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1# Use your computer with Codex | Codex use cases1---

2 2name: Use your computer with Codex

3Codex use cases3tagline: Let Codex click, type, and navigate apps on your Mac.

4 4summary: Use Computer Use to hand off multi-step tasks across Mac apps, windows,

5![](/assets/OpenAI-black-wordmark.svg)5 and files.

6 6bestFor:

7![Codex](/assets/OAI_Codex-Lockup_Fallback_Black.svg)7 - Tasks that move across apps, windows, browser sessions, or local files on

8 8 your Mac

9Codex use case

10 

11# Use your computer with Codex

12 

13Let Codex click, type, and navigate apps on your Mac.

14 

15Difficulty **Easy**

16 

17Time horizon **5m**

18 

19Use Computer Use to hand off multi-step tasks across Mac apps, windows, and files.

20 

21## Best for

22 

23- Tasks that move across apps, windows, browser sessions, or local files on your Mac

24 - Work you want to hand off and let Codex continue in the background9 - Work you want to hand off and let Codex continue in the background

10starterPrompt:

11 title: Hand Off One Computer Task

12 body: >-

13 @Computer Use [do the task you want completed across your Mac]

25 14 

26# Contents

27 

28[← All use cases](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases)

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31 

32Use Computer Use to hand off multi-step tasks across Mac apps, windows, and files.

33 

34Easy

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365m

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38Related links

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40[Computer Use](https://developers.openai.com/codex/app/computer-use) [Plugins](https://developers.openai.com/codex/plugins) [Customize Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/concepts/customization)

41 

42## Best for

43 15 

44- Tasks that move across apps, windows, browser sessions, or local files on your Mac16 For example:

45 - Work you want to hand off and let Codex continue in the background

46 17 

47## Starter prompt

48 

49 @Computer Use [do the task you want completed across your Mac]

50For example:

51 - Play some music to help me focus.18 - Play some music to help me focus.

52 - Help me add my interview notes from Notes to Ashby.

53- Look through my Messages app for the trip ideas Brooke sent me this week, add the best options to a new note called "Yosemite ideas", and draft a reply back to her.

54 

55[Open in the Codex app](codex://new?prompt=%40Computer+Use+%5Bdo+the+task+you+want+completed+across+your+Mac%5D%0A%0AFor+example%3A%0A-+Play+some+music+to+help+me+focus.%0A-+Help+me+add+my+interview+notes+from+Notes+to+Ashby.%0A-+Look+through+my+Messages+app+for+the+trip+ideas+Brooke+sent+me+this+week%2C+add+the+best+options+to+a+new+note+called+%22Yosemite+ideas%22%2C+and+draft+a+reply+back+to+her. "Open in the Codex app")

56 19 

57 @Computer Use [do the task you want completed across your Mac]

58For example:

59 - Play some music to help me focus.

60 - Help me add my interview notes from Notes to Ashby.20 - Help me add my interview notes from Notes to Ashby.

61- Look through my Messages app for the trip ideas Brooke sent me this week, add the best options to a new note called "Yosemite ideas", and draft a reply back to her.21 

22 - Look through my Messages app for the trip ideas Brooke sent me this week,

23 add the best options to a new note called "Yosemite ideas", and draft a

24 reply back to her.

25relatedLinks:

26 - label: Computer Use

27 url: /codex/app/computer-use

28 - label: Plugins

29 url: /codex/plugins

30 - label: Customize Codex

31 url: /codex/concepts/customization

32---

62 33 

63## Introduction34## Introduction

64 35 

102## Suggested prompt73## Suggested prompt

103 74 

104**Hand Off One Computer Task**75**Hand Off One Computer Task**

105 

106 @Computer Use [do the task you want completed across your Mac]

107For example:

108 - Play some music to help me focus.

109 - Help me add my interview notes from Notes to Ashby.

110- Look through my Messages app for the trip ideas Brooke sent me this week, add the best options to a new note called "Yosemite ideas", and draft a reply back to her.

111 

112## Related use cases

113 

114[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-3.webp)

115 

116### Clean and prepare messy data

117 

118Drag in or mention a messy CSV or spreadsheet, describe the problems you see, and ask Codex...

119 

120Data Knowledge Work](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/clean-messy-data)[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-1.webp)

121 

122### Complete tasks from messages

123 

124Use Computer Use to read one Messages thread, complete the task, and draft a reply.

125 

126Knowledge Work Integrations](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/complete-tasks-from-messages)[![](/images/codex/codex-wallpaper-2.webp)

127 

128### Coordinate new-hire onboarding

129 

130Use Codex to gather approved new-hire context, stage tracker updates, draft team-by-team...

131 

132Integrations Data](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/new-hire-onboarding)