Introducing Appshots in Codex
Summary
OpenAI introduces Appshots for Codex on Mac, allowing users to attach app windows to Codex threads via a shortcut, providing both screenshots and text context.
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@xiangxiang103: Let me demonstrate Codex's new feature Appshots: Press the left and right Command keys simultaneously to capture a screenshot of the current topmost app window along with readable text, and send it directly to Codex — no need for manual screenshots, copying, or describing. I've tried it for summarizing tweets, and it works great, mainly because it's so much faster! With...
The author demonstrates Codex's new Appshots feature, which allows capturing the current app window by pressing both Command keys and sending it to Codex for quick article summarization, greatly improving efficiency.
Introducing the Codex app
OpenAI introduces the Codex app for macOS (with Windows support added March 2026), a desktop interface for managing multiple coding agents in parallel, supervising long-running tasks, and collaborating on software development. The app features project-based threading, worktree support for conflict-free multi-agent work, skill extensions, and is available to ChatGPT Free/Go users with doubled rate limits on paid plans.
@FinanceYF5: Codex launches Appshots today: Double-click Command, AI instantly captures everything on your screen. It's not just a screenshot—it packages a screenshot of your current window along with all text content, paths, and links into the conversation. Long emails, long articles—even the parts you can't see, it can read. The way AI collaboration works on Mac has changed.
Codex launched Appshots today. Users can double-click the Command key to let AI capture everything on their screen (screenshot, text, paths, and links), including invisible parts of long emails and long articles, changing AI collaboration on Mac.
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