From 6fc444528f81972d3e0c9633acd716e5cf01e606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Het Dave <hetdvx@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 13:39:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(codex): install via curl script instead of npm

Codex was the only shell-installable provider still defaulting to
`npm install -g @openai/codex`. OpenAI ships an official install script
(the same one referenced by the existing Windows PowerShell installer),
so make curl the recommended method on macOS/Linux for consistency with
claude, grok, droid, and the other curl-based providers. npm and the
homebrew cask remain as fallback options, and updates still resolve
through the npm release source.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../core/agents/agent-provider-registry.ts    |  2 +-
 .../plugins/src/agents/impl/codex/index.ts    | 61 ++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/emdash-desktop/src/shared/core/agents/agent-provider-registry.ts b/apps/emdash-desktop/src/shared/core/agents/agent-provider-registry.ts
index 2658e7cb6a..0e5e987c4f 100644
--- a/apps/emdash-desktop/src/shared/core/agents/agent-provider-registry.ts
+++ b/apps/emdash-desktop/src/shared/core/agents/agent-provider-registry.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export const AGENT_PROVIDERS: AgentProviderDefinition[] = [
     description:
       'CLI that connects to OpenAI models for project-aware code assistance and terminal workflows.',
     docUrl: 'https://github.com/openai/codex',
-    installCommand: 'npm install -g @openai/codex',
+    installCommand: 'curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh',
     commands: ['codex'],
     versionArgs: ['--version'],
     cli: 'codex',
diff --git a/packages/plugins/src/agents/impl/codex/index.ts b/packages/plugins/src/agents/impl/codex/index.ts
index c302537c7e..127c6ac12d 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/src/agents/impl/codex/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/src/agents/impl/codex/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   buildStandardCommand,
   codexMcpAdapter,
   homebrewOption,
-  npmDependency,
 } from '@emdash/core/agents/plugins/helpers';
 import { buildCodexHookConfig } from './hooks';
 import { icon } from './icon';
@@ -54,12 +53,40 @@ export const plugin = definePlugin(
       scope: 'global',
       supportedEvents: ['notification', 'stop', 'session'],
     },
-    hostDependency: npmDependency({
+    hostDependency: {
       id: 'codex',
-      package: '@openai/codex',
-      extraOptions: {
-        macos: [homebrewOption({ formula: 'codex', cask: true })],
-        linux: [homebrewOption({ formula: 'codex', cask: true })],
+      binaryNames: ['codex'],
+      installCommands: {
+        macos: [
+          {
+            method: 'curl',
+            command: 'curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh',
+            updateCommand: 'curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh',
+            recommended: true,
+          },
+          {
+            method: 'npm',
+            command: 'npm install -g @openai/codex',
+            updateCommand: 'npm install -g @openai/codex',
+            uninstallCommand: 'npm uninstall -g @openai/codex',
+          },
+          homebrewOption({ formula: 'codex', cask: true }),
+        ],
+        linux: [
+          {
+            method: 'curl',
+            command: 'curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh',
+            updateCommand: 'curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh',
+            recommended: true,
+          },
+          {
+            method: 'npm',
+            command: 'npm install -g @openai/codex',
+            updateCommand: 'npm install -g @openai/codex',
+            uninstallCommand: 'npm uninstall -g @openai/codex',
+          },
+          homebrewOption({ formula: 'codex', cask: true }),
+        ],
         windows: [
           {
             method: 'powershell',
@@ -67,10 +94,30 @@ export const plugin = definePlugin(
               'powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.ps1 | iex"',
             updateCommand:
               'powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.ps1 | iex"',
+            recommended: true,
+          },
+          {
+            method: 'npm',
+            command: 'npm install -g @openai/codex',
+            updateCommand: 'npm install -g @openai/codex',
+            uninstallCommand: 'npm uninstall -g @openai/codex',
           },
         ],
       },
-    }),
+      updates: {
+        kind: 'supported',
+        releaseSource: {
+          kind: 'npm',
+          package: '@openai/codex',
+        },
+        update: {
+          kind: 'package-manager',
+        },
+      },
+      uninstall: {
+        kind: 'package-manager',
+      },
+    },
     mcp: {
       kind: 'supported',
       scope: 'global',