Using Hermes Agent through Codex OAuth with ChatGPT Plus
A account at $20 per month is being used with installed on a local computer. In Hermes settings, the OpenAI provider was set to Codex CLI or direct OpenAI API. The login then went through .
In the terminal, OpenAI/Codex credentials were selected, a new OAuth login was started, and an auth.openai.com/codex/device link was shown. The browser opened an official OpenAI page saying “Login to Codex with ChatGPT.” The page said Codex would use the and plan limits, but would not get the account’s . After entering the device code, the login succeeded.
This was not a borrowed token, paid shared access, a shared account, or a hacked setup. The use case is personal: one Plus account, Hermes running locally on a personal PC, not on a VPS or public server, not running all day, usually only 20 to 30 minutes at a time, and not a large parallel agent setup.
Key points
- was connected through OpenAI/Codex credentials on a personal computer.
- The login used an official auth.openai.com/codex/device page.
- The page said Codex would use the and plan limits, but not .
- The setup does not involve a borrowed token, shared account, sold access, or hacking.
- The described use is local, private, short, and not a 24/7 or large parallel agent setup.