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title: "How Codex /goal Uses the Autonomous Loop to Code for Hours"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-codex-goal-uses-the-autonomous-loop-to-code-for-hours-evv2nxk9v
source_url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-codex-goal-uses-the-autonomous-loop-to-code-for-hours-evv2nxk9v
type: freeform
source: "proflead"
author: "Vladislav Guzey"
published: 2026-05-20T11:28:46.647Z
updated: 2026-05-20T11:29:08.672Z
tags: ["ai-agents", "cli", "openai-codex"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How Codex /goal Uses the Autonomous Loop to Code for Hours

**[proflead](https://daily.dev/sources/proflead)** · [@proflead](https://daily.dev/proflead) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The /goal command in OpenAI Codex enables autonomous agent loops that can run for extended periods, testing and fixing code iteratively without manual intervention. A video tutorial walks through getting started with this feature directly from the terminal.

## Content

Standard AI prompting gives you a single answer. But what if you need the AI to run a loop, test its work, and fix its own mistakes until the task is actually finished?

The new `/goal` command in OpenAI Codex brings autonomous agent lifecycles directly to your terminal.

I made a step-by-step video tutorial covering everything you need to know to get started today.

**Watch the tutorial here:** [https://youtu.be/ePGrgs1-DsY](https://youtu.be/ePGrgs1-DsY)

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Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#openai-codex](https://daily.dev/tags/openai-codex)

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