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Course outline for Codex and OpenAI Coding Agents

Delegating a coding task requires more than an instruction. Structure Codex-style workflows around repository context, bounded tools, and evidence-based review.

Technology
AI-Assisted Software Engineering
Duration
4 hours
Modules
2 · 2 hours each
Level
Prerequisites listed

About Codex and OpenAI Coding Agents

Delegating a coding task requires more than an instruction. Structure Codex-style workflows around repository context, bounded tools, and evidence-based review.

Codex and OpenAI Coding Agents Course Objectives

  • Define a scoped coding-agent task.
  • Inspect tool actions and generated changes.
  • Verify a change with tests and a review checklist.

Pre-requisites

  • Programming and Git experience.
  • Ability to run and interpret repository tests.

Lab Setup

  • Computer with Git, a programming runtime, and a sample repository.
  • Optional Codex access through an approved nonproduction account; use supplied execution traces and patches when service access is unavailable.

Detailed Course Outline

Proposed modules

Module 1: Delegating repository work

  • Codex workflows
  • Repository interaction
  • Tool use
  • Agent execution

Practical outcome: Specify an agent task with access and execution boundaries.

Module 2: Verifying changes

  • Context management
  • Testing
  • Code review
  • Automation

Practical outcome: Assemble test and review evidence for a generated diff.

Practical exercise

  • Review a coding-agent change and design a repeatable verification workflow.

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