Cloud agent · active
Codex
OpenAI’s coding agent across ChatGPT, desktop, editor, terminal, worktrees, and cloud environments.
Visit Codex ↗Verified ·Jul 31, 2026
- Best for
- Developers who want parallel local and cloud agent workflows connected through one ChatGPT account.
- Avoid if
- You need self-hosted execution or bring-your-own-model support.
01 / Editorial view
Where it fits
Strengths
- Local and cloud surfaces
- Built-in parallel worktrees and cloud environments
- Scheduled background work
Limitations
- Self-hosting is not offered
- The cited product page does not expose enough detail to normalize pricing
02 / Workflow
Surfaces and capabilities
- Autocomplete
- No
- Chat
- Yes
- Agent
- Yes
- Background agent
- Yes
- Review
- Yes
- Testing
- Yes
Editors
VS Code-compatible editors
Operating systems
macOS, Windows, Linux
Repository hosts
GitHub
Languages
Language-agnostic
Bring your own key
No
Bring your own model
No
03 / Orchestration
Coordination model
Supported agents
Codex
Isolation
Git worktrees, Cloud environments
Task sources
ChatGPT, Editor, Terminal, Scheduled work
Maximum parallelism
Unknown
- Planning
- Yes
- Scheduling
- Yes
- Agent communication
- No
- Review gates
- Yes
- CI recovery
- Yes
- Merge workflow
- Unknown
- Session persistence
- Yes
- Observability
- Yes
- Human approval
- Yes
04 / Cost and deployment
What it costs to run
Individual
Available through ChatGPT plans; verify current plan entitlements before purchase.
Team
Available through ChatGPT business plans.
Enterprise
Contact OpenAI.
This profile does not normalize a starting price because the cited product page does not state one.
05 / Privacy
Data handling
- Code processing
- Codex spans local terminal/editor surfaces and OpenAI cloud environments.
- Indexing
- Unknown
- Retention
- Unknown
- Training policy
- Unknown
- Enterprise controls
- Unknown
06 / Evidence
Primary sources
- OpenAI Codex product page ↗Checked Jul 31, 2026classification, capabilities, orchestration, models.strategy
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