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## Summary Overhaul the ask‑user‑questions TUI to support “Other/None” answers, better notes handling, improved option selection UX, and a safer submission flow with confirmation for unanswered questions. Multiple choice (number keys for quick selection, up/down or jk for cycling through options): <img width="856" height="169" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 7 22 29 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cabd1b0e-25e0-4859-bd8f-9941192ca274" /> Tab to add notes: <img width="856" height="197" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 7 22 45 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a807db5e-e966-412c-af91-6edc60062f35" /> Freeform (also note enter tooltip is highlighted on last question to indicate questions UI will be exited upon submission): <img width="854" height="112" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 7 23 13 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2e7b88bf-062b-4b9f-a9da-c9d8c8a59643" /> Confirmation dialogue (submitting with unanswered questions): <img width="854" height="126" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 7 23 29 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/93965c8f-54ac-45bc-a660-9625bcd101f8" /> ## Key Changes - **Options UI refresh** - Render options as numbered entries; allow number keys to select & submit. - Remove “Option X/Y” header and allow the question UI height to expand naturally. - Keep spacing between question, options, and notes even when notes are visible. - Hide the title line and render the question prompt in cyan **only when uncommitted**. - **“Other / None of the above” support** - Wire `isOther` to add “None of the above”. - Add guidance text: “Optionally, add details in notes (tab).” - **Notes composer UX** - Remove “Notes” heading; place composer directly under the selected option. - Preserve pending paste placeholders across question navigation and after submission. - Ctrl+C clears notes **only when the notes composer has focus**. - Ctrl+C now triggers an immediate redraw so the clear is visible. - **Committed vs uncommitted state** - Introduce a unified `answer_committed` flag per question. - Editing notes (including adding text or pastes) marks the answer uncommitted. - Changing the option highlight (j/k, up/down) marks the answer uncommitted. - Clearing options (Backspace/Delete) also clears pending notes. - Question prompt turns cyan only when the answer is uncommitted. - **Submission safety & confirmation** - Only submit notes/freeform text once explicitly committed. - Last-question submit with unanswered questions shows a confirmation dialog. - Confirmation options: 1. **Proceed** (default) 2. **Go back** - Description reflects count: “Submit with N unanswered question(s).” - Esc/Backspace in confirmation returns to first unanswered question. - Ctrl+C in confirmation interrupts and exits the overlay. - **Footer hints** - Cyan highlight restored for “enter to submit answer” / “enter to submit all”. ## Codex author `codex fork 019c00ed-323a-7000-bdb5-9f9c5a635bd9` |
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Codex CLI (Rust Implementation)
We provide Codex CLI as a standalone, native executable to ensure a zero-dependency install.
Installing Codex
Today, the easiest way to install Codex is via npm:
npm i -g @openai/codex
codex
You can also install via Homebrew (brew install --cask codex) or download a platform-specific release directly from our GitHub Releases.
Documentation quickstart
- First run with Codex? Start with
docs/getting-started.md(links to the walkthrough for prompts, keyboard shortcuts, and session management). - Want deeper control? See
docs/config.mdanddocs/install.md.
What's new in the Rust CLI
The Rust implementation is now the maintained Codex CLI and serves as the default experience. It includes a number of features that the legacy TypeScript CLI never supported.
Config
Codex supports a rich set of configuration options. Note that the Rust CLI uses config.toml instead of config.json. See docs/config.md for details.
Model Context Protocol Support
MCP client
Codex CLI functions as an MCP client that allows the Codex CLI and IDE extension to connect to MCP servers on startup. See the configuration documentation for details.
MCP server (experimental)
Codex can be launched as an MCP server by running codex mcp-server. This allows other MCP clients to use Codex as a tool for another agent.
Use the @modelcontextprotocol/inspector to try it out:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector codex mcp-server
Use codex mcp to add/list/get/remove MCP server launchers defined in config.toml, and codex mcp-server to run the MCP server directly.
Notifications
You can enable notifications by configuring a script that is run whenever the agent finishes a turn. The notify documentation includes a detailed example that explains how to get desktop notifications via terminal-notifier on macOS. When Codex detects that it is running under WSL 2 inside Windows Terminal (WT_SESSION is set), the TUI automatically falls back to native Windows toast notifications so approval prompts and completed turns surface even though Windows Terminal does not implement OSC 9.
codex exec to run Codex programmatically/non-interactively
To run Codex non-interactively, run codex exec PROMPT (you can also pass the prompt via stdin) and Codex will work on your task until it decides that it is done and exits. Output is printed to the terminal directly. You can set the RUST_LOG environment variable to see more about what's going on.
Experimenting with the Codex Sandbox
To test to see what happens when a command is run under the sandbox provided by Codex, we provide the following subcommands in Codex CLI:
# macOS
codex sandbox macos [--full-auto] [--log-denials] [COMMAND]...
# Linux
codex sandbox linux [--full-auto] [COMMAND]...
# Windows
codex sandbox windows [--full-auto] [COMMAND]...
# Legacy aliases
codex debug seatbelt [--full-auto] [--log-denials] [COMMAND]...
codex debug landlock [--full-auto] [COMMAND]...
Selecting a sandbox policy via --sandbox
The Rust CLI exposes a dedicated --sandbox (-s) flag that lets you pick the sandbox policy without having to reach for the generic -c/--config option:
# Run Codex with the default, read-only sandbox
codex --sandbox read-only
# Allow the agent to write within the current workspace while still blocking network access
codex --sandbox workspace-write
# Danger! Disable sandboxing entirely (only do this if you are already running in a container or other isolated env)
codex --sandbox danger-full-access
The same setting can be persisted in ~/.codex/config.toml via the top-level sandbox_mode = "MODE" key, e.g. sandbox_mode = "workspace-write".
Code Organization
This folder is the root of a Cargo workspace. It contains quite a bit of experimental code, but here are the key crates:
core/contains the business logic for Codex. Ultimately, we hope this to be a library crate that is generally useful for building other Rust/native applications that use Codex.exec/"headless" CLI for use in automation.tui/CLI that launches a fullscreen TUI built with Ratatui.cli/CLI multitool that provides the aforementioned CLIs via subcommands.