Codex

codex

OpenAI's coding agent, running in the terminal.

Runs as codex|macOS, Linux, Windows|developers.openai.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 3 tasks · 13 fields

Start the interactive Codex agent with a prompt, model and sandbox choices. Config overrides, remote and feature flags are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui codex

Start CodexExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Prompt

string

Model

string

Working directory

directory

Sandbox

3 choicesenum

Approval policy

4 choicesenum

Advanced

Live web search

--search

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Start a session

promptmodelcdsandboxapprovalsearch

Read-only session

promptmodelcdsandboxapproval

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Prompt

Initial instructions for the agent.
string · positional 0

Model

string

--model-m

Sandbox

enum

--sandbox-sread-onlyworkspace-writedanger-full-access

Approval policy

enum

--ask-for-approval-auntrustedon-failureon-requestnever

Working directory

path

--cd-C

Config profile

string

--profile-p

Images

path · repeatable

--image-i

Live web search

boolean

--search

`codex exec`

Run non-interactively

Run Codex non-interactively with one prompt.

Run non-interactivelyExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Prompt*

string

Model

string

Working directory

directory

Sandbox

3 choicesenum

Live web search

--search

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Run a prompt

promptmodelcdsandboxsearch

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Prompt

string · positional 0

Model

string

--model-m

Sandbox

enum

--sandbox-sread-onlyworkspace-writedanger-full-access

Working directory

path

--cd-C

Live web search

boolean

--search

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

fig

completion

fig

completion

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed codex against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.