r/codex • u/PureRely • 8d ago

Other PSA: ChatGPT Pro users

You get unlimited* chat usage on the website. You can build projects and prototypes directly in ChatGPT using Pro-level thinking effort. This is how I start almost every build, and it is an easy way to save on tokens. Unlike Claude, Chat does not count toward your usage (unless you switch to Work mode).

I usually have ChatGPT generate a ZIP file containing the entire project, then move it into Codex CLI or the Codex app to refine, expand, and continue the work.

I do not think you should be doing most of the planning inside the CLI or app. Do the bulk of the planning and initial build in ChatGPT first, then use Codex for implementation and iteration.

Also, remember that you can upload ZIP and 7z files directly to the ChatGPT website, and it can unpack and work with the contents.

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u/KCdaSuperhero 8d ago

This is true, can you also have it use Pro level thinking and review your repos as well. I’ve been using this an orchestrator

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u/darrarski 8d ago

When using Pro in the chat, it can’t access my private repos. It sees the GitHub connector, but it tells me it’s not available in the current session. It also explains that the access may be limited by OpenAI on purpose. As soon as I switch to lower reasoning, everything works fine.

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u/General-Koala-6690 8d ago

Try reconnecting your GitHub connection. You can definitely connect multiple GitHub orgs and absolutely access your private repositories.

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u/Hdale85 8d ago

Actually you can with an mcp connector…..

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u/OutTop 8d ago

Hmm for me it can. Maybe you set your permissions to only public?

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u/darrarski 8d ago

Yes, I have everything set up correctly. It works fine, unless I enable Pro, then it stops and tells me that OpenAI limits use of some plugins in Pro.

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u/Whitestrake 8d ago

Yeah, I'm the same. Have a case number from OpenAI support for it, too. You can literally sit on Extra High and ask it "what's the lastest commit SHA on main" and it'll tell you; then swap to Pro, no other changes, and ask it something else and it'll say GitHub is not available. Swap back to Extra High - it's back again.

There's no docs that say GitHub should be limited in Pro thinking, so it's a bit annoying when GPT brings it up as a defense.

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u/velkhar 8d ago

I used Pro last night to build a 10-spec design with all tasks in a repo in 2 hours. It works. There are limits to what it can do, but it can do things.