# Codex agents now use apps, remember preferences, and run repeatable tasks

By Steven Van · 2026-04-18

OpenAI adds Mac app access, more tool connections, image generation, and memory to the cloud coding agent Codex.

**Codex** can now use apps on a user's Mac, connect to more tools, generate images, learn from previous actions, remember how a user likes to work, and take on ongoing and repeatable tasks, according to [the announcement](<https://x.com/i/status/2044827705406062670>).

[View media](<https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2044827559339413504/vid/avc1/1280x720/CtnxVfp_mYp5xH5-.mp4?tag=14>)

![Codex](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/images/codex.png>)

Codex

Cloud-based AI coding agent by OpenAI — assign tasks and Codex writes, tests, and ships code in a sandboxed environment.

[View Codex →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/openai-codex>)

[Read Codex agents now use apps, remember preferences, and run repeatable tasks on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/codex-codex-for-almost-everything>)

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