Eric Traut
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## Why `/goal` is supposed to keep Codex working until the goal is actually done. The previous continuation logic had two ways to stop early: the continuation prompt told the model to wait for new input when it felt blocked, and the runtime suppressed another continuation turn after a continuation finished without any tool calls. That made goals stop short even when the agent could still keep making progress (I received a few reports of this from users). It also relied on a brittle heuristic that treated "no registry tool calls" as equivalent to "should stop." ## What changed - removed the continuation prompt sentence that told the model to stop and wait for new input when it could not continue productively - removed the goal runtime suppression heuristic that stopped auto-continuation after a no-tool continuation turn - deleted the continuation-activity bookkeeping and left `tool_calls` as telemetry only - added focused regressions for the two intended behaviors: completed no-tool continuation turns still continue, while `request_user_input` keeps the existing turn open instead of spawning a new continuation
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.
Docs
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