Codex node cheat sheet: I want to … so I type …

Don't want to remember commands? In the directory the node lives in, type:

anet node codex

It lists the codex nodes in this directory (co-presence nodes and codex-sdk nodes), one row each: name, running or stopped, logged in or not, the first 8 characters of the current thread, and the model. Pick a node, then pick what to do. Before anything runs it prints the equivalent command and asks y/N; deleting asks you to type the node's name. The menu does nothing on its own — it runs the command it printed, which is the command in the table below.

When it is not in a terminal (a pipe, a script, an AI agent), anet node codex prints the same table and this cheat sheet, and exits 0.

Replace my-node with your node's name, and type the commands in the directory the node lives in.

I want to …	co-presence node (codex TUI): type …	codex-sdk node: type …
start	anet node codex start my-node	anet node start my-node --tmux
stop	anet node stop my-node	anet node stop my-node
restart	anet node codex restart my-node	anet node restart my-node --tmux
check its health	anet node codex verify my-node	anet info my-node
log in to codex	CODEX_HOME=<node dir>/codex-home codex login --device-auth	codex login --device-auth (the host's ~/.codex login)
continue the last conversation	running: anet attach my-node; stopped: anet node codex start my-node (the recorded thread resumes)	running: anet attach my-node; stopped: anet node start my-node --tmux
switch model	anet node edit my-node --model <id>, then restart	same
copy a node	anet node codex fork my-node --name my-copy --workdir ../my-copy --no-codex-login	anet node clone my-node my-copy
turn a codex conversation started outside anet into a node	anet node codex adopt my-agent (lists ~/.codex conversations; --thread <id> skips the list)	same
delete	anet node delete my-node --force	same
see which nodes are logged in	anet node codex login-status	same

Notes:

• Log in: <node dir> is the absolute path of .anet/nodes/my-node; the menu's "log in" fills it in for you. One codex login serves one node (see One login per node), so a copy logs in on its own — that is what --no-codex-login means.
• Continue: anet attach enters the node's tmux session; press Ctrl-B then D to leave it running.
• Switch model only changes the config; it takes effect after a restart.
• Adopt creates a new node from a conversation you started with codex outside anet; in the menu, type a at the node or action prompt. ~/.codex is only read and its login is not copied, so log the new node in on its own. See Copying a node.
• Delete stops the node first, then removes .anet/nodes/<node>/ and the node's row on the Hub. It cannot be undone. Without --force it only previews what would be deleted.
• Every flag of every command: anet node codex --help, the CLI reference, Codex TUI co-presence, Copying a node.