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On a seedbox with a current platform version, the system commands codex, claude and gemini start on your AI credits by themselves when ~/.virsilipasKey holds your key and you have not set the tool up with an account of your own. There is nothing to configure. In a terminal the first line says so, for example:

Codex is using your Pulsed Media AI credits (~/.virsilipasKey). To change: PMSS_VIRSILIPAS=off codex, or codex login.

All three use the model default. Scripts and cron jobs that run these commands use the credits too; they just do not print the line.

Your own setup always wins

A tool leaves the credits alone when you have set it up yourself, for example:

• Codex: you logged in with codex login, OPENAI_API_KEY is set, or you chose a model or provider in ~/.codex/config.toml or on the command line.
• Claude Code: you logged in with /login, an ANTHROPIC_ key or address variable is set, or you passed --model or --settings.
• Gemini CLI: GEMINI_API_KEY or GOOGLE_API_KEY is set, you chose a sign-in method in its settings, or you passed -m.

Turning it off

• For one run: PMSS_VIRSILIPAS=off claude (the same works for codex and gemini).
• For good: add export PMSS_VIRSILIPAS=off to ~/.bashrc.user and open a new shell. Cron jobs do not read that file, so a script that must not use credits needs the line itself.
• To use your own account: printf '%s' "$OPENAI_API_KEY" | codex login --with-api-key for Codex; PMSS_VIRSILIPAS=off claude and then /login for Claude Code; your own GEMINI_API_KEY in ~/.bashrc.user for Gemini CLI.

A bigger model

Claude Code takes another model by name: ANTHROPIC_MODEL=large claude. For Codex and Gemini CLI, use the manual settings on the wiki.

If the line does not appear and the tool asks you to sign in, your server may not have this yet, or your key file is missing. The full guide, including manual settings that work on every server: AI Coding Tools on PMSS.