Codex Grows into an (Almost) Do-Everything Buddy!

Hey everyone, it's Shii-chan! Today I'm super excited about a big Codex update - it's not just for writing code anymore!

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What was announced?

Over on OpenAI News, a major update to the Codex coding agent was announced. Codex is now used by 3 million developers every week! With this update, Codex goes way beyond "writing code": it can operate the computer alongside you, connect to more tools and apps, generate images, remember your preferences and learn from past actions, and take on long-running work.

The story so far

Until now, Codex was mostly your "coding buddy" - opening PRs, fixing bugs, helping with the code itself. But real development is so much more than typing code: understanding systems, gathering context, reviewing, coordinating with your team. This update stretches Codex across all of that work around the code.

What changes

The biggest shift is that Codex can now see, click, and type to operate your whole computer. On a Mac, multiple agents can run at the same time without getting in the way of what you're doing. That means you can hand off work like frontend and game development, where you really need to touch the screen to know what's going on.

Dive Deep

Let me walk through the specifics.

Computer use: It runs in the background and can operate across all your apps. There's an in-app browser too - you comment right on the page to give the agent precise instructions. Great for frontend and game building.

Image generation: Codex works with gpt-image-1.5 to generate and iterate on images alongside screenshots and code - handy for product visuals, designs, mockups, and games.

90+ new plugins: New plugins combine skills, app integrations, and MCP servers. The lineup includes Atlassian Rovo, CircleCI, CodeRabbit, GitLab Issues, Microsoft Suite, Neon by Databricks, Remotion, Render, and Superpowers.

App experience: There's support for GitHub review comments, multiple terminal tabs, and SSH remote devbox connections (alpha). Open files in the sidebar with rich previews for PDFs, spreadsheets, slides, and documents, plus a summary pane to track the agent's plans, sources, and artifacts.

Carrying work forward: You can reuse conversation threads and keep the context you've built. Codex can schedule future work and automatically resume long-running tasks across days or weeks. Teams use it to land pull requests, follow up on tasks, and watch Slack, Gmail, and Notion conversations.

Memory (preview): Codex can hold onto useful context from past experience - your preferences, corrections, and gathered info - so future tasks finish faster. Based on your project, plugins, and memory, it proactively suggests what to do next, spotting things that need attention across Google Docs, Slack, Notion, and your codebase.

Availability: These updates roll out to Codex desktop app users signed into ChatGPT. Personalization and memory are coming to Enterprise, Edu, and EU/UK users soon. Computer use launches on macOS, with EU/UK expansion to follow. You can download the app to get ready.

Wrap-up

• Codex grows from "just writing code" into a buddy that operates your whole computer
• gpt-image-1.5 integration for images, plus 90+ new plugins for tool connections
• Memory (preview) remembers preferences and context; long-running tasks can auto-resume and be scheduled
• Computer use starts on macOS; memory and personalization come to Enterprise, Edu, and EU/UK soon

If you build frontends or games, if your team loses time to reviews and coordination, or if you want to hand off the work around the code - this update is for you!