Analysis and Collaboration – Codex

Codex can help you manage all of your work across multiple apps and files and help collaborate with your team. The use cases in this collection cover common workflows when the work starts in files, messages, docs, spreadsheets, and when you need shareable artifacts.

Learn with Codex

Ask Codex to turn a dense paper, spec, or technical guide into definitions, examples, and questions you can review.

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Learn a new concept

Use Codex to study material such as research papers or courses, split the reading across...

Knowledge Work Data](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/learn-a-new-concept)

Delegate multi-step workflows

Use Codex to gather approved inputs from multiple apps and prepare new workflows, or let it take control of your computer to complete tasks across multiple apps.

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Coordinate new-hire onboarding

Use Codex to gather approved new-hire context, stage tracker updates, draft team-by-team...

Integrations Data](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/new-hire-onboarding)[

Use your computer with Codex

Use Computer Use to hand off multi-step tasks across Mac apps, windows, and files.

Knowledge Work Workflow](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/use-your-computer-with-codex)

Keep work moving

Have Codex check the sources you approve and return only the items that need attention: real asks, changed artifacts, blocked handoffs, reply drafts, and decisions.

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Set up a teammate

Connect the tools where work happens, teach one thread what matters, then add an automation...

Automation Integrations](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/proactive-teammate)[

Manage your inbox

Use Codex with Gmail to find emails that need attention, draft responses in your voice, pull...

Automation Integrations](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/manage-your-inbox)[

Complete tasks from messages

Use Computer Use to read one Messages thread, complete the task, and draft a reply.

Knowledge Work Integrations](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/complete-tasks-from-messages)

Work with data

Use Codex to explore datasets or clean up spreadsheets, explore hypotheses, ask questions or create visualizations.

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Clean and prepare messy data

Drag in or mention a messy CSV or spreadsheet, describe the problems you see, and ask Codex...

Data Knowledge Work](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/clean-messy-data)[

Query tabular data

Use Codex with a CSV, spreadsheet, dashboard export, Google Sheet, or local data file to...

Data Knowledge Work](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/analyze-data-export)[

Analyze datasets and ship reports

Use Codex to clean data, join sources, explore hypotheses, model results, and package the...

Data Analysis](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/datasets-and-reports)

Package analysis into reviewable artifacts

Let Codex turn approved inputs into outputs you can share: slides, messages, and other artifacts ready for review.

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Turn feedback into actions

Connect Codex to multiple data sources such as Slack, GitHub, Linear, or Google Drive to...

Data Integrations](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/feedback-synthesis)[

Generate slide decks

Use Codex to update existing presentations or build new decks by editing slides directly...

Data Integrations](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/generate-slide-decks)