OpenAI Codex Provider

Monitor and analyze your OpenAI Codex coding sessions with GuideAI Desktop.

What is OpenAI Codex?

OpenAI Codex is the AI model behind GitHub Copilot, available through the OpenAI API for:

• Code completion - Intelligent code suggestions
• Code generation - Create code from descriptions
• Code translation - Convert between languages
• Bug fixing - Automated error detection and fixes

Requirements

OpenAI API Access

You need:

1. OpenAI Account - Sign up at platform.openai.com
2. API Key - Generate from your OpenAI dashboard
3. Codex CLI/Integration - Tool that uses Codex

Install Codex CLI

# Example installation (varies by tool)
npm install -g openai-codex-cli

# Or use a specific Codex integration

Configuration

Configure your Codex tool with OpenAI API key:

# Set environment variable
export OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key

# Or configure via tool-specific config
codex config set-key your_api_key

File Locations

Codex integrations typically store data at:

macOS & Linux

~/.codex/
├── config.toml
├── sessions/
│   └── session-id.json
└── projects/
    └── project-data/

Windows

%USERPROFILE%\.codex\
└── ... (same structure)

Configuring GuideAI Desktop

Step 1: Enable Codex Provider

1. Navigate to Configuration
2. Find “OpenAI Codex” card
3. Toggle “Enabled” to ON

Step 2: Set Home Directory

Auto-detected:

• All platforms: ~/.codex

Custom installation? Update the path manually.

Step 3: Configure Monitoring

1. Sync Mode: Choose privacy level
2. Projects: Select which to monitor
3. Start watching: Automatic once configured

Session Detection

What Gets Captured

Codex sessions track:

• Prompts: Code generation requests
• Completions: Generated code
• Context: Surrounding code and files
• Model: Which Codex model was used
• Tokens: API usage

Metrics

• Token consumption
• Completion quality
• Response time
• Cost tracking