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NO.: #8dccd0a4
Topic: AGENTS & TOOLS
Source: Simon Willison
Published: 2026-04-30 23:23:17
Importance: ★ 8/10 — radar 80
Original: simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/30/codex-goals/#atom-everything

`Codex CLI` 0.128.0 adds the `/goal` autonomous loop

Codex CLI 0.128.0 introduces /goal, a loop that keeps working until it judges the task complete or a configured token budget runs out. For indie developers, this is meaningful because it pushes Codex CLI closer to a lightweight autonomous coding agent without requiring extra orchestration.

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The new /goal command gives Codex CLI a self-continuation loop, similar in spirit to the Ralph loop mentioned in the article.
The article suggests the feature is driven mainly by injected prompt templates such as goals/continuation.md and goals/budget_limit.md, implying prompt-layer agent behavior rather than a deeply new runtime architecture.
From an indie developer perspective, this can reduce manual prompting for longer coding tasks, but the token budget limit means cost control and stopping conditions remain important.

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`Codex CLI` 0.128.0 adds the `/goal` autonomous loop

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