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I have a codex cli instance on a Debian VM connected to ChatGPT on iOS via SSH. That works since.. about a month and has pretty good UX. Before, I used the shellfish terminal and tmux which also worked really good, but to be honest (even though I'm a big terminal fan), ChatGPT on iOS sometimes has a smoother UX than a terminal.

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Are you sure ChatGPT on IOS connects directly to the VM? Or via a desktop as the middle man sitting somewhere?

If you really only use ChatGPT on IOS and a VM and nothing else, then I would be curious how you set that up. I do not see a "connect to codex via ssh" in my ChatGPT app. I only see "Connect to a desktop".

Oh HOLY MOLY! Now I see there is not only a "Remote" section in the app but also a "Connection" section where you can add an ssh connection. I need to try that.

Thanks!

yes I use that exact feature constantly to use Codex on remote servers and it works great

You could just as well use any other coding agent via ChatGPT then, right?

You're welcome(;

Also for future readers: Yes, I'm sure there's no desktop app in the middle. I have dedicated remote VMs that run agents. I don't have them running on the desktop, not even as a middle man.

Are you using something like Tailscale, or are you running an open SSH server?

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