Automations
OpenAI Blog · 2026-04-23
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Topics: codex-agenttask-automationscheduled-tasksworkflow-automation
Claims
- Codex can run tasks automatically on a schedule without requiring user prompts each time.
- Automations can continue from existing conversation context rather than starting fresh, enabling ongoing tasks.
- Codex automations require the laptop to be awake and Codex to be running when used in a local environment.
- Effective automations should be specific, repeatable, and easy to review.
Key quotes
Instead of waiting for you to come back and ask for an update, Codex can return at the scheduled time, do the work, and surface the result for you to review.
A good automation is specific, repeatable, and easy to review.
Some automations can also return to the same conversation and continue from the context already there.