@nickbaumann_: This has fundamentally changed how I use Codex - everything runs out of a single persistent thread (my "chief of staff"…

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Codex can now automatically create, search, organize, pin threads, and spin up worktrees for parallel tasks, allowing users to delegate thread management to the AI itself, acting as a persistent chief of staff.

This has fundamentally changed how I use Codex - everything runs out of a single persistent thread (my "chief of staff") - anytime I start a new project or workstream, I have that thread spin up a new thread (because it's already found the context from slack, etc) - the CoS
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This has fundamentally changed how I use Codex

  • everything runs out of a single persistent thread (my “chief of staff”)
  • anytime I start a new project or workstream, I have that thread spin up a new thread (because it’s already found the context from slack, etc)
  • the CoS

Guinness Chen (@guinnesschen): If you ever get tired of managing your Codex threads, just let Codex manage itself! Codex can now create threads, search them, organize them, pin the important ones, and spin up worktrees for parallel tasks.

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