AI tool official desktop-app
Risk level
low
10/100

Codex App ↗

Codex App is an officially published AI tool from OpenAI. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

Analysis summary

Codex App is an officially published AI tool from OpenAI. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

OpenAI desktop coding agent with parallel tasks and computer use

Why this entry scored 10 out of 100

This profile starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50. Because the entry is officially published, trust adjusts the score by -40. The entry declares no high-risk capabilities on its own, so capabilities add nothing. It matches no dangerous capability combinations. The clamped result is 10, placing it in the low band.

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Findings

  • Published by the vendor Trust offset
    Contribution to score: -40

Configuration surface

Files this AI tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

  • codex-app-config global toml
    Shared configuration with CLI (TOML)
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\config.toml
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/config.toml
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/config.toml
  • codex-app-instructions global markdown
    Global agent instructions
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\AGENTS.md
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/AGENTS.md
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/AGENTS.md
  • codex-app-instructions-override global markdown
    Global agent instructions override (preferred over AGENTS.md)
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\AGENTS.override.md
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/AGENTS.override.md
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/AGENTS.override.md
  • codex-app-hooks global json
    Lifecycle hooks shared with Codex CLI
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\hooks.json
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/hooks.json
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/hooks.json
  • codex-app-auth global json
    Plaintext credential storage shared with CLI
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\auth.json
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/auth.json
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/auth.json
  • codex-app-plugin-manifest global json
    Codex plugin manifests (per cached plugin)
  • codex-app-plugin-mcp global json
    MCP servers bundled with installed Codex plugins
  • codex-app-plugin-skill global markdown-frontmatter
    Skills bundled inside installed Codex plugins
  • codex-app-user-skill global markdown-frontmatter
    Personal Codex skills (~/.agents/skills/)
  • codex-app-user-subagent global toml
    User-defined subagents (~/.codex/agents/*.toml)
  • codex-app-user-rules global markdown
    User-level Starlark rules (~/.codex/rules/*.rules)
  • codex-app-model-catalog global json
    Custom model catalogs (~/.codex/model-catalogs/*.json)