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I've been using Codex's /goal for weeks. When Claude Code recently added it too, I moved over a few tasks Codex couldn't crack. The contrast was stark enough to be worth writing down.

I spent two days automating with the Codex app, burned through a Pro account, and made virtually no progress. Switching to Codex CLI's Goal feature fixed everything immediately. At first I thought the model had gotten dumber, but then I realized: the agent form factor is solidifying, and humans shouldn't be chained to the screen anymore.