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Codex CLI Configuration

Codex CLI uses the OpenAI API. Simply point it to an OpenAI-compatible gateway.

Step 1: Install Codex CLI

Follow the Codex CLI installation instructions to install the CLI on your system.

Step 2: Configure Codex

Codex uses a config.toml file, usually located at:
 
~/.codex/config.toml
 
Create or edit this file with the following configuration:
 
1.model_provider = "llmpool"
2.model_reasoning_effort = "high" 
3.model="~openai/gpt-latest"
4.
5.[model_providers.llmpool] 
6.name = "llmpool"
7.
8.base_url="openai url"
9.env_key="LLMPOOL_API_KEY"
 

Step 3: Set API Key

Add the following to:
~/.zshrc ~/.bashrc
 
or:
 
~/.config/fish/config.fish
export LLMPOOL_API_KEY="..."
 

Step 4: Start Coding

 
cd /.../project codex
 

Step 5: Verify

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Last modified: 2026-07-07