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Connect Netlify to Codex

Search, read and write Netlify from Codex. Arlet links the two through one MCP connection and takes care of keys and authentication.

Enable Netlify in ArletCodex connection guide (docs)

Arlet makes Netlify's official MCP server available from the AI client you already use. Signing in completes the connection.

The AI can create, configure and deploy projects and manage environment variables, forms, access controls and extensions. The available tools are those provided by Netlify's official server, split into reader and updater tools.

How to connect Netlify to Codex

  1. 1

    In the Arlet dashboard, open Integrations → Add an integration and choose Netlify. Sign in with Link Netlify, name the connection and click Create.

  2. 2

    In your terminal, run codex mcp add arlet --url https://mcp.arlet.dev/mcp/ to add Arlet as an MCP server.

  3. 3

    Codex detects OAuth support and opens your browser. Sign in with Google and click Allow on the consent screen.

  4. 4

    Once connected, both the CLI and the IDE extension can call Arlet tools (the configuration is shared).

If the browser does not open, run codex mcp login arlet to redo the authentication.

What you can do

Netlify tools that Codex can call.

  • netlify-project-services-reader

    List projects and read their details and forms.

  • netlify-project-services-updater

    Create projects, rename them, and manage env vars, forms and access controls.

  • netlify-deploy-services-reader

    Read deploy details.

  • netlify-deploy-services-updater

    Deploy a site.

  • netlify-team-services-reader

    Read teams and team env vars.

  • netlify-user-services-reader

    Read the connected user's details.

  • netlify-extension-services-reader

    List extensions and their details.

  • netlify-extension-services-updater

    Install or remove extensions and initialize databases.

  • get-netlify-coding-context

    Get up-to-date guidance for writing code that targets Netlify.

The tool list follows what Netlify's official MCP server provides and may change.

Example uses

  • Check deploys

    Review the latest deploy and explain the cause if it failed.

  • Manage env vars

    List a project's environment variables and add or change them as instructed.

  • Read form submissions

    Fetch and summarize the responses to a site's forms.

  • Spin up a project

    Create a project, install the extensions it needs and run the first deploy.

Prompts you can use as-is

  • What is the status of the latest deploy of example-site? If it failed, why?
  • List example-site's environment variables and update API_BASE_URL to the new value
  • Summarize this week's contact-form submissions for example-site
  • Create a project called landing-v2 and deploy this directory to it

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