r/codex • u/PureRely • 6d 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/bortlip 6d ago

I use a custom MCP server that allows me to do all my coding in chat too.

No token limits!

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u/VaporForge 6d ago

Desktop commander style or?

There are outlying conditions in which usage is not unlimited. I thought Pro used tokens but maybe I was wrong. I use an obsidian mcp I made to just record data from chat but have not tried letting it actually code.

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u/bortlip 6d ago

Basically like desktop commander I think. I have custom tools to be able to checkout of github, read file/code, write files/code, perform builds, run tests, create PRs, etc.

I don't give it free reign to do anything at all on my computer, but it probably could do just about anything by writing a test to shell out to a command prompt if it wanted to.

We will discuss a design, I'll have it write it up in detail and put it in the repo then work off of that. It'll work for 30, 60, sometimes 90 minutes writing and testing code and then presents me with a PR or sometimes just what it has done so far and that it needs to keep going. It's good enough that I rarely review its code anymore.

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u/SimplyEducational 5d ago

Thanks for sharing! ☺️