AI Engineering

May 2, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Exploring Codex’s New /pet and /goal Commands: Features, Developer Reactions, and Competitive Context

OpenAI’s Codex CLI now offers a playful /pet command that adds a virtual companion, a customizable /hatch option, and a productivity‑focused /goal command for tracking long‑term objectives, sparking mixed developer feedback and prompting discussion of Codex’s position against rivals like Anthropic.