Make videos in Codex CLI

Connect Idea to Motion to Codex CLI and you can ask for a video the same way you ask for anything else. Codex CLI writes the script, plans each scene and writes the animation code; we synthesize the voiceover, time it to the words, render the animation and hand back an MP4. It speaks Streamable HTTP directly, so connecting is one config entry carrying an API key in an Authorization header.

1. 1Mint a connection key below.
2. 2Add the config entry to your client and reload it.
3. 3Connect a voice key, then ask for a video in chat.

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Set up Codex CLI

Generate a key, then add the server.

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Generate a connection key

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Add it to Codex CLI

Config fileAsk your agent

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.ideatomotion]
url = "https://api.ideatomotion.com/mcp"
http_headers = { "Authorization" = "Bearer vai_YOUR_KEY" }
startup_timeout_sec = 30

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Generate a key above to replace vai_YOUR_KEY.

• •Codex is the odd one out: TOML, not JSON.
• •To keep the key out of the file, drop `http_headers` and use `bearer_token_env_var = "IDEATOMOTION_KEY"` instead.