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# Codex CLI (Rust Implementation)
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We provide Codex CLI as a standalone, native executable to ensure a zero-dependency install.
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## Installing Codex
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Today, the easiest way to install Codex is via `npm`, though we plan to publish Codex to other package managers soon.
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```shell
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npm i -g @openai/codex@native
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codex
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```
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You can also download a platform-specific release directly from our [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/openai/codex/releases).
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## What's new in the Rust CLI
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While we are [working to close the gap between the TypeScript and Rust implementations of Codex CLI](https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/1262), note that the Rust CLI has a number of features that the TypeScript CLI does not!
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### Config
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Codex supports a rich set of configuration options. Note that the Rust CLI uses `config.toml` instead of `config.json`. See [`config.md`](./config.md) for details.
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### Model Context Protocol Support
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Codex CLI functions as an MCP client that can connect to MCP servers on startup. See the [`mcp_servers`](./config.md#mcp_servers) section in the configuration documentation for details.
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It is still experimental, but you can also launch Codex as an MCP _server_ by running `codex mcp`. Use the [`@modelcontextprotocol/inspector`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector) to try it out:
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```shell
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npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector codex mcp
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```
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### Notifications
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You can enable notifications by configuring a script that is run whenever the agent finishes a turn. The [notify documentation](./config.md#notify) includes a detailed example that explains how to get desktop notifications via [terminal-notifier](https://github.com/julienXX/terminal-notifier) on macOS.
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### `codex exec` to run Codex programmatially/non-interactively
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To run Codex non-interactively, run `codex exec PROMPT` (you can also pass the prompt via `stdin`) and Codex will work on your task until it decides that it is done and exits. Output is printed to the terminal directly. You can set the `RUST_LOG` environment variable to see more about what's going on.
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### `--cd`/`-C` flag
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Sometimes it is not convenient to `cd` to the directory you want Codex to use as the "working root" before running Codex. Fortunately, `codex` supports a `--cd` option so you can specify whatever folder you want. You can confirm that Codex is honoring `--cd` by double-checking the **workdir** it reports in the TUI at the start of a new session.
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### Experimenting with the Codex Sandbox
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To test to see what happens when a command is run under the sandbox provided by Codex, we provide the following subcommands in Codex CLI:
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```
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# macOS
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codex debug seatbelt [-s SANDBOX_PERMISSION]... [COMMAND]...
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# Linux
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codex debug landlock [-s SANDBOX_PERMISSION]... [COMMAND]...
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```
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You can experiment with different values of `-s` to see what permissions the `COMMAND` needs to execute successfully.
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Note that the exact API for the `-s` flag is currently in flux. See https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/1248 for details.
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## Code Organization
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This folder is the root of a Cargo workspace. It contains quite a bit of experimental code, but here are the key crates:
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- [`core/`](./core) contains the business logic for Codex. Ultimately, we hope this to be a library crate that is generally useful for building other Rust/native applications that use Codex.
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- [`exec/`](./exec) "headless" CLI for use in automation.
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- [`tui/`](./tui) CLI that launches a fullscreen TUI built with [Ratatui](https://ratatui.rs/).
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- [`cli/`](./cli) CLI multitool that provides the aforementioned CLIs via subcommands.
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