Codex · OpenAI
Get a text every few hours with what matters in email and Slack
An AI consultant told Social Media Examiner he uses Codex to guard his deep work: it checks his unread email and Slack every couple of hours and sends him an iMessage summary that flags anything important.
What they did
He set up a Codex Heartbeat, a recurring check-in that runs inside the same thread so it keeps context between runs, with Gmail and Slack connected. He also uses computer use so Codex opens his Notion each morning and sends a meeting brief by iMessage at 6:30.
How it went
He says he no longer interrupts focused work to monitor messages, and only acts when the summary flags something important.
Worth knowing
A practitioner's description of his own setup with no data on missed messages. It needs broad access to email and chat, and he stresses starting with limited permissions.
Try it with Codex
Every <two hours> between <start and end of your work day>, check my unread email in <email account> and messages in <Slack channels or DMs>. Send me a short summary to <where you want it, for example text message or a Slack DM>: anything urgent first, then items that need a reply today, then everything else in one line. Do not reply to or archive anything.
Swap the parts in angle brackets for your own details. This prompt is adapted from the case, not copied from the original.
What this label means: User story
Someone using it at work posted about it. Any numbers are theirs, so we write "the poster says".
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