core-agent-ide/codex-rs
Ahmed Ibrahim 97ff090104
Hide short worked-for label in final separator (#10452)
- Hide the "Worked for" label in the final message separator unless
elapsed time is over one minute.\n- Update/add tests to cover both
hidden (<60s) and shown (>=61s) behavior.
2026-02-03 02:29:20 +00:00
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.cargo chore(ci): add cargo audit workflow and policy (#7108) 2025-11-24 12:20:55 -08:00
.config fix flaky test: approval_matrix_covers_all_modes (#7028) 2025-11-20 14:37:42 -08:00
.github/workflows chore(ci): add cargo audit workflow and policy (#7108) 2025-11-24 12:20:55 -08:00
ansi-escape feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
app-server feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
app-server-protocol feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
app-server-test-client feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
apply-patch Fix minor typos in comments and documentation (#10287) 2026-01-30 22:11:02 -08:00
arg0 fix: harden arg0 helper PATH handling (#8766) 2026-01-09 12:35:54 -08:00
async-utils feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
backend-client add error messages for the go plan type (#10181) 2026-01-30 01:17:25 +00:00
chatgpt MCP tool call approval (simplified version) (#10200) 2026-01-29 23:40:32 -08:00
cli Add codex app macOS launcher (#10418) 2026-02-02 17:37:04 -08:00
cloud-requirements Fix minor typos in comments and documentation (#10287) 2026-01-30 22:11:02 -08:00
cloud-tasks add codex cloud list (#9324) 2026-01-16 08:56:38 -08:00
cloud-tasks-client add codex cloud list (#9324) 2026-01-16 08:56:38 -08:00
codex-api Add websocket telemetry metrics and labels (#10316) 2026-01-31 19:16:44 -08:00
codex-backend-openapi-models backend-client: add get_config_requirements_file (#10001) 2026-01-27 16:59:53 +00:00
codex-client Log headers in trace mode (#9214) 2026-01-14 18:38:12 +00:00
codex-experimental-api-macros feat: experimental flags (#10231) 2026-02-02 11:06:50 +00:00
common feat(tui) /permissions flow (#9561) 2026-01-21 21:38:46 -08:00
core feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
debug-client feat: experimental flags (#10231) 2026-02-02 11:06:50 +00:00
docs Plan mode: stream proposed plans, emit plan items, and render in TUI (#9786) 2026-01-30 18:59:30 +00:00
exec feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
exec-server Wire up cloud reqs in exec, app-server (#10241) 2026-01-30 23:53:41 +00:00
execpolicy fix(core) Deduplicate prefix_rules before appending (#10309) 2026-02-01 20:30:38 -08:00
execpolicy-legacy feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
feedback feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
file-search file-search: multi-root walk (#10240) 2026-01-30 22:20:23 +00:00
keyring-store feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
linux-sandbox remove sandbox globals. (#9797) 2026-01-27 11:04:23 -08:00
lmstudio chore(deps): bump tracing from 0.1.43 to 0.1.44 in /codex-rs (#9880) 2026-01-26 15:48:45 -08:00
login chore: rename ChatGpt -> Chatgpt in type names (#10244) 2026-01-30 11:18:39 -08:00
mcp-server feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
mcp-types feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
network-proxy Wire up cloud reqs in exec, app-server (#10241) 2026-01-30 23:53:41 +00:00
ollama ollama: default to Responses API for built-ins (#8798) 2026-01-13 09:51:41 -08:00
otel Add websocket telemetry metrics and labels (#10316) 2026-01-31 19:16:44 -08:00
process-hardening feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
protocol feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
responses-api-proxy fix: remove references to corepack (#10138) 2026-01-28 23:31:25 -08:00
rmcp-client feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
scripts Upgrade to rust 1.93 (#10080) 2026-01-28 17:46:18 +00:00
state [feat] persist thread_dynamic_tools in db (#10252) 2026-02-03 00:06:44 +00:00
stdio-to-uds feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
tui Hide short worked-for label in final separator (#10452) 2026-02-03 02:29:20 +00:00
utils feat: experimental flags (#10231) 2026-02-02 11:06:50 +00:00
windows-sandbox-rs emit a separate metric when the user cancels UAT during elevated setup (#10399) 2026-02-02 15:31:08 -08:00
.gitignore [MCP] Prefix MCP tools names with mcp__ (#5309) 2025-10-19 20:41:55 -04:00
BUILD.bazel feat: add support for building with Bazel (#8875) 2026-01-09 11:09:43 -08:00
Cargo.lock feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
Cargo.toml feat: replace custom mcp-types crate with equivalents from rmcp (#10349) 2026-02-02 17:41:55 -08:00
clippy.toml fix: switch rate limit reset handling to timestamps (#5304) 2025-10-17 17:39:37 -07:00
code Send text parameter for non-gpt-5 models (#4195) 2025-09-24 22:00:06 +00:00
config.md Fix link to MCP Servers config section (#5301) 2025-10-17 14:58:27 -07:00
default.nix fix(nix): update flake for newer Rust toolchain requirements (#10302) 2026-01-31 11:34:53 -08:00
deny.toml feat: introducing a network sandbox proxy (#8442) 2026-01-23 17:47:09 -08:00
README.md chore: update outdated docs (#8701) 2026-01-03 02:19:52 -08:00
rust-toolchain.toml Upgrade to rust 1.93 (#10080) 2026-01-28 17:46:18 +00:00
rustfmt.toml Update cargo to 2024 edition (#842) 2025-05-07 08:37:48 -07:00

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

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.