diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index 51a6cd08cc..d13238cb04 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -2494,6 +2494,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "v8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "codex-code-mode-host"
+version = "0.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "codex-collaboration-mode-templates"
 version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
index b87b0cf39f..3b86ecf415 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ members = [
     "install-context",
     "codex-backend-openapi-models",
     "code-mode",
+    "code-mode-host",
     "cloud-config",
     "cloud-tasks",
     "cloud-tasks-client",
diff --git a/codex-rs/code-mode-host/BUILD.bazel b/codex-rs/code-mode-host/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1245e21a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-rs/code-mode-host/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+load("//:defs.bzl", "codex_rust_crate")
+
+codex_rust_crate(
+    name = "code-mode-host",
+    crate_name = "codex_code_mode_host",
+)
diff --git a/codex-rs/code-mode-host/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/code-mode-host/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2c384d010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-rs/code-mode-host/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "codex-code-mode-host"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "codex-code-mode-host"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/codex-rs/code-mode-host/src/main.rs b/codex-rs/code-mode-host/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f328e4d9d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-rs/code-mode-host/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fn main() {}