Planning & Goals in AI
From the OpenAI Codex cheat sheet · Models, Modes & Permissions · verified Jul 2026
Planning & Goals
Plan before editing and track a persistent objective.
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/plan
/plan Propose a migration plan for this service
/goal Finish the migration and keep tests green
/goal
/goal edit
/goal pause
/goal resume
/goal clear💡 /plan is best before multi-step implementation
📌 /plan is unavailable while Codex is already working
🎯 /goal keeps a larger objective attached to the chat
⚠️ Goal text must be non-empty and at most 4,000 characters
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