how to maximize your codex usage:
1. give it less. shorter AGENTS.md, fewer skills, a clear definition of done. the model got smarter, your instructions didnt need to get longer
2. run an instruction debt audit once a week. ask it to find rules that waste context, contradict each other, or fire when they shouldnt. delete them
3. hand it the browser. let it open chrome, reproduce the bug, and verify the fix itself instead of you copy pasting stack traces
4. let it call other agents. i caught it fixing a bug through devin. dividing work between agents beats one agent doing everything
5. spend the expensive runs on one-way doors. schema, api contracts, the core abstraction. the cheap stuff can be redone next week
6. dont compact a long debugging session. start a fresh thread with a written handoff. compaction is lossy and you lose the exact thing you needed
what am i missing