From GitHub issue to pull request: how far can Codex proceed automatically?
I tried an experiment with a long-standing small issue: without opening an editor, I assigned work to @codex entirely through GitHub issue and pull request comments. It went further than I expected, creating a branch, writing code, opening a pull request, running CI, and even providing review comments. But the process did not run entirely without supervision…
I tried an experiment with a long-standing small issue: without opening an editor, I assigned work to @codex entirely through GitHub issue and pull request comments. It went further than I expected, creating a branch, writing code, opening a pull request, running CI, and even providing review comments. But the process did not run entirely without supervision…
This guide is part of the Agentovra developer knowledge base. It presents the practical context, configuration details, and troubleshooting steps for the topic above.
Use the examples and checks on this page as a starting point, then adapt them to your own project and tool configuration.