Connect OpenAI Codex CLI to your fenbs kanban board

Codex CLI takes MCP servers from its config. Add fenbs and Codex can read your kanban board, file what it finds and move what it finishes from the terminal — under your role, signed.

Last checked September 30, 2026

Connect

Add fenbs from the terminal: codex mcp add fenbs --url https://fenbs.ai/api/mcp. It writes the entry below to ~/.codex/config.toml, which you can also edit by hand.
Sign in: codex mcp login fenbs. A browser opens on fenbs; sign in, tick what it may do, and approve.
Start Codex and ask what is on your board.

config.toml — remote

[mcp_servers.fenbs]
url = "https://fenbs.ai/api/mcp"

config.toml — through the bridge

[mcp_servers.fenbs]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "fenbs-mcp"]
env = { FENBS_TOKEN = "your-token" }

What it can do once connected

Read the kanban board: fenbs_list_items with filters by lane, kind or free text, and fenbs_get_item for one task with its comments.
Add tasks with fenbs_create_item — a Feature, an Enhancement or a Bug, in a lane, with a priority.
Move and edit with fenbs_update_item: change the lane, the title, the note, the kind or the priority.
Comment with fenbs_comment, and search across everything it can see with fenbs_search.
Read your AI context with fenbs_get_context and keep it current with fenbs_add_context_note, fenbs_update_context_note and fenbs_delete_context_note.
Ask fenbs_whoami first: it answers who the assistant is acting as and what it may do.

What it cannot do

Anything you cannot. The assistant acts as you and holds your role on the board, narrowed by the scopes you ticked: read, write, comment. A refusal is a sentence it can repeat to you. Revoke its token in Settings and it stops at once; everything it did stays in the history under its name.

Questions people ask.

Which form should I use?

The remote URL with codex mcp login: nothing to copy, and the sign-in can be revoked in fenbs Settings. Use the bridge only where a browser sign-in is not possible, such as a CI job, with a token from fenbs Settings that holds exactly the same role.

Is the assistant’s access separate from mine?

It is a separate token, listed by name under Settings, and revoking it does not touch your own sign-in. But it acts as you: it inherits your role on the board, narrowed by the scopes you ticked. It can never do something you could not.

Does connecting an assistant cost extra?

No. AI assistants are free on every plan, including the free personal board, and you can connect as many as you like.