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codexmonitor

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List/inspect/watch local OpenAI Codex sessions (CLI + VS Code) using the CodexMonitor Homebrew formula.

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codexmonitor

Use codexmonitor to browse local OpenAI Codex sessions stored in ~/.codex/sessions.

Requirements

  • macOS
  • Codex installed and producing sessions (CLI and/or VS Code extension)

Install (Homebrew)

brew tap cocoanetics/tap
brew install codexmonitor

Common commands

  • List sessions (day): codexmonitor list 2026/01/08
  • List sessions (day, JSON): codexmonitor list --json 2026/01/08
  • Show a session: codexmonitor show <session-id>
  • Show with ranges: codexmonitor show <session-id> --ranges 1...3,26...28
  • Show JSON: codexmonitor show <session-id> --json
  • Watch all: codexmonitor watch
  • Watch specific: codexmonitor watch --session <session-id>

Notes

  • codexmonitor reads sessions from ~/.codex/sessions/YYYY/MM/DD/.
  • Sessions can be resumed/appended by id via Codex: codex exec resume <SESSION_ID> "message".