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Codex CLI adds /goal

·2026.05.01 08:23

Key point

Codex CLI 0.128.0 adds /goal, which repeats execution until the goal is achieved.

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Codex CLI 0.128.0 has added /goal. When a user specifies a goal, Codex repeats execution until it evaluates for itself that the goal is complete, a kind of Ralph loop approach. The task stops once the set token budget is used up.

The implementation is handled by prompts that are automatically injected at the end of each turn.

  • goals/continuation.md carries the work over to the next turn.
  • goals/budget_limit.md signals termination when the budget limit is reached.

This was introduced via a link post by Simon Willison, and it means OpenAI's Codex CLI now has a goal-based iterative execution flow.

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