Codex

Codex is a powerful coding agent that helps developers build faster and more confidently. Use it in the terminal, IDE, GitHub, or the cloud to ship new features, fix bugs, review code, and more.

Available in ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise

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One agent for everywhere you code — connected by your ChatGPT account

Codex CLI

Open-source coding agent that runs in your terminal that’s purpose-built to harness the agentic coding capabilities of GPT-5-Codex.

Codex IDE extension

Brings the same agent that powers the Codex CLI into VS Code, Cursor, and other compatible IDEs, so you can preview local changes and edit code alongside Codex seamlessly.

Codex cloud

An asynchronous cloud agent that works independently. It runs tasks in a sandbox with your repo and environment preloaded, generating PRs you can merge or pull down to your computer to keep working.

Codex in Slack

Tag @Codex in Slack to answer questions, fix bugs, and explore ideas right from team conversations. It automatically pulls context from the conversation to pick the right repo and start working.

How it works

Download the Codex CLI or IDE extension and sign in with your ChatGPT account.

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More features in Codex

Pair programming

Collaborate with Codex in real time in your IDE or terminal to build new features, investigate bugs, improve code quality, brainstorm solutions, and more.

Task delegation

Hand-off tasks to Codex so you can stay in flow and focused on high priority work. It generates edits you can review, accept, or use as a starting point to keep working.

Code review

Set up Codex to automatically review new PRs and tag @codex to start tasks in Codex cloud—all directly from GitHub.

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