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OpenAI Codex Adds Appshots, Goal Mode, Annotation, Plugin Sharing and Analytics

OpenAI rolled out a batch of updates to its Codex agentic coding platform. The release pushes Codex from interactive helper toward a persistent, observable agent that can run for days, capture richer context, and operate across enterprise teams.

Goal Mode graduated from experiment — via /goal, Codex drives toward a specific milestone across hours or days. Appshots binds Command-Command on Mac to send window screenshots plus full off-screen text to a Codex thread. Advanced browser annotations let designers tweak page styling inline, with previews and batched comments.

Business workspaces can now distribute custom plugin bundles spanning skills, app integrations, and MCP servers. The updated Analytics dashboard tracks active users, tokens, runs, and lines of code, plus an Analytics API. The enterprise observability move follows the pattern in v0's Fix PR Conflicts feature and continues Codex's Remote Connections shift.

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It’s Codex Thursday, and yes, we have updates for you. First up: Appshots, a new way to bring the context of what you’re working on into Codex. On your Mac, press Command-Command to attach your app window to a Codex thread. Codex gets both a screenshot and text from the window, including content beyond what’s visible onscreen. Appshots are available across plans on Mac, with enterprise access coming soon.

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OpenAI launched a batch of updates for Codex covering Appshots for Mac window capture, Goal Mode for objective-driven runs across hours or days, advanced browser annotations for inline UI feedback, plugin sharing across business teams, and an improved analytics dashboard with API access. The release pushes Codex toward a persistent, enterprise-managed agent.

Goal Mode is a Codex capability that runs an autonomous agent toward a specific objective across hours or days, available in the Codex app, IDE extension, and CLI via the /goal command. The goal text acts as both the starting prompt and completion criteria, and you can pause, resume, or steer the work.

Appshots is a Mac-only feature that lets developers press Command-Command to attach an application window to a Codex thread. Codex receives both a screenshot and the complete text content of that window, including data beyond what is currently visible onscreen, giving the agent grounded context for debugging and UI work.

Advanced browser annotation is an in-app browser mode that lets designers and developers adjust page elements directly while leaving feedback. You can tweak styling like font size, colors, and spacing, preview changes instantly, and batch comments back to Codex so the agent makes changes without a full conversational turn.

Plugin Sharing is currently available to ChatGPT Business users, with Enterprise access coming. Teams can distribute custom plugin bundles spanning skills, app integrations, and MCP servers. The improved Analytics dashboard, which tracks active users, credits, tokens, runs, and plugin usage, is available for Business and Enterprise plans alongside an Analytics API.

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