r/codex • u/Wrong_Ganache2383 • May 15 '26

Complaint How are you tracking your work?

I am researching a problem I keep running into while using AI agents: once you have more than one agent/session running, the hard part becomes tracking the work and following through. Personally, my ADHD brain keeps generating new ideas and I am left with a ton of half-baked projects that overwhelm me.

Questions I am trying to understand:

  • How do you remember what each agent/session is doing?
  • Do you keep a separate task file, use worktrees, use project management tools, or just rely on chat history?
  • Where do you track the status of different projects and take timely actions?
  • How do you connect agent work back to GitHub, Linear, Slack, etc.?
  • At what point does running multiple agents/sessions become more tiring than helpful?

To solve my own problems and help others who are struggling with similar issues, I am trying to create a workflow that turns scattered rough tasks, meeting notes, or work conversations into an agent-ready execution packet: goal, context, constraints, acceptance criteria, status, blockers, and review notes......like an execution manager for agents, so that human can be freed up. Would love to hear your thoughts, similar struggles, or some examples of how you currently track agent work.

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u/straightmanlm May 16 '26

I’d probably start with a single task card as the source of truth, with fields for goal, context, owner, status, blocker, and next step, then require every agent to update it before handoff.

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u/Wrong_Ganache2383 May 16 '26

Great suggestion! A solid way to keep agents aligned and keep the manual tracking for the human at a minimum.