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Keep long agent jobs moving with regular nudges

A developer noticed that Codex slowed down the longer a big task ran. While supervised, the agent could finish 20 items in an hour, but left overnight it would often deliver just 2 in five hours. The fix was a small add-on with a skill and a Python timer. Every 30 minutes it reminds the agent to collect finished work, tackle blockers and keep going. The developer describes the improvement as huge.

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What was done

A developer noticed that Codex slowed down the longer a big task ran. While supervised, the agent could finish 20 items in an hour, but left overnight it would often deliver just 2 in five hours. The fix was a small add-on with a skill and a Python timer. Every 30 minutes it reminds the agent to collect finished work, tackle blockers and keep going. The developer describes the improvement as huge.

How to do it

  1. Paste the prompt into the tool, and replace the text in brackets with your own.
  2. Read the answer through. Do not send, delete or publish anything until you have seen it yourself.
  3. Check the original before you trust a figure, a name or a date.

Try it with Codex

I am going to let you work on [task] for a long time without me watching. Break it into items, and write a status in [file] every 30 minutes: what is done, what is blocked and what you are doing now. If you are stuck on the same thing twice, try another way or tell me. Do not write new plans instead of doing the work. You are done when every item is delivered and checked.

Replace text in brackets with your own.

Read the original

@WShuiyin on X ·

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