AI tool official cli
Risk level
low
10/100

OpenAI Codex CLI ↗

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

Analysis summary

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

OpenAI terminal coding agent with sandboxed execution

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-global-config global toml
    Global configuration (TOML)
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\config.toml
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/config.toml
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/config.toml
  • codex-managed-system-config global toml
    System config layer (below user config)
    • darwin/etc/codex/config.toml
    • linux/etc/codex/config.toml
  • codex-managed-prefs global plist
    MDM machine policy (macOS managed preferences, base64 TOML payloads)
  • codex-managed-requirements global toml
    Admin-enforced requirements (allowed approval policies / sandbox modes)
    • win32${PROGRAMDATA}\OpenAI\Codex\requirements.toml
    • darwin/etc/codex/requirements.toml
    • linux/etc/codex/requirements.toml
  • codex-managed-defaults global toml
    Managed default settings (user-writable on Windows — claimed, not enforced)
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\managed_config.toml
    • darwin/etc/codex/managed_config.toml
    • linux/etc/codex/managed_config.toml
  • codex-user-profiles global toml
    Named profile configs layered over the base user config
  • codex-global-instructions global markdown
    Global agent instructions
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\AGENTS.md
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/AGENTS.md
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/AGENTS.md
  • codex-global-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${HOME}/.codex/AGENTS.override.md
  • codex-project-config project toml
    Project-level configuration
    • win32${PROJECT}\.codex\config.toml
    • darwin${PROJECT}/.codex/config.toml
    • linux${PROJECT}/.codex/config.toml
  • codex-project-instructions project markdown
    Project-level agent instructions
    • win32${PROJECT}\AGENTS.md
    • darwin${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md
    • linux${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md
  • codex-project-instructions-override project markdown
    Project-level agent instructions override (preferred over AGENTS.md)
    • win32${PROJECT}\AGENTS.override.md
    • darwin${PROJECT}/AGENTS.override.md
    • linux${PROJECT}/AGENTS.override.md
  • codex-global-hooks global json
    Global lifecycle hooks (PreToolUse / PostToolUse / SessionStart / etc.)
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\hooks.json
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/hooks.json
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/hooks.json
  • codex-project-hooks project json
    Project-level lifecycle hooks
    • win32${PROJECT}\.codex\hooks.json
    • darwin${PROJECT}/.codex/hooks.json
    • linux${PROJECT}/.codex/hooks.json
  • codex-auth global json
    Plaintext credential storage (when cli_auth_credentials_store="file")
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.codex\auth.json
    • darwin${HOME}/.codex/auth.json
    • linux${HOME}/.codex/auth.json
  • codex-plugin-manifest global json
    Codex plugin manifests (per cached plugin)
  • codex-plugin-mcp global json
    MCP servers bundled with installed Codex plugins
  • codex-plugin-hooks global json
    Lifecycle hooks bundled with installed Codex plugins
  • codex-plugin-skill global markdown-frontmatter
    Skills bundled inside installed Codex plugins
  • codex-user-skill global markdown-frontmatter
    Personal Codex skills (~/.agents/skills/)
  • codex-home-skill global markdown-frontmatter
    Personal Codex skills in the Codex home itself (~/.codex/skills/) — the sibling of ~/.agents/skills that newer Codex builds read
  • codex-project-skill project markdown-frontmatter
    Project-scope Codex skills (.agents/skills/)
  • codex-user-subagent global toml
    User-defined subagents (~/.codex/agents/*.toml)
  • codex-project-subagent project toml
    Project-scoped subagents (.codex/agents/*.toml)
  • codex-user-rules global markdown
    User-level Starlark rules (~/.codex/rules/*.rules)
  • codex-project-rules project markdown
    Project-level Starlark rules (.codex/rules/*.rules)
  • codex-model-catalog global json
    Custom model catalogs (~/.codex/model-catalogs/*.json)