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OpenAI Codex CLI

OpenAI's open-source command-line coding agent that runs locally and uses OpenAI models for autonomous coding tasks.

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Overview

OpenAI’s open-source command-line coding agent that runs locally and uses OpenAI models for autonomous coding tasks.

Details

Codex CLI is OpenAI’s open-source command-line coding agent that runs in a local terminal, executing coding tasks autonomously using OpenAI models (codex-1 series). It complements the cloud-hosted Codex agent, providing developers a local-first option for agentic coding. Codex CLI supports multi-file edits, terminal commands, and MCP server integrations. Codex CLI is OpenAI’s answer to Anthropic’s Claude Code CLI in the rapidly evolving terminal-based coding agent category.

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