TERMINAL AGENTS

Codex CLI 0.164.0 adds ten /presets slots, inline /model and /permissions arguments, and credential masking for remote commands. What to try and what to check.

Codex CLI 0.163.0 makes mid-response steering the default and adds searchable /config and a leader key. What changed and what to check before upgrading.

Codex CLI starts a persistent, self-updating background daemon since 0.157.0. What it does, why it hit Hacker News and the reported workaround to turn it off.

Codex CLI 0.162 lets the agent create and list its own Git worktrees, adds pinned tasks and custom provider capability overrides. What to change this week.

Codex CLI 0.154.0 adds experimental worktrees, inline answers and approval hardening. Why durable agent workspace control matters more than the model picker.

Local coding agent workspaces wrap Claude Code, Codex and Copilot CLI with memory, diff gates and rollback. Why the workspace is becoming the product.

Claude Code vs Droid compared: two of the most capable terminal-native AI coding agents in 2026 on pricing, model flexibility, multi-agent work and team fit.

Codex CLI 0.129.0 added modal Vim editing to the composer. A small feature, but a signal: terminal agents are becoming native engineering workbenches.

Terminal agents like Claude Code, Codex CLI and OpenCode are converging on one runtime layer: permissions, sandboxing, rollback, receipts and cost controls.