In the past six months, the General Agent track has gained explosive momentum, entering the Agentic Coding era with offerings like Workbuddy (over 10 million daily active users), Claude Code, and OpenAI's Codex. OpenAI released its new GPT 5.6 model, merging Codex and ChatGPT and rebranding the combined product as ChatGPT Work to avoid misperception as a purely programming tool. Codex/ChatGPT Work can operate your computer, record your screen, automatically run tasks on a daily schedule, and let you command the AI from your mobile phone. OpenAI's report *The Next Era of Knowledge Work* states, "Knowledge workers are growing 3 times faster than developers, and Codex is not exclusive to programmers." To maximize Codex, save these 10 essential tips. Tip 01: Raise a desktop pet. Codex has a built-in Pets feature—a tiny virtual pet stays on your desktop, acting as a status indicator showing task progress and celebratory animations upon completion. Access path: Codex → Settings → Personal → Pets. The system has 8 pre-installed pixel-style pets, or visit the Petdex website for more free options. For a unique pet, use the "Hatch Pet" skill in the plugins library to create a customized pet matching your description.