OpenAI Codex Practice Guide: CLI, Desktop App, Cloud, and Team Workflows
3 posts in this series
Use this series if you want to move from trying Codex to actually shipping with it. It runs from getting started and AGENTS.md context to multi-agent workflows, computer use, GitHub and cloud integration, token-cost optimization, and team adoption.
How to Use Codex: A Complete Beginner Guide to the CLI, IDE Extension, Codex Cloud, and Desktop App
Learn which OpenAI Codex entry point to use first, how the CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, and web/cloud differ, and how to run a small first coding task safely.
How to Write AGENTS.md for Codex Project Rules and Team Workflows
Start with a small AGENTS.md template, understand how Codex loads global, project, and nested instructions, verify that the rules were loaded, and keep AGENTS.md separate from CLAUDE.md, Cursor Rules, Skills, and config.toml.
Codex Worktree Guide: Run Multiple AI Coding Tasks Without Polluting Your Repo
Understand Local, Worktree, and Cloud modes in the Codex app, use Git worktrees to isolate Codex tasks by directory and branch, and handle .env files, dependencies, Handoff, review, merge order, and cleanup.
