IDE, and desktop

Connect Daylog to Codex

Store the Daylog token in an environment variable and point Codex at the remote Streamable HTTP server.

authentication
Personal access token
availability
Codex CLI, IDE extension, or ChatGPT desktop app
  1. 01

    Generate a Daylog token

    Open API & MCP inside Daylog, create a token labelled Codex, and copy it. Keep it out of config files and source control.

  2. 02

    Set a local environment variable

    Set DAYLOG_PAT in the shell that launches Codex. Use the command for your operating system.

    terminal
    # macOS / Linux
export DAYLOG_PAT="YOUR_DAYLOG_PAT"

# Windows PowerShell
$env:DAYLOG_PAT="YOUR_DAYLOG_PAT"
  3. 03

    Register the server

    Add Daylog as a Streamable HTTP server and tell Codex which environment variable contains the bearer token.

    terminal
    codex mcp add daylog --url https://daylog.aasimahmed.com/api/mcp --bearer-token-env-var DAYLOG_PAT
  4. 04

    Inspect and use it

    Run codex mcp list, or type /mcp in the Codex interface. The desktop app, CLI, and IDE extension share the same Codex MCP configuration on that host.

verify the connection

Ask Codex: Use Daylog to summarize today. If authentication fails, confirm Codex was launched from a shell where DAYLOG_PAT is set.

security

Daylog tools can create, update, and delete your entries. Connect only from a client you trust, review write approvals, and revoke personal access tokens from the app when a device or configuration is no longer in use.

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