One connect covers OpenAI's ChatGPT desktop app and the Codex CLI — both read the same settings file. Pick your .codex folder once, and the key is created, managed, and written into the config for you. Nothing to copy, nothing technical.
curl -fsSL https://get.aireserve.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --router
Your browser opens to approve the connection — no key to copy.
This installs the aireserve CLI and configures Claude Code and Codexfor the AI Reserve router: every gateway model appears in the agent's native model picker with real names, context windows, and reasoning-effort options. Your previous settings are recorded and fully restored by aireserve router unconfigure.
ChatGPT desktop app
The everyday choice. Download it from OpenAI, open it once, and come back here.
Either one creates the .codex settings folder the next step updates. Already installed? Skip ahead — your existing settings are kept.
CODEX-MANAGED-KEY in your API keys — revoke it there any time) and your ~/.codex/config.tomlgains an AI Reserve provider entry; the previous file is backed up beside it. The desktop app and the CLI both pick it up — fully quit and reopen ChatGPT, then start a new chat to see AI Reserve as its provider. Usage is billed to your organization's AI Reserve wallet. Rerun this page whenever you want to rotate the key or repair the config.New to all this? The plain-language walkthrough lives at Getting Started with ChatGPT Work. Trouble connecting? Ask your administrator to confirm your account is active, or use the manual setup from your profile's API Keys section.