Claude Codex Black Ed.

Standalone VSCode extension for chatting with any LLM — direct API or browser bridge — without leaving your editor. Multi-account, multi-language, pluggable bridges, TTS/STT, attach-file, skins, pixel-pet, the works.

Install

Download codex-black-ed-<version>.vsix from the Releases page and run:

code --install-extension codex-black-ed-1.6.0.vsix

Or in VSCode: Extensions panel → ⋯ menu → Install from VSIX… → pick the file.

Use

Open the panel with Claude Codex Black: Open Panel from the command palette, or Ctrl+Shift+B (Cmd+Shift+B on macOS). Type a prompt, hit Enter. Type / for slash commands. Click the provider pill at the bottom-left to switch LLMs.

Features

20 chat / inference / video bridges out of the box — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Copilot, DeepSeek, Ollama (enabled by default) + Perplexity, Mistral, Pi, HuggingChat, Veo, Runway, Luma, Kling, fal.ai, Replicate, OpenRouter, Groq, Pika (disabled by default; flip <enabled>true</enabled> to use).
Direct API providers — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Azure (drop your key in Settings).
Pluggable .bridge XML extensions — drop a file in extensions/, get a new provider. See help.
Panel extensions (.ext) — mini-apps inside the panel (calculator, emoji picker, minesweeper bundled; install more from the catalog).
Multi-account — multiple API keys per provider, switch on the fly via /switch.
TTS / STT — read replies aloud (ElevenLabs / SAPI), dictate prompts (Web Speech / SAPI).
Skins — codex-black (default), tamagotchi (with pixel pet!), glassy, office, several Linux desktop themes.
Languages — translated UI strings for 50+ locales.
Compact / compress — summarize-and-prune the conversation to keep token costs down.
Hot reload — edit panel/*.js or panel/*.html and refresh without a full VSCode reload.

Slash commands

Type / at the start of the textarea, pick from: /help, /handbook, /clear, /settings, /prompts, /history, /font, /attach, /folder, /compact, /git, /github, /license, /push, /switch, /switch account, /email.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/tibberous/Claude-Codex-Back-Ed..git
cd Claude-Codex-Back-Ed.
npm install
python tools/pack_release.py

The packed .vsix lands in dist/.

Where to file bugs

github.com/tibberous/Claude-Codex-Back-Ed./issues

Claude Codex — Black Edition

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