@FinanceYF5: Now there's no need to write /goal commands yourself? Just hand it over to Codex, let it define its own goals, and even every sub-agent it generates gets its goals taken care of by itself. Here's the result:
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The author demonstrates how to use Codex to automatically set goals and generate sub-agents, without manually writing /goal commands.
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Now you don’t need to write /goal commands yourself anymore?
Just throw it to Codex, let it set its own goals, and even every sub-agent it spawns gets its goals handled by itself.
Effect below 👇 https://t.co/UkvsPqCnmH
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