diff --git a/agent/auxiliary_client.py b/agent/auxiliary_client.py
index 4d23315487d6..2b14e64f6d7d 100644
--- a/agent/auxiliary_client.py
+++ b/agent/auxiliary_client.py
@@ -918,7 +918,71 @@ def _try_custom_endpoint() -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:
     return OpenAI(api_key=custom_key, base_url=custom_base), model
 
 
+def _try_codex_from_config() -> Tuple[Optional[Any], Optional[str]]:
+    """Build a Codex auxiliary client from config.yaml ``model.api_key``.
+
+    This is the auxiliary-side mirror of the Direct config path that
+    ``runtime_provider.py`` added in PR #2 — it lets reverse-proxied
+    deployments (e.g. a sub2api-compatible endpoint with a static API
+    key but no local OAuth state) use auxiliary tasks without going
+    through the Codex device-code flow.
+
+    Activation is **strictly opt-in**: only triggers when the operator
+    has explicitly set ``model.provider == "openai-codex"`` AND
+    ``model.api_key`` to a non-empty value. Single-user CLI workflows
+    (where ``api_key`` is empty and OAuth tokens live in the auth store)
+    are never touched and continue to follow the unchanged code path
+    below.
+
+    The auxiliary model defaults to ``model.default`` (the operator's
+    main model) rather than ``_CODEX_AUX_MODEL``, because in
+    direct-config mode the only models guaranteed to exist are the ones
+    the operator's reverse proxy actually serves — which is what
+    ``model.default`` describes. Per-task ``auxiliary.{task}.model``
+    overrides still win because the caller propagates them via
+    ``model or default``.
+    """
+    try:
+        from hermes_cli.config import load_config
+        cfg = load_config()
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning(
+            "Codex direct config: load_config() failed, falling back to OAuth: %s",
+            exc,
+        )
+        return None, None
+    model_cfg = cfg.get("model") if isinstance(cfg, dict) else None
+    if not isinstance(model_cfg, dict):
+        return None, None
+    if str(model_cfg.get("provider") or "").strip().lower() != "openai-codex":
+        return None, None
+    api_key = str(model_cfg.get("api_key") or "").strip()
+    if not api_key:
+        return None, None
+    base_url = (
+        str(model_cfg.get("base_url") or "").strip().rstrip("/")
+        or _CODEX_AUX_BASE_URL
+    )
+    model_name = (
+        str(model_cfg.get("default") or "").strip() or _CODEX_AUX_MODEL
+    )
+    logger.debug(
+        "Auxiliary client: Codex direct config (%s at %s)",
+        model_name, base_url[:60],
+    )
+    real_client = OpenAI(api_key=api_key, base_url=base_url)
+    return CodexAuxiliaryClient(real_client, model_name), model_name
+
+
 def _try_codex() -> Tuple[Optional[Any], Optional[str]]:
+    # Direct config path: when the operator pinned an explicit api_key
+    # in config.yaml, use it instead of OAuth. This lets reverse-proxied
+    # Hermes deployments use auxiliary tasks without the device-code
+    # flow. Falls through to the OAuth path below when api_key is empty.
+    direct_client, direct_model = _try_codex_from_config()
+    if direct_client is not None:
+        return direct_client, direct_model
+
     pool_present, entry = _select_pool_entry("openai-codex")
     if pool_present:
         codex_token = _pool_runtime_api_key(entry)
@@ -1378,6 +1442,33 @@ def _wrap_if_needed(client_obj, final_model_str: str, base_url_str: str = ""):
 
     # ── OpenAI Codex (OAuth → Responses API) ─────────────────────────
     if provider == "openai-codex":
+        # Direct-credentials path: when the caller passed an explicit
+        # api_key (e.g., from a fallback_providers entry, a CLI override,
+        # or the runtime provider resolver after PR #2), use those values
+        # straight away instead of going through OAuth. Otherwise
+        # `raw_codex=True` and other explicit-credential code paths would
+        # silently fail in reverse-proxied deployments that have no
+        # local Codex auth state.
+        if explicit_api_key:
+            codex_base = (
+                (explicit_base_url or "").strip().rstrip("/")
+                or _CODEX_AUX_BASE_URL
+            )
+            final_model = _normalize_resolved_model(
+                model or _CODEX_AUX_MODEL, provider,
+            )
+            raw_client = OpenAI(
+                api_key=explicit_api_key.strip(), base_url=codex_base,
+            )
+            if raw_codex:
+                return (raw_client, final_model)
+            wrapped = CodexAuxiliaryClient(raw_client, final_model)
+            return (
+                _to_async_client(wrapped, final_model)
+                if async_mode
+                else (wrapped, final_model)
+            )
+
         if raw_codex:
             # Return the raw OpenAI client for callers that need direct
             # access to responses.stream() (e.g., the main agent loop).
diff --git a/hermes_cli/web_server.py b/hermes_cli/web_server.py
index 09416f10f8ff..c9ce9a03ca37 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/web_server.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/web_server.py
@@ -738,6 +738,12 @@ async def get_env_vars():
         result[var_name] = {
             "is_set": bool(value),
             "redacted_value": redact_key(value) if value else None,
+            # Plain value for non-secret fields (allow-lists, mode flags,
+            # account IDs, etc.) so dashboards can round-trip them in
+            # form inputs without forcing the user to retype on every
+            # edit. Password-flagged fields stay None and must still go
+            # through the rate-limited /api/env/reveal endpoint.
+            "value": value if (value and not info.get("password", False)) else None,
             "description": info.get("description", ""),
             "url": info.get("url"),
             "category": info.get("category", ""),