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Using Goals in Codex

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Goals are persistent objectives in Codex that keep a thread working toward a defined outcome across turns. A Goal gives Codex a completion c

Goals are persistent objectives in Codex that keep a thread working toward a defined outcome across turns. A Goal gives Codex a completion condition: what should be true, how success should be checked, and what constraints must stay intact. Codex already works well for well-scoped coding tasks: inspect a repository, fix a bug, add a test, explain a failure, or implement a focused change. Goals are for tasks where the next step depends on what Codex learns along the way: profiling, patching, benchmarking, reproducing a flaky test, or turning a research question into an evidence-backed audit. Th

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