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WORTH TESTING · 22 OCTOBER 2026

Nidhi Singh: let Claude Code use Codex's computer use to drive Mac apps (includes a sponsored segment)

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Verdict: honest and useful, but intermediate to advanced, with terminal and config-file work; background mode is Mac-only, and because it relies on an undocumented part of the ChatGPT app, an update could break it.

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Nidhi Singh: let Claude Code use Codex's computer use to drive Mac apps (includes a sponsored segment): steps to try, cost and caveat

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