Indicate why MCP servers are disabled when they are disabled by
requirements:
```
➜ codex git:(main) ✗ just codex mcp list
cargo run --bin codex -- "$@"
Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.27s
Running `target/debug/codex mcp list`
Name Command Args Env Cwd Status Auth
docs docs-mcp - - - disabled: requirements (MDM com.openai.codex:requirements_toml_base64) Unsupported
hello_world hello-world-mcp - - - disabled: requirements (MDM com.openai.codex:requirements_toml_base64) Unsupported
➜ codex git:(main) ✗ just c
cargo run --bin codex -- "$@"
Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.90s
Running `target/debug/codex`
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ >_ OpenAI Codex (v0.0.0) │
│ │
│ model: gpt-5.2 xhigh /model to change │
│ directory: ~/code/codex/codex-rs │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────╯
/mcp
🔌 MCP Tools
• No MCP tools available.
• docs (disabled)
• Reason: requirements (MDM com.openai.codex:requirements_toml_base64)
• hello_world (disabled)
• Reason: requirements (MDM com.openai.codex:requirements_toml_base64)
```
|
||
|---|---|---|
| .devcontainer | ||
| .github | ||
| .vscode | ||
| codex-cli | ||
| codex-rs | ||
| docs | ||
| patches | ||
| scripts | ||
| sdk/typescript | ||
| shell-tool-mcp | ||
| third_party/wezterm | ||
| .bazelignore | ||
| .bazelrc | ||
| .codespellignore | ||
| .codespellrc | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .markdownlint-cli2.yaml | ||
| .npmrc | ||
| .prettierignore | ||
| .prettierrc.toml | ||
| AGENTS.md | ||
| announcement_tip.toml | ||
| BUILD.bazel | ||
| CHANGELOG.md | ||
| cliff.toml | ||
| defs.bzl | ||
| flake.lock | ||
| flake.nix | ||
| justfile | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| MODULE.bazel | ||
| MODULE.bazel.lock | ||
| NOTICE | ||
| package.json | ||
| pnpm-lock.yaml | ||
| pnpm-workspace.yaml | ||
| PNPM.md | ||
| rbe.bzl | ||
| README.md | ||
npm i -g @openai/codex
or brew install --cask codex
Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer.
If you want Codex in your code editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf), install in your IDE.
If you are looking for the cloud-based agent from OpenAI, Codex Web, go to chatgpt.com/codex.
Quickstart
Installing and running Codex CLI
Install globally with your preferred package manager:
# Install using npm
npm install -g @openai/codex
# Install using Homebrew
brew install --cask codex
Then simply run codex to get started.
You can also go to the latest GitHub Release and download the appropriate binary for your platform.
Each GitHub Release contains many executables, but in practice, you likely want one of these:
- macOS
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
codex-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz - x86_64 (older Mac hardware):
codex-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
- Linux
- x86_64:
codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz - arm64:
codex-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
- x86_64:
Each archive contains a single entry with the platform baked into the name (e.g., codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl), so you likely want to rename it to codex after extracting it.
Using Codex with your ChatGPT plan
Run codex and select Sign in with ChatGPT. We recommend signing into your ChatGPT account to use Codex as part of your Plus, Pro, Team, Edu, or Enterprise plan. Learn more about what's included in your ChatGPT plan.
You can also use Codex with an API key, but this requires additional setup.
Docs
This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.