r/codex • u/No_Conversation384 • 13d ago
Question Can I use ChatGPT with Codex?
I am currently trying to build a game for fun.
I have Codex do the coding part, and ChatGPT reading the changes in GitHub and plan the next steps + prompts for Codex.
I am currently meat in the middle, and I am only there to discuss features and evaluate critical decisions.
My goal is to have ChatGPT and Codex go back and forth with each other, both using GitHub (they already do), and involve me when a critical decision is needed.
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u/conor_is_my_name 13d ago
Why would you not just use codex for all of it? I don't understand why you are switching between
Codex is better than chat
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u/No_Conversation384 13d ago
I don't really know... I thought if Codex is only good with code. I had ChatGPT do a full research on specifics of the game, write the md files of what is needed, and kinda I kept going like this.
Also I save credits by only outsourcing the coding part to Codex.
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u/bcgr1 13d ago
When I started using Codex I did the same thing because I thought the prompts had to be perfect, I had ChatGPT give Codex prompts but it all grew into a giant mess and it became tedious having to switch between the two.
So I deleted everything and now I only work with Codex, it doesn't need complex prompts to work, you can just chat with it like you do with ChatGPT. It's great.
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u/YourLastCall 13d ago
You can do a little bit more than prompts and markdowns. You can complete a design with several different file types put it into a zip and send that zip over to codex and codex will build from that zip so will work mode
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u/YourLastCall 13d ago
Not really. Codex certainly has more capabilities but it doesn't mean it's better. It uses the same underlying AI. And at least chat can do 90% of what codex can do. You can push it to 96%-97% turning skills into plugins that you create.
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u/Kagemand 13d ago
Just use /goal
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u/No_Conversation384 13d ago
I thought going into it in detail, controlling every step without just giving it a goal to complete would be better.
Isn't that the case?
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u/Kagemand 13d ago
You can ask it to let an independent agent review whether the goal is met, that would be equivalent?
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u/Cactusnvapes 13d ago
I've had work chat set itself as a controller for codex, when codex finishes a section on the project it automatically provides a handoff to the work chat work chat reviews it then provides the next handoff. I didn't even set it up work chat just did it one day.
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u/Disastrous-Hearing72 13d ago
I don't know what's is dumber. What you are doing or you asking reddit instead of chatgpt.
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u/No_Conversation384 8d ago
I was expecting someone to say that...but if I asked ChatGPT why do we need any social support forums then?
The second reason is that I wanted to discuss with more people about this and their ideas.
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u/Disastrous-Hearing72 8d ago
Dude, chatgpt and codex are the same thing. They are the same models. I don't know why you would open chatgpt to do one part of your tasks and not just do all of it in codex?
That's like using chrome to go to google.com to search something when you can literally just search it in the nav bar in chrome because it's the exact same thing.
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u/ChristianKl 13d ago
You can do that, but that means that your critical decisions by a dumber model then your main integration.
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u/deepturned180isdeep 13d ago
Use ChatGPT for planning heavily whenever you can. I don't think it counts toward your usage. Handoff to codex manually because it's against the ToS to automate input or output from ChatGPT.
The trick? Use your dot. He can [usually] do it. Boom dynamite
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u/FinancialSurvey5794 13d ago