Codex

Connect OpenAI's Codex cloud engineering agent to BitRouter

Codex Integration

Quick Start

# 1. Start BitRouter
bitrouter serve

# 2. Configure Codex CLI
codex config set api.base http://localhost:8787

# 3. Launch Codex
codex init

What You Get

  • Multi-provider routing - Beyond OpenAI models to Anthropic, Google, etc.
  • Local control - Manage cloud operations from your proxy
  • Cost tracking - Monitor parallel execution spending
  • Fallback providers - Never blocked by OpenAI limits
  • Enhanced security - Guardrails at the proxy layer

Installation

Prerequisites

# Install Codex CLI
npm i -g @openai/codex

# Or use desktop app
# Download from chatgpt.com/codex

Connect to BitRouter

Choose your setup:

Option 1: CLI Configuration

codex config set api.base http://localhost:8787
codex config set api.protocol openai
codex init

Option 2: Desktop App

export OPENAI_API_BASE=http://localhost:8787
codex-app

Option 3: Browser Extension

// In browser console
localStorage.setItem('codex_api_base', 'http://localhost:8787');

Essential Configuration

Smart Routing by Task

# ~/.bitrouter/config.yaml
routes:
  # Main Codex operations
  - match: "codex/main/*"
    provider: openai
    model: codex-1
    
  # Code review & analysis
  - match: "codex/review/*"
    provider: anthropic
    model: claude-3-5-sonnet-latest
    
  # Test generation
  - match: "codex/test/*"
    provider: deepseek
    model: deepseek-coder
    
  # Documentation
  - match: "codex/docs/*"
    provider: google
    model: gemini-2.0-flash-exp

Parallel Execution Support

routes:
  - match: "codex/parallel/*"
    provider: openai
    model: codex-1
    options:
      max_parallel: 5
      timeout: 300s
    load_balancing:
      strategy: round_robin

Automation Workflows

automations:
  issue_triage:
    route: "codex/automation/triage"
    provider: openai
    model: gpt-4o
    schedule: "*/15 * * * *"
    
  ci_monitoring:
    route: "codex/automation/ci"
    provider: anthropic
    model: claude-3-5-haiku-latest
    trigger: webhook

Common Recipes

Recipe: High Availability

routes:
  - match: "codex/*"
    provider: openai
    model: codex-1
    fallback:
      - provider: anthropic
        model: claude-3-5-sonnet-latest
      - provider: google
        model: gemini-2.0-flash-exp

Recipe: Cost Optimization

cloud_resources:
  cost_limits:
    hourly: 50.00
    daily: 500.00
  auto_scale:
    enabled: true
    min_instances: 2
    max_instances: 20

Recipe: Skills Integration

skills:
  routing:
    - skill: "code-understanding"
      provider: openai
      model: codex-1
    - skill: "prototyping"
      provider: anthropic
      model: claude-3-5-sonnet-latest

Monitoring

Session Tracking

# List Codex sessions
bitrouter sessions list --agent codex

# View parallel execution
bitrouter codex status --show-parallel

# Export metrics
bitrouter sessions export --agent codex --format csv

Cost Analytics

# Spending breakdown
bitrouter costs breakdown --agent codex

# Set budget alert
bitrouter budget set --agent codex --daily 100

# Generate report
bitrouter report generate --agent codex --period month

Troubleshooting

🔴 Connection Failed

# Check BitRouter
curl http://localhost:8787/health

# Verify Codex config
codex config list

# Reset API base
codex config set api.base http://localhost:8787

🟡 Cloud Environment Issues

# Test connectivity
bitrouter providers test openai

# Check credentials
codex auth status

# Restart Codex
codex restart

🔵 Performance Problems

# Analyze routing
bitrouter performance analyze --agent codex

# Optimize routes
bitrouter routes optimize --agent codex

# Clear cache
bitrouter cache clear --agent codex

Advanced Features

Environment Routing

environments:
  development:
    route: "codex/dev/*"
    provider: openai
    model: gpt-4o
    
  production:
    route: "codex/prod/*"
    provider: openai
    model: codex-1
    guardrails:
      - approval_required
      - audit_log

Security Guardrails

guardrails:
  codex:
    - type: secret_detection
      action: redact
    - type: pii_protection
      action: block
    - type: code_security
      scan_for: [sql_injection, xss]

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