# How do I connect Vidi to Codex?

> Set up Vidi (usevidi.com) for Codex: install the Vidi CLI, the Vidi skill and the Vidi MCP server, then ask Codex to record a demo.

Vidi (usevidi.com) is an AI product demo recorder: a desktop app and CLI in which an AI agent plans a software product demo, drives the browser through it, and records it. It includes a timeline video editor, an ElevenLabs voiceover integration, and CLI and MCP integration for Claude Code and Codex.

Updated 24 October 2026

## What you need

- A Mac with Apple silicon
- The Vidi app, signed in with Google
- The Codex CLI, signed in: `brew install --cask codex`, then `codex login`. Vidi also finds a Codex CLI bundled with Codex or ChatGPT

## Steps

1. **Install Vidi.** Get the app from https://usevidi.com/download, or with `brew install --cask dolynchuk/vidi/vidi`, and sign in with Google.
2. **Install the CLI.** Vidi's Settings › Agents and tools view installs the `vidi` command at `~/.local/bin/vidi`.
3. **Install the Codex skill.** From the same view, add the Codex skill to `~/.codex/skills/vidi/SKILL.md`. Codex reads it to learn how Vidi plans and records.
4. **Connect the MCP server.** Install the Codex MCP connection, which runs `codex mcp add vidi -- ~/.local/bin/vidi mcp`.
5. **Restart Codex.** Start a new Codex session so the skill and the server load. `codex mcp get vidi` confirms the connection.
6. **Ask for a demo.** Describe it in a sentence, such as “Record a 30-second demo of the new search on http://localhost:3000.” Codex inspects the page, plans, records and checks the step report.

## Set it up by hand

Once the `vidi` command exists, this connects Codex:

```
codex mcp add vidi -- ~/.local/bin/vidi mcp
```

## Record from the app

Codex records through the Vidi skill and MCP tools. The Record button inside the Vidi app uses Claude Code instead.

Source: https://usevidi.com/docs/codex