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The quality of a Codex run mostly depends on the brief. Learn the five fields that turn a fuzzy request into a reviewable patch.
Codex is good at exploring. Production engineering is usually about exploring only as far as the task requires. A brief narrows the search space so the resulting diff is easy to understand, test, and review.
Goal: Fix the dashboard filter reset bug.
Scope: src/components/dashboard-filter.tsx and tests only.
Constraints: keep URL query params backward-compatible; do not touch styling.
Acceptance checks: npm run lint, npm run typecheck, dashboard reset test passes.
Output: explain the bug, the fix, and any test coverage added.A Codex-ready brief keeps the agent inside a reviewable lane.| Weak prompt | Codex-ready brief |
|---|---|
| Make search better | Add keyboard focus retention to search results after pagination in src/components/search-browser.tsx |
| Fix auth | Find why expired session cookies still show the dashboard; do not change signup flow |
| Audit models | Compare model IDs in content JSON against OpenAI docs and report stale entries without editing |
The big idea: Codex does not need a long prompt. It needs a bounded prompt with a definition of done.
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