Codex for Practical Workflows

Codex gets much more useful once it is working inside a real project. That also means you need a workflow to keep the job understandable while the agent reads files, makes changes, and runs checks.

This quick course takes you through a small project from start to finish in under 30 minutes! You will make Codex inspect it, show you a plan, implement one bounded change, prove the result works, and leave behind a clean record of what happened.

What you'll learn: 

  • Open a real project in Codex and choose an isolated Worktree.
  • Use Plan mode to agree on a bounded change before implementation.
  • Supervise an active Codex run and correct scope drift.
  • Verify the result using the actual output, project checks, and /review.
  • Document the final state for a clean handoff.
You do not need to be a software engineer to follow the workflow. The project is prepared for you, and every technical idea gets explained when it becomes useful.
  • 20m of video instruction
  • 3 lessons
Patrick Jones - Course author
Meet YOUR instructor

Grant Harvey

Grant is the voice of The Neuron, the daily newsletter delivering no-hype insights on how AI is changing the world around us, along with co-hosting The Neuron’s weekly podcast.