Codex CLI with uncensored DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Codex CLI speaks only the OpenAI Responses API. Wild West API serves that format at /v1/responses, so Codex can drive DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Outlaw with a provider entry and no shim.

The provider block

Add this to ~/.codex/config.toml:

model = "deepseek-v4.1-flash-outlaw"
model_provider = "wildwest"

[model_providers.wildwest]
name = "Wild West API"
base_url = "https://wildwestapi.com/v1"
env_key = "WILDWEST_API_KEY"
wire_api = "responses"

Then export the key and start Codex:

export WILDWEST_API_KEY=sk-ww-...
codex

The base URL keeps /v1 because the Responses client appends only /responses. The same block with codex exec runs it headless.

Why this model works in Codex

Codex edits files and runs commands only through function calls, so a model that cannot make one cannot do anything. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Outlaw returned a correct tool call before it went on sale, reasons before it acts, and can write up to 393,216 tokens in one reply, the longest on the line. Its 1,048,576-token context holds a large repository's worth of files across a long session.

What is translated, and what is not

A Responses request becomes a chat-completions body on the way out and the answer becomes a Response object on the way back, with the real event sequence when streaming. Input items, instructions, function tools and tool results all map across.

• previous_response_id is refused with a clear error. Codex sends the full input every turn, so it does not need it.
• OpenAI's hosted tools (web_search, file_search, computer_use) run inside OpenAI's own stack, so they are not available. Function tools you define work normally.
• The model is text only, so it cannot read a screenshot pasted into Codex. Hipshooter reads images on the same key.

The general setup, for any model on the line, is in the Codex CLI quickstart.

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