Codex as Chief of Staff

For knowledge work:

Plugins enable Codex to do most of my knowledge work. It reads and responds to emails and Slack. It builds models in Sheets and handles all of my note taking for me. Codex is quickly becoming my assistant. It understands me and what I’m doing enough to help get real work done.

For dinner planning:

Our incredible comms leader, @lindsmccallum, planned a closed door dinner for the Codex team in a fraction of the time it would normally take - thanks to Codex.

She used the Codex App to:

  • compile the invite list
  • send out invitations
  • hourly scan of her emails to update RSVP status
  • populate a doc with bios on every attendee
  • create a mini app to plan the seating chart

Inbox triage:

Getting codex's help to me climb from under my inbox mountain

Automation density:

I've been using plug-ins a ton internally. I have about 58 automations and 30 plug-ins and I've automated everything except the part where I have to come up with ideas and talk to people

Wednesday, 1 April 2026