Automations
An automation opens sessions for you. It is a prompt, a repository, and a trigger.
Use automations for work that should happen without a person remembering to start it.
Built-ins and templates
Software factory
Chain audit findings into issue-fix change requests.
Security automation
Find concrete security and PII risks on a cadence.
Other useful templates include bug-fix automations, code-quality sweeps, agent-readiness audits, pull request or merge request review, wiki refreshes, CI repair, dependency remediation, incident triage, product analytics digests, Slack digests, and environment-health checks.
The core primitives
Automations use the same building blocks as manual sessions. They can use the repo environment, scoped secrets, native Codex memory, and MCP tools.
Start with low-risk work. Good first automations find issues, open draft PRs or MRs, or report findings. Let guardrails decide how far they can go.