Codex Automation

[MorganZ]

Codex Automation: Core Idea

Automatically run Codex to help maintain and improve codebases, triggered by key events.

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Automation Triggers

• Scheduled (e.g. weekly via cron)
• New directory creation in a watched path
• On pull request events (opened, updated, merged)

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What It Can Do

• Update dependencies automatically and suggest changelog notes
• Fill documentation where special placeholders are found (e.g., <!-- AUTODOC -->)
• Aggregate ideas for improvements and save them in a single file (e.g., IMPROVEMENTS.md)
• Find TODOs in code and turn them into a task plan
• Generate a weekly report from recent commits
• Suggest small improvements to boost maintainability
• Check monorepo packages for missing documentation or inconsistencies

my goals

This system helps offload routine Codex tasks by running them automatically at scheduled times or on specific events.
It reduces context switching and lets developers review results all at once, during dedicated, high-focus sessions — leading to better decisions and deeper improvements.

[FreddyE1982]

I have already implemented something similar. Though its based on a task plan I created manually. I wrote a script that outputs the next task not marked with [complete] in the task plan to the console, plus the last few completed tasks and the next few uncompleted task, plus a message telling to perform the next task and mark it as complete afterwards plus as many of the other tasks mentioned if there is time. then I just prompt codex to run that script and act according to the console message.