How To Use Codex CLI: Complete Beginner Guide & Tips
In this tutorial I teach you how to use Codex CLI from OpenAI to it's full potential. AI coding CLI's like Claude Code and Codex have quickly become essential coding tools so in this video I give you tips & tricks on how to get started with the codex cli as a beginner. We cover everything from how to install to how to conect with MCP servers.
Links:
Codex CLI: https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli/
Puff Notifier: https://github.com/vossenwout/puff
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - The year of the CLI
00:01:00 - Why use Codex CLI
00:02:20 - Cursor vs Codex CLI
00:04:00 - Agentic Mindset
00:10:40 - Ins…
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Chapters (14)
The year of the CLI
1:00
Why use Codex CLI
2:20
Cursor vs Codex CLI
4:00
Agentic Mindset
10:40
Install & Setup
13:20
Security & Sandboxing
20:00
/Commands
22:30
AGENTS.md
25:50
Config websearch & terminal notifier
28:40
Building a browser game with codex workflow
52:00
Multi-agent setup with git worktrees
57:20
MCP Setup
1:01:40
Scriping Codex
1:02:20
Outro
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