some recommendations on making it tuned towards how you drive it: 1. use /init to create an agents md file
2. everytime codex does something wrong ask it to update its agents md to do/ not do X
3. use plan mode to plan and write the plan in a plans md file
4. ask codex to
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Practical Tips for Tuning AI Agent Behavior and Workflows
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Using AI for Codebase Deduplication
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tip: ask codex to look at your codebase and use $.skill-creator to create a skill for deduplication – it’s pretty good at finding patterns and converting into repeatable skills!
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Availability of Codex models via API
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which codex models are not available in the API – IIRC all the latest codex models are available in the API, it ofcourse takes some time to make sure the experience on the API matches that of the CLI, hence the delay (sometimes)
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Free Codex Pro subscription offered for CodexBar development help
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happy to gift a free codex pro subscription to the one who steps up and helps Peter w/ CodexBar!
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Search functionality improves code quality for bleeding edge development
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yes! search makes a meaningful difference in code quality specially when working with bleeding edge. I’ve always had it turned on!
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Continual Learning Through Agent Documentation Updates
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maybe the real continual learning is all the updates codex made to agents md along the way
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OpenAI VB Reaches Out to Kristen for Discussion
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hi Kristen – VB from OpenAI, sent a DM would love to chat! 🙂
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Cached Data vs Live Fetching: Understanding Information Freshness
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cached is not fetched JIT and can have slightly dated info, live fetches JIT
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Codex CLI and Extension Enable Web Search by Default
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Codex CLI and Extension both support Web Search by default now! No need to explicitly pass the “search” flag anymore. By default codex will use web search cache except when using full access sandbox (or yolo) where it’ll default to live! So nice to finally see this live!
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Using AI coding assistant to manage code changes
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I just ask codex to remove the changes I don’t want and it works like magic