OpenAI Publishes Codex App Server Architecture for Unifying AI Agent Surfaces

The OpenAI Harness serves as the backend for multiple agent surfaces

OpenAI has recently published a detailed architecture description of the Codex App Server, a bidirectional protocol that decouples the Codex coding agent’s core logic from its various client surfaces. The App Server now powers every Codex experience, including the CLI, the VS Code extension, and the web app, through a single, stable API.

Read more on InfoQ