OpenAI has launched a brand new macOS app for Codex, its AI coding assistant, geared toward builders who wish to work with a number of AI brokers on the identical time.
In easy phrases, the app lets folks give a number of AI helpers completely different jobs on the identical time, watch what they’re doing, and step in to assessment or repair their work, as an alternative of engaged on one job at a time.
The brand new Codex app acts as a desktop hub the place builders can run a number of coding brokers in parallel, change between duties with out dropping context, and assessment or edit code adjustments as they occur. As an alternative of working by way of a terminal or IDE alone, the app provides customers a central place to oversee longer-running tasks that may take hours or days.
Codex brokers within the app work in separate threads tied to particular tasks. Every agent can run by itself copy of a codebase, which reduces conflicts and lets builders discover completely different approaches without delay. Modifications will be reviewed contained in the app or opened immediately in a code editor.
The app additionally helps “abilities,” which let Codex do extra than simply write code. These abilities enable the AI to tug in design information, handle bug trackers, deploy apps to cloud providers, generate photographs, or create paperwork like spreadsheets and PDFs. Builders can create their very own abilities or share them throughout a workforce.
OpenAI says Codex may also run scheduled background duties utilizing a function referred to as Automations. These let builders assign routine work, equivalent to checking for construct failures or summarizing points, and assessment the outcomes later.
The Codex app is out there now on macOS and you’ll be able to obtain it right here. It really works with present Codex setups within the command line and IDEs, and makes use of the identical account login.
For now, Codex entry is included with ChatGPT Plus, Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise, and Edu subscriptions. OpenAI can be quickly making Codex out there to some free customers and rising utilization limits throughout paid plans.
OpenAI says greater than 1,000,000 builders used Codex up to now month, and {that a} Home windows model of the app is deliberate for later (so don’t be unhappy, PC customers).
