## Why This is the next stacked step after deleting the tool-handler kind indirection. Specs should come from the registered handlers themselves so registry construction has a single source of truth for handler behavior and exposed tool definitions. ## What changed - Added `ToolHandler::spec()` plus handler-provided parallel/code-mode metadata, and made `ToolRegistryBuilder::register_handler` automatically collect specs from registered handlers. - Moved builtin tool spec construction into the corresponding handlers and their adjacent `_spec` modules, including shell, unified exec, apply patch, view image, request plugin install, tool search, MCP resource, goals, planning, permissions, agent jobs, and multi-agent tools. - Reworked configurable handlers to receive their tool-building options through constructors, with non-optional handler options where the handler is always spec-backed. Shell fallback handlers keep an explicit no-spec mode because they are also registered as hidden dispatch aliases. - Kept `CodeModeExecuteHandler` on the explicit configured wrapper so the code-mode exec spec can still be built from the nested registry. ## Verification - `cargo check -p codex-core` - `cargo test -p codex-core tools::spec_plan::tests` - `cargo test -p codex-core tools::spec::tests` - `cargo test -p codex-core tools::handlers::multi_agents_spec::tests` - `RUST_MIN_STACK=16777216 cargo test -p codex-core tools::handlers::multi_agents::tests` - `cargo test -p codex-core tools::handlers::apply_patch::tests` - `cargo test -p codex-core tools::handlers::unified_exec::tests` - `just fix -p codex-core` - `git diff --check`
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 want the desktop app experience, run
codex app or visit the Codex App page.
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:
# Install using npm
npm install -g @openai/codex
# Install using Homebrew
brew install --cask codex
Then simply run codex to get started.
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, Business, 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.
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This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.
