Connect Codex to Winston AI
Set up in minutes
Choose where it runs
On your computer through your own Codex, or hosted in the cloud. The rest of setup adapts to your choice:
Pick what it can do in Winston AI
A preset of real Winston AI operations. Each one becomes a tool the agent can call, and it can't touch anything outside the list.
Connect Winston AI
One sign-in. The agent acts through your account, scoped to the operations you picked.
Add your personal MCP link
The last step mints a private MCP URL for this agent and walks you through exactly this, with your real link filled in. The page flips to Connected the moment your Codex first calls in. Codex connects when a session starts — run codex, or restart a running one (in the Codex app, Restart).
Run this in your terminal. The Codex app shares its config, so it gets the server too
<your-link> is your personal server URL — setup mints it for you.
Tools Codex gets
Winston AI
12 toolsDetect AI-generated text. Consumes one credit per word.
Detect AI-generated content in a public PDF, DOC or DOCX.
Detect AI-generated content on a public webpage.
Check text for plagiarism. Consumes two credits per word.
Check a public PDF, DOC or DOCX for plagiarism.
Check a public webpage for plagiarism.
Fact-check text against trusted sources. Consumes two credits per word.
Detect AI-generated images from a public URL. Costs 300 credits.
Detect AI-generated images from existing encoded image data. Costs 300 credits.
Run forensic analysis on a public image. Costs 500 credits.
Compare two texts. Costs half the total word count in credits.
List MCP tools without invoking them or spending analysis credits.
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