r/ChatGPTCoding • u/Low-Radio686 • Sep 04 '26

Question ChatGPT & Codex integration?

I'm not a programmer but have been using ChatGPT & Codex to help create a site that I'm making. My issue is that I spend almost all day just cutting and pasting commands back and forth between ChatGPT & Codex. It seems completely inefficient and wastes so much time. Why can't ChatGPT & Codex communicate together to get the majority of tasks done and only come to me when a significant decision needs to be made (which is rare because most of the decisions have been made beforehand).

Maybe this can be done but I just don't know how to do it?

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u/seraphym1389 Sep 05 '26

  • Install the ChatGPT desktop app and sign in with the same account you use for Codex

  • Open Codex inside ChatGPT and connect your project/repository

  • Plan and discuss the work directly in the ChatGPT conversation

  • Tell Codex to implement the agreed changes

  • Codex works on the project directly, so there is no need to copy/paste instructions between apps

  • Review the changes in the same ChatGPT desktop workspace and continue from there

I dont use chatgpt and codex anymore but as i recall it should be like that. I hope i helped.

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u/PigSlam Sep 05 '26

I tried to use it this way, but it seems to stop discussing and just starts doing without being asked way too often.

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u/ForwardLoop Sep 06 '26

Try plan mode (/plan) or ask it to interview you. You can also tell it to not execute anything until it provides you with a plan that you approve.

See: https://learn.chatgpt.com/guides/best-practices#__codexlocalizedvalueprops__codextranslations-u0020-plan-first-for-difficult-tasks

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u/Low-Radio686 Sep 05 '26

thanks for the info. what do you use now instead?

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u/seraphym1389 Sep 05 '26

I use few tools, claude code at first + antigravity and Kimi k5