Quick Reference: Run-Control Cards For Codex
Recall the small set of moves that keep a Codex session bounded and evidence-driven.
What four lines belong in a strong opening Codex brief? Objective, constraints, starting evidence, and verification. Those four lines tell the agent what matters, where the boundaries are, where to look first, and how success will be proven. When should you ask Codex to explain instead of implement? Choose the right first verb Match autonomy to uncertainty. “Can we just let Codex clean up whatever looks messy while it is in there?” A teammate is expanding scope during a focused bugfix. Your line Let us keep today’s run on the bug and only include adjacent cleanup if it stays inside…
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