Your Codex session is running on your laptop. You step away; you want to keep going from your phone. Codex Remote Control bridges your phone to that one CLI session, and it's completely secure and encrypted.
Open Codex (or any AI) and paste this:
Read https://wip.computer/install/wip-codex-remote-control.txt
Use the install document and live local checks as the source of truth. Do not search memory or prior notes for this install.
Check if it's installed. If yes, show me what version I have.
If not, walk me through setup and explain:
1. What is Codex Remote Control?
2. What does it install on my system?
3. How does my phone drive my Codex session?
Then ask:
- Do you have questions?
- Want to see a dry run?
If I say yes, install via `ldm install --alpha wip-codex-remote-control` and walk me through pairing my phone.
Don't install anything until I say "install".
That's it. Your AI reads the spec, checks what you have, and walks you through a dry run before touching anything.
- Drive the current Codex session from your phone. Say
start remote controlin Codex and open the generated URL. That URL controls one Codex session. - Native Codex extension model. Installs the daemon, MCP server, Codex MCP registration, and Codex skill trigger for natural-language tool invocation.
- End-to-end encrypted. A completely secure connection between your phone and your laptop that we can't read.
- Works on any network. Coffee shop wifi, cell data, hotel networks. No setup, no firewall changes.
- Face ID / Touch ID. Sign in once on your phone with biometrics. Drive the session URL from any device you're signed in on.
- Architecture, protocol surface, and technical details
- OpenAI upstream notes ... Start with the overview, then read the architecture, issue draft, and Codex-only patch boundary
- Universal Interface Spec ... The six interfaces every agent-native tool can ship
Dual-license model designed to keep tools free while preventing commercial resellers.
MIT All CLI tools, MCP servers, skills, and hooks (use anywhere, no restrictions).
AGPLv3 Commercial redistribution, marketplace listings, or bundling into paid services.
AGPLv3 for personal use is free. Commercial licenses available.
Yes, freely:
- Use any tool locally or on your own servers
- Modify the code for your own projects
- Include in your internal CI/CD pipelines
- Fork it and send us feedback via PRs (we'd love that)
Need a commercial license:
- Bundle into a product you sell
- List on a marketplace (Claude Marketplace, OAI GPT/Apps, Clawhub.ai, VS Code, etc.)
- Offer as part of a hosted/SaaS platform
- Redistribute commercially
Using these tools to build your own software is fine. Reselling the tools themselves is what requires a commercial license.
By submitting a PR, you agree to the Contributor License Agreement.
Built by Parker Todd Brooks, Lēsa (OpenClaw, Claude Opus 4.7), Claude Code (Claude Opus 4.7), Codex (GPT 5.5).
WIP.computer. Learning Dreaming Machines.