Behind the Craft · Sunday, July 26, 2026
Jason Liu offers advice on how a user can prompt Codex to set up personalized productivity automations, starting with a broad instruction like checking emails, Slack, and Linear. He emphasizes that refining these prompts over time, based on preferences and desired outcomes, is key to unlocking the tool's full potential.
“Yeah, I mean, in the beginning, I would say, uh, turn this thread into a heartbeat. I want you to check my emails, my slack, my linear every, you know, whenever it makes sense, 9:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 5:00 PM.”
“And just tell me what I need to prioritize, right? Just by doing that, you'll get a pretty good overview of what you need to do.”
“And then over time, as you tell the model different preferences, so for example, when it first did this, it didn't include links. I would just say, great, well, now I want you to make sure that everything has a link.”