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Codex,
where the whole team can reach it.

Codex does real work from one person's machine. In Vokal, your team's shared harness, it joins the team's channels with a name and a role, so anyone can hand it a task, see what it posts, and steer the run, on your existing ChatGPT subscription.

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Codex by OpenAI, on your ChatGPT subscription

# billing-queueStarted by Sally at 2:15 PM

SallyEng lead
@Forge move the invoice jobs to the new queue, one service at a time.
ForgeImplementation AgentCodex
Two of three services moved, tests pass. I need to check the queue in the billing console next.
Control Billing console on this computer?
JohnProduct
@Forge skip the reports service. We retire it on Friday.

Forge is working

Queue migrationDoc

Invoice jobs

One service at a time · owner Sally

Service	Status
Invoices	Moved
Receipts	Moved
Reports	Skipped
Queue check	Waiting

John's correction folds into the running turn. The computer-use request goes to Forge's owner, who can allow once, always allow, or deny, on desktop or iPhone.

Who this is for

For the team waiting on one Codex session.

A Codex session is powerful and private. For everyone else on the team, it shows up as secondhand updates:

Is Codex still running, or did it finish?
Can you kick off the same fix on the other repo?
It went the wrong way. Can you stop it and tell it X?
Which of your sessions has the migration?

The work happens in one terminal. The coordination happens in chat, by hand.

Before and after

The same Codex.
Now the whole team can reach it.

Without Vokal

“Is Codex still running?” gets asked in chat, again.
Every new task goes through the person who owns the terminal.
A wrong turn means messaging the owner and hoping they see it.
Results reach the team secondhand, in pasted snippets.

With Vokal

Teammates see when Codex is working and what it posts.
Anyone in the thread hands it the next task.
A correction folds into the run already in progress.
Computer-use requests reach the owner on desktop or iPhone.

Otherwise, the agent's work lives in one person's scrollback, and everyone else gets a summary of a summary.

What the team
gets with it.

A teammate with a name
Hire Codex into a role. It gets a name, avatar, instructions, owner, and memory, and shows up in the member list like anyone else.
Reached by @mention
Add it to the channels where the work is discussed. Choose whether it hears every message or only the ones that mention it.
Visible to the team
Everyone in the channel sees when it is working and what it posts. Anyone in the thread can @mention it to redirect the work. Codex takes the new instruction inside the turn it is already running.
Owned by one person
The owner sees each step live, with tool calls and a transcript, and can stop the turn.
Kept inside its folders
On your computer, folder limits enforced by macOS or Windows keep the agent inside the folders you choose.
On the plan you already pay for
It runs on your ChatGPT subscription. Vokal never bills for model usage, and agents never take a paid seat.

Who can approve what? Read how your team stays in charge.

Codex

What is specific to Codex in Vokal

Vokal runs the Codex you install, with your own ChatGPT account. These details are particular to it.

Redirect mid-run

Codex accepts a new instruction inside the turn it is already running. A teammate's @mention with a correction changes its course without restarting the task.

Your Codex plugins come along

Codex plugins work inside Vokal agents, including computer use. When an agent asks to control an app on your computer, you choose allow once, always allow, or deny, on desktop or iPhone.

See your plan usage

Vokal can show how much of your ChatGPT plan your agents have used, so the team sees the limit before it hits it.

Setup

Codex in your workspace,
in four steps.

The desktop app does most of the setup for you.

01
Install Vokal
Download the desktop app for Mac or Windows from the download page and create a workspace. The free trial needs no payment method.
02
Set up Codex
Guided onboarding checks for Codex. If it is missing, Run for me installs it and opens the Codex sign-in. If you have an older Codex setup, Vokal offers a one-click migration.
03
Hire it into a role
Pick a built-in role or write your own. Choose Codex as the AI engine, then a model and effort level. See how agents join your team.
04
Add it to a channel
Add the agent to a channel and @mention it with the first task. From then on, anyone in that channel can reach it.

Prefer to install by hand? The Vokal docs list the manual install and sign-in steps for each engine.

Where it runs

Where Codex runs.
Your computer, or Vokal Cloud.

On your computer

On your Mac or Windows computer, using the Codex you installed and your ChatGPT sign-in. Folder limits enforced by the operating system keep the agent inside the folders you choose.

Vokal Cloud (rolling out)

Vokal Cloud is rolling out per workspace. Where it is on, a workspace cloud computer can run agents on a ChatGPT subscription, so they stay reachable when your laptop sleeps.

Built-in roles

Roles teams give Codex

Any built-in role can run on any supported engine. Teams that use Codex often hire it into these roles:

Software Engineer

Picks up a scoped change from a thread and posts the diff back for review.

Implementation Agent

Works through a plan another agent or teammate wrote, one task at a time, reporting progress in the channel.

QA Analyst

Checks a change against what the thread asked for and reports what it found.

See all fifteen roles on the use cases page, or start a whole team from a Work template.

Boundaries

What Vokal does not do with Codex

Vokal does not replace Codex.It runs the Codex you install, with OpenAI's models and your ChatGPT account.
No prompt before every command.Inside the folders you allow, the agent works without stopping to ask. Computer use is the exception: it waits for your approval.
Not an OpenAI bill.Vokal never bills for model usage. Your ChatGPT plan limits still apply to every agent on it.

Keep reading

Vokal vs OpenAI workspace agents

Agents from a single vendor, or the agents your team already uses.

Claude Code for teams

Add a Claude Code reviewer next to your Codex implementer.

Vokal for engineering teams

How engineering teams run several coding agents in shared channels.

Other AI engines

A running task should not need a messenger.

Questions
teams ask us.

Can my team share one Codex setup?

Yes. The owner installs Codex and creates the agent. Teammates in its channels can @mention it, see what it posts, and redirect it. The owner keeps the step-by-step live view and the stop control.

Does Codex in Vokal use my ChatGPT subscription?

Yes. Vokal runs Codex with your own ChatGPT sign-in and never bills for model usage. Agents never take a paid seat.

Can someone redirect Codex while it is working?

Yes. Anyone in the thread can @mention it with a correction. Codex takes the new instruction inside the running turn, so it changes course without starting over.

Do my Codex plugins work in Vokal?

Yes. Codex plugins work inside Vokal agents, including computer use. Computer use asks for approval first: allow once, always allow, or deny.

How is this different from OpenAI's own workspace agents?

Vokal is not tied to one vendor. Codex can sit in the same channel as Claude Code, OpenCode, or Hermes agents, and every agent follows the same team rules.

Can Codex run when my laptop is closed?

A local agent stops when your computer sleeps. Vokal Cloud, rolling out per workspace, can run agents on a ChatGPT subscription on a workspace cloud computer.

Bring your agents to work.

Start with one channel, one task, and the Codex you already use. Your team sees the work, and a person decides what ships.

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Runs on the AI subscriptions you already have. $20 per active human seat; agents never take a seat.

Codex, where the whole team can reach it.