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## Description
We reuse a guardian thread for a given user thread when we can. However,
we had always sent the full transcript history every time we made a
followup review request to an existing guardian thread.
This is especially bad for long guardian threads since we keep
re-appending old transcript entries instead of just what has changed.
The fix is to just send what's new.
**Caveat**: Whenever a thread is compacted or rolled back, we fall back
to sending the full transcript to guardian again since the thread's
history has been modified. However in the happy path we get a nice
optimization.
## Before
Initial guardian review sends the full parent transcript:
```
The following is the Codex agent history whose request action you are assessing...
>>> TRANSCRIPT START
[1] user: Please check the repo visibility and push the docs fix if needed.
[2] tool gh_repo_view call: {"repo":"openai/codex"}
[3] tool gh_repo_view result: repo visibility: public
[4] assistant: The repo is public; I now need approval to push the docs fix.
>>> TRANSCRIPT END
The Codex agent has requested the following action:
>>> APPROVAL REQUEST START
...
>>> APPROVAL REQUEST END
```
And a followup to the same guardian thread would send the full
transcript again (including items 1-4 we already sent):
```
The following is the Codex agent history whose request action you are assessing...
>>> TRANSCRIPT START
[1] user: Please check the repo visibility and push the docs fix if needed.
[2] tool gh_repo_view call: {"repo":"openai/codex"}
[3] tool gh_repo_view result: repo visibility: public
[4] assistant: The repo is public; I now need approval to push the docs fix.
[5] user: Please push the second docs fix too.
[6] assistant: I need approval for the second docs fix.
>>> TRANSCRIPT END
The Codex agent has requested the following action:
>>> APPROVAL REQUEST START
...
>>> APPROVAL REQUEST END
```
## After
Initial guardian review sends the full parent transcript (this is
unchanged):
```
The following is the Codex agent history whose request action you are assessing...
>>> TRANSCRIPT START
[1] user: Please check the repo visibility and push the docs fix if needed.
[2] tool gh_repo_view call: {"repo":"openai/codex"}
[3] tool gh_repo_view result: repo visibility: public
[4] assistant: The repo is public; I now need approval to push the docs fix.
>>> TRANSCRIPT END
The Codex agent has requested the following action:
>>> APPROVAL REQUEST START
...
>>> APPROVAL REQUEST END
```
But a followup now sends:
```
The following is the Codex agent history added since your last approval assessment. Continue the same review conversation...
>>> TRANSCRIPT DELTA START
[5] user: Please push the second docs fix too.
[6] assistant: I need approval for the second docs fix.
>>> TRANSCRIPT DELTA END
The Codex agent has requested the following next action:
>>> APPROVAL REQUEST START
...
>>> APPROVAL REQUEST END
```
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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
This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.