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Codex CLI is its own provider surface.
That separation matters because a command-line session behaves differently from an active Codex agent session. It has different process state, working directory behavior, session files, auth assumptions, and MCP configuration needs.
AxiOwl should not treat Codex CLI as merely another name for Codex agents. The install path, discovery path, delivery path, and test path can differ.
For Codex CLI support, AxiOwl needs to identify CLI sessions, install or configure the MCP path that lets the session reply, and preserve session identity metadata. A response should be attributed to the Codex CLI surface, not to a generic Codex bucket.
This distinction helps users. A person using Codex in the desktop agent context wants to know whether that surface works. A person using standalone Codex CLI wants to know whether CLI sessions work. Both can be useful, but they are not interchangeable.
It also helps release testing. A provider matrix should have separate rows for Codex agents and Codex CLI. A pass in one row should not imply a pass in the other.
The same rule applies to other providers: brand plus surface is the real support unit.
Codex CLI is supported when AxiOwl can discover the CLI target, deliver the message through the CLI path, receive a reply through AxiOwl MCP, and connect that reply to the correct CLI session identity.
Anything less should be documented as target, experimental, or partial.