Share a tool you made with Codex with your team
Publish it to a private cloud your team signs in to, then send them the link. With Patchy Cloud, you paste one setup line into Codex, have it adapt the tool for Patchy if it needs to, then ask it to publish: coworkers open the tool after signing in, and people outside your company can’t.
Before you start
Patchy Cloud runs tools made with its own kit. If Codex built your app another way, say a Next.js site or a Python app with its own server, it won’t run here as it is. Ask Codex to rebuild it as a Patchy tool; it can start from what it already made. A simple report or page can go up as one HTML file, which Codex can prepare.
Tools can’t reach the internet. An app that calls an outside service, such as OpenAI or Stripe, won’t work. To use your company’s data, an admin connects it, such as a Postgres database or a company email address on Pidgeon, and tools reach it through Patchy Cloud.
What you need
- An invitation to Patchy Cloud. It’s in beta: join the waitlist with your work email. If your company is already in, ask an admin to invite you.
- Codex, running on your computer.
- Node.js 22.22.0 or newer, which setup uses to install
patchy, Patchy’s command-line tool. Your agent can check, and the installer tells you if your version is too old. - Chrome, or another Chromium browser such as Edge, on a computer, for you and your coworkers. Phones, Safari and Firefox aren’t supported.
- A company based in the US. The beta is for US companies.
Steps
Get into Patchy Cloud
Sign in from your invitation with a code sent to your email. If you’re the first from your company, you name it and become its admin. Otherwise, join the company that invited you.
Paste the setup line into Codex
Codex installs Patchy and replies with a link and a short code. Open the link, check the code matches, name this computer and confirm. If Codex asks before running the install, allow it. If you also use Claude Code on this computer, it shares this login, so there’s nothing to set up twice.
Paste into CodexSet up Patchy using https://cloud.patchyhq.com/llms.txt
Get the tool ready for Patchy
A simple page can go up as one HTML file. A tool that saves things or reacts to clicks becomes a Patchy project first; ask Codex to set that up. If the tool should remember things, like entries or requests, ask Codex to save them in Patchy’s storage. Assume everyone who can open the tool can see what’s saved in it, and keep out anything some coworkers shouldn’t see.
Say, for exampleMake this tool work on Patchy, and save the rota in Patchy’s storage
Publish it
Codex tries the tool on your computer, then publishes it. Patchy Cloud checks it and puts it live at your company’s address.
Then sayPublish it with Patchy
$ patchy publishacme/on-call-rota v1 shared with your companyopen cloud.patchyhq.com/acme/on-call-rotaSend your team the link
Coworkers open it in their browser and sign in once. They don’t need Codex. The tool also appears on your company’s Home in Patchy Cloud. An admin invites anyone who isn’t in yet.
Keep it yours, and keep it current
Only you can publish new versions; Patchy Cloud refuses one from anyone else’s agent. Every version is kept, so you can roll back any time; rolling back changes the tool, not the data saved in it. If you hand the tool over, an admin can reassign it.
Who can open it
- Yes
Coworkers signed in to your company
All of them, with nothing extra to set up.
- No
People outside your company
They can’t open it. Anyone signed out is asked to sign in.
- Not yet
Only some coworkers, like one team
A company tool opens for everyone in the company.
- If you choose
Anyone with the link
Only if you make it public, which works for pages and simple tools. A public tool can’t save data or read company data, and tools that run code on Patchy’s servers can’t be public.
Questions
Do my coworkers need Codex?
No. They need an invitation and Chrome, or another Chromium browser, on a computer. The tool opens like any website.
Can they make their own tools?
Yes. Everyone in your company can build and publish, with Codex, Claude Code or another agent that can run commands on their computer.
Can I share it with someone outside the company?
Only by making it public, which works for pages and simple tools that don’t save data or read company data. Named guests aren’t possible yet.
Is what’s saved in it backed up?
Keep your own copy of anything you can’t afford to lose. Patchy Cloud is in beta, and its terms say it may lose data.
Is it free?
Yes, during the beta. If pricing comes, the beta terms promise at least 7 days’ notice by email.
I built it with Claude Code instead.
The steps are the same. See Deploy an app Claude Code built so only your company can use it.