Ultra goal technique
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A Codex workflow method using three structured markdown files — goal.md (success criteria with verifiable tests), plan.md (implementation details and tech choices), and worklog.md (running log of progress) — to run long autonomous coding sessions.
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Jason says Ultra goal technique helps Codex write better goals for itself than you could write alone.
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Jason says Ultra goal technique helps Codex write better goals for itself than you could write alone.
"I built out a plan.md file, a goal.md file, and a worklog. This is part of the skills library — it's just called ultra goal. The goal is the success criteria. A goal would be: at some point I want you to be able to paste in a YouTube URL..."
Better than writing goals yourself — Codex generates better goal specifications when you describe the success criteria and ask it to set its own goal
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"I built out a plan.md file, a goal.md file, and a worklog. This is part of the skills library — it's just called ultra goal. The goal is the success criteria. A goal would be: at some point I want you to be able to paste in a YouTube URL and actua..."
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