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fixing drag/drop photos bug in codex state of the world before: sometimes, when you drag screenshots into codex, the image does not properly render into context. instead, the file name is shown in quotation marks. https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c0e540a-505c-4ec0-b634-e9add6a73119 the screenshot is not actually included in agent context. the agent needs to manually call the view_image tool to see the screenshot. this can be unreliable especially if the image is part of a longer prompt and is dependent on the agent going out of its way to view the image. state of the world after: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5f2b7bf7-8a3f-4708-85f3-d68a017bfd97 now, images will always be directly embedded into chat context ## Technical Details - MacOS sends screenshot paths with a narrow no‑break space right before the “AM/PM” suffix, which used to trigger our non‑ASCII fallback in the paste burst detector. - That fallback flushed the partially buffered paste immediately, so the path arrived in two separate `handle_paste` calls (quoted prefix + `PM.png'`). The split string could not be normalized to a real path, so we showed the quoted filename instead of embedding the image. - We now append non‑ASCII characters into the burst buffer when a burst is already active. Finder’s payload stays intact, the path normalizes, and the image attaches automatically. - When no burst is active (e.g. during IME typing), non‑ASCII characters still bypass the buffer so text entry remains responsive.
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. If you use npm:
npm install -g @openai/codex
Alternatively, if you use Homebrew:
brew install --cask codex
Then simply run codex to get started:
codex
If you're running into upgrade issues with Homebrew, see the FAQ entry on brew upgrade codex.
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. If you previously used an API key for usage-based billing, see the migration steps. If you're having trouble with login, please comment on this issue.
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Codex can access MCP servers. To configure them, refer to the config docs.
Configuration
Codex CLI supports a rich set of configuration options, with preferences stored in ~/.codex/config.toml. For full configuration options, see Configuration.
Docs & FAQ
- Getting started
- Sandbox & approvals
- Authentication
- Automating Codex
- Advanced
- Zero data retention (ZDR)
- Contributing
- Install & build
- FAQ
- Open source fund
License
This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.