Meet the New Codex CLI

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Original language: English

Original video: Meet the New Codex CLI · Channel: OpenAI · 03:07 · Watch on YouTube

Topics: AI agents, Task and workflow automation, AI developer tools

Summary

The video introduces new Codex CLI features designed to make terminal-based work faster and more convenient. A full-screen interface, voice mode, and agent controls let the presenter launch and manage multiple tasks across projects. Users can also access those tasks remotely from a phone, review usage analytics, and view Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX in the terminal. The video closes with a commitment to keep improving the CLI and invites feedback.

Key points

The new full-screen interface lets users scroll through earlier outputs while keeping the message footer visible.
Voice mode can be used to start multiple tasks.
The presenter launches three tasks across projects: updating a website background, checking CLI tests, and generating a Mermaid diagram.
The agents view supports filtering, grouping by status, searching, and jumping directly into a task.
Users can follow up with tasks or fork a conversation into a separate worktree with the same context.
Remote control lets users check and respond to tasks from a phone.
Usage analytics show activity, including top chats, plugins, and skills.
The CLI can render Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX in the terminal.

Chapters

Start	Chapter	Summary
00:02	Introducing the new Codex CLI	The presenter introduces the CLI and demonstrates a sample command for purchasing a burrito.
00:34	Full-screen interface and voice-launched tasks	The video showcases the full-screen interface and uses voice mode to start three tasks across projects.
01:34	Managing agents and remote access	The presenter explores agent management, forking work into a separate worktree, and checking tasks from a phone.
02:37	Analytics and terminal rendering	The video shows usage analytics, a rendered order-flow diagram, and LaTeX support before closing with a call for feedback.

Quotes

You want Codex to feel fast and stay out of your way. — 00:02

First, look at this new full-screen interface. It’s gorgeous, right? — 00:34

I can filter. I can group by status. I can search. — 01:34

I can get back to all of this from my phone. — 02:06

Supported LaTeX renders here too. — 02:37

Concepts and entities

Codex CLI, Codex, OpenAI, Mermaid, LaTeX, worktree

Full transcript (original language)

00:02 Look, we know some of you are terminally in the terminal. Well, this one’s for y’all. We’ve been listening. You want Codex to feel fast and stay out of your way. You want it to let you build where you love to hang out. I think you’re going to dig these new features. So I’ve been working on a very important project, a CLI for purchasing my usual burrito. It’s a single command. Here, let me show you the help. Pretty handy, eh? I’ve been talking about it a lot to others and they want in. So I’m making a web property

00:34 so people can get it installed. Let’s pop that open in the Codex CLI. First, look at this new full-screen interface. It’s gorgeous, right? You can scroll through these earlier outputs and the footer for the next message is always there. Why don’t we give it some work to do? Now this is a little bonkers. I can kick it off in voice mode. Hey there. Can you hear me? Hey, what’s up? Start three separate tasks for these burrito projects. Now first, extend the website

01:04 adding a new background of repeating burritos. And second, check the CLI tests and ensure that we test for price changes and order confirmation. And third, can you generate me a Mermaid diagram of the CLI’s order flow? Now I can mute the voice. And now I’ve got three actual tasks working across a couple of projects. Let’s go see what they’re doing. So left arrow takes me into the agents.

01:34 I can see what’s running. I can filter. I can group by status. I can search. I can jump straight into a task. I don’t need to go hunting around my file system or open terminals to find these. I can ask Codex to check the other tasks or send them a follow-up. And if I want to try to build in a different direction, I can fork this conversation into a new worktree. The same context, but a completely separate checkout. And you might have missed this,

02:06 but I can get back to all of this from my phone. I enable remote control on my laptop. I choose this specific computer and they’re the same tasks. I can check progress. I can answer a question while I’m away from my keyboard. When I’m back at the terminal, I can see what finished and what needs attention. Hey, look, those changes and the test results are here. I’ll open up the web demo. And there’s more. Usage analytics let me see my activity. It’s my top chats and the plugins

02:37 and the skills that I’ve been using. Now, here’s the burrito order flow rendered right in the terminal. Supported LaTeX renders here too. Here’s some mathematical proof of why burritos rule. Look, you like to work in the terminal and we want Codex to meet you where you are and let you keep focusing on what you’re building. We know you’re building a lot. We’ll keep improving the CLI. So keep the feedback coming. Okay, I’m getting pretty hungry. I’m pretty sure I need

03:07 the output of that burrito command.