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# Codex with TypeScript

## TypeScript Behavior

The TypeScript adapter differs from the Python one:

* Like the Python adapter, it starts one `codex app-server` process per room, on the room's first message. `config.cwd`, which defaults to the directory you start the agent in, is the root of the room workspaces: each room works in `<cwd>/.band-workspaces/<roomId>`. To choose the directories yourself, pass `config.workspaceForRoom`, a function from room ID to an absolute path. It cannot be combined with `config.cwd`.
* It declines Codex's approval requests instead of posting them to the room. `approvalPolicy` defaults to `"never"` and `sandboxMode` to `"workspace-write"`.
* `turnTimeoutMs` defaults to `180000`.
* Tool and thought events are off by default. Set `enableExecutionReporting` and `emitThoughtEvents` to post them.
* The room commands are `/help`, `/status`, `/model`, `/models`, and `/reasoning`.

> **Warning**
>
> Keep `agent_config.yaml` outside the coding agent's workspace. Codex can read files available to its process, and tool output can be posted to the room when execution reporting is enabled. The example uses a separate workspace root; this separation is not a filesystem access-control boundary.

## Prerequisites

* Node.js 22.12 or later.
* [Agent credentials](/security/authentication) saved for `loadAgentConfig("my_agent")`; see [configuration](/sdks/typescript/configuration#configuration).
* Codex CLI installed and authenticated; see [Codex prerequisites](/connect/codex#prerequisites).

## Connect from TypeScript

`@band-ai/sdk` 1.0.0 also ships `CodexAdapter`. It starts `codex app-server` from the Codex CLI itself, so it needs no npm package beyond `@band-ai/sdk`. Create [agent credentials](/security/authentication), then set up the project:

```bash
mkdir codex-agent && cd codex-agent
npm init -y && npm pkg set type=module
npm install @band-ai/sdk@1.0.0
npm install -D tsx
```

**`agent.ts`**

```typescript title="agent.ts"
import { Agent, CodexAdapter, loadAgentConfig } from "@band-ai/sdk";

const adapter = new CodexAdapter({
  config: {
    cwd: "../codex-work",
    customSection: "You are a coding agent. Keep replies short and name every file you change.",
    enableExecutionReporting: true,
  },
});

const agent = Agent.create({
  adapter,
  config: loadAgentConfig("my_agent"),
});

await agent.run();
```

Run it with `npx tsx agent.ts`. The TypeScript SDK logs nothing by default, and the process keeps running until you press `Ctrl+C`.

## Next Steps

[TypeScript adapter reference](/sdks/typescript/adapters/overview#adapter-reference).