claudeenmodel: claude-haiku-4-5
Automations in Codex: Schedule Recurring Tasks Automatically
Key Points
- Schedule recurring tasks automatically with Codex automations
- Maintain conversation context across scheduled automation runs
- Automate weekly reviews, daily briefs, and status updates
Summary
Codex now supports automations that run recurring tasks on schedules and triggers, enabling proactive task execution without manual intervention. Instead of waiting for manual updates, Codex can execute scheduled work and surface results for review.
Key Points
- Scheduled Execution: Run tasks automatically at specified times (daily, weekly, etc.) for recurring work like daily briefs, weekly reviews, and status updates
- Context Continuity: Some automations can return to the same conversation and continue from existing context, enabling ongoing task management without starting fresh each time
- Common Use Cases: Weekly reviews, morning briefs, file summarization, data cleanup, consistency checks, and project status updates
- Best Practices: Effective automations are specific, repeatable, and easy to review; start with manual conversations to refine behavior before automating
- Local Deployment: When running Codex locally, automations work best with the laptop awake and Codex running
Getting Started
Chat with Codex interactively to define exact behavior and output requirements, then convert the refined task into an automation.