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It's pretty amazing we have gotten here without the ability for the model to see image content from MCP tool calls. This PR builds off of 4391 and fixes #4819. I would like @KKcorps to get adequete credit here but I also want to get this fix in ASAP so I gave him a week to update it and haven't gotten a response so I'm going to take it across the finish line. This test highlights how absured the current situation is. I asked the model to read this image using the Chrome MCP <img width="2378" height="674" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9ef52608-72a2-4423-9f5e-7ae36b2b56e0" /> After this change, it correctly outputs: > Captured the page: image dhows a dark terminal-style UI labeled `OpenAI Codex (v0.0.0)` with prompt `model: gpt-5-codex medium` and working directory `/codex/codex-rs` (and more) Before this change, it said: > Took the full-page screenshot you asked for. It shows a long, horizontally repeating pattern of stylized people in orange, light-blue, and mustard clothing, holding hands in alternating poses against a white background. No text or other graphics-just rows of flat illustration stretching off to the right. Without this change, the Figma, Playwright, Chrome, and other visual MCP servers are pretty much entirely useless. I tested this change with the openai respones api as well as a third party completions api
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.