Get started with Codex, OpenAI’s coding agent, in this step-by-step onboarding walkthrough. You’ll learn how to install Codex, set up the CLI and VS Code extension, configure your workflow, and use Agents.md and prompting patterns to write, review, and reason across a real codebase.
This video covers:
00:00 | Installing Codex (CLI + IDE) 04:00 | Setting up a repo and getting your first runs working 08:12 | Writing a great Agents.md (patterns + best practices) 14:14 | Configuring Codex for your environment 16:26 | Prompting patterns for more consistent results 27:02 | Tips for using Codex in the CLI and IDE 34:59 | MCP Configuration 46:50 | Advanced workflows: headless mode + SDK 52:02 | Codex resources to get you started
Sign up: https://openai.com/codex/ Codex overview + docs: https://developers.openai.com/codex Codex Cookbook: https://cookbook.openai.com/topic/codex
Install + setup
VS Code extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=openai.chatgpt Agents.md standard: https://agents.md Agents.md repo: https://github.com/agentsmd/agents.md
Prompting + workflows Prompting guide: https://developers.openai.com/codex/prompting/
Exec plans (Agents.md patterns): https://cookbook.openai.com/articles/codex_exec_plans
Config reference: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/docs/config.md#config-reference
Updates Changelog: https://developers.openai.com/codex/changelog Releases: https://github.com/openai/codex/releases
