# How do I use Evaboot from Codex?

**Run one command in your terminal to add Evaboot to Codex.** Codex reads your Evaboot API key from the `EVABOOT_API_KEY` environment variable.

Once connected, Codex can build a Sales Navigator search from your description, launch the export, and find or verify emails. It uses the same credits and daily quota as the Evaboot dashboard.

**Server URL:** `https://mcp.evaboot.com/mcp`

## Before you start

- **Codex** installed on your computer.
- **An Evaboot account.**
- **Your Evaboot API key.** Find it on the [API key](https://dash.evaboot.com/dash/api/) page. The [MCP page](https://dash.evaboot.com/dash/mcp/) shows the command with your key already in it.
- **A connected Sales Navigator account** for searches and exports. Email finding and email verification work without one.

Treat the key like a password. It gives full access to your Evaboot account. Never commit it to a repository or paste it into a shared document. A new key immediately breaks anything still using the old one.

## Steps

1. **Copy the command** from the [MCP page](https://dash.evaboot.com/dash/mcp/), under **Codex**. Or replace `YOUR_API_KEY` below with your key:
   ![The MCP page of the Evaboot dashboard with the Codex tile selected and its setup steps](https://help.evaboot.com/images/flows/manual-mcp/codex.png)

   ```sh
   export EVABOOT_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
   codex mcp add evaboot --url https://mcp.evaboot.com/mcp \
     --bearer-token-env-var EVABOOT_API_KEY
   ```

2. **Run it in your terminal.**
3. **Start Codex from a terminal where `EVABOOT_API_KEY` is set.** Codex sends the key from that variable.

## Then ask

For example: "Using Evaboot, find HR directors at French SaaS companies and export the first 50 with emails".

## If it didn't work

- **The connection fails, or Codex reports a 401.** Check that `EVABOOT_API_KEY` is set in the terminal where you started Codex. Check that the key is the current one.
- **No Evaboot tools appear.** Remove the server and add it again.
- **A tool says "insufficient credits" (402).** Check your balance in the Evaboot dashboard.
- **A tool returns a 429 error.** If the message starts with `No connected LinkedIn account`, run one extraction from the Evaboot Chrome extension to reconnect your seat. Otherwise you reached the daily export limit of your Sales Navigator seat: wait for the daily reset.
- **Quota shows 0, or a tool returns 409.** Evaboot lost your Sales Navigator connection. In Chrome, signed in to the same Evaboot account, open a Sales Navigator search and click **Export with Evaboot**. Opening the launch page is enough. Then retry. Full steps: [How to reconnect your LinkedIn account](https://help.evaboot.com/public/bug-fixing/how-to-reconnect-your-linkedin-account/).

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