From 877ca69163e123a7fb159c8b515e72afd19450fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Benz <sbenz@google.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:12:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add instructions for codex on windows

---
 README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 228c76f4..eab1ab8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ claude mcp add chrome-devtools npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest
 codex mcp add chrome-devtools -- npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest
 ```
 
+**On Windows 11**
+
+Configure the Chrome install location and increase the startup timeout by updating `.codex/config.toml` and adding the following `env` and `startup_timeout_ms` parameters:
+
+```
+[mcp_servers.chrome-devtools]
+command = "cmd"
+args = [
+    "/c",
+    "npx",
+    "-y",
+    "chrome-devtools-mcp@latest",
+]
+env = { SystemRoot="C:\\Windows", PROGRAMFILES="C:\\Program Files" }
+startup_timeout_ms = 20_000
+```
+
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