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Automate Repetitive Desktop Workflows with Codex Record & Replay

Record manual workflows once to create reusable, automated AI skills.

Utilize the 'Record & Replay' feature in the Codex app (macOS) to demonstrate a computer-based task. The AI will learn the steps and turn them into a reusable skill you can trigger later.

ChatGPT

The Scenario

You have complex, multi-step workflows involving software that doesn't have an official API, like a legacy HR portal or internal dashboard. You need a way to automate these clicking and typing tasks without writing code.

Before & after

The old way

An employee performs the same 15-step manual data entry task across three different web apps every Monday. This manual process takes 45 minutes every week.

With AI

Using Codex Record & Replay, the AI captures your screen actions and converts them into a 'skill' you can trigger via prompt. Running the automation takes less than 1 minute.

Source

ChatGPT Business - Release Notes | OpenAI Help Center
"demonstrate a workflow once and turn it into a reusable skill... Capture stable, repeatable workflows that are easier to show than describe."