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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: Installing Codex (CLI + IDE) Setting up a repo and getting your first runs working Writing a great Agents.md (patterns + best practices) Configuring Codex for your environment Prompting patterns for more consistent results Tips for using Codex in the CLI and IDE Advanced workflows: headless mode + SDK Start here 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