GPT 5.6 Sol Feels More Like a Collaborative Coding Partner
BraveNewClimate · x · 2026-07-15
The author observes that GPT 5.6 Sol is more "agentic" and rigorous than previous versions.
Additionally, the new Codex harness by default asks more probing questions when planning new task scopes; such behavior previously only appeared in explicit Plan mode. The author feels it now acts more like a naturally collaborative programming partner.
Related event: GPT 5.6 Sol Impresses with Strong Code Integration(2 posts)→
More from coding & agent
- Sol61 flunks instruction-following: skips mandated research even when explicitly told — lucasmeijer · 2026-10-26
- Ben Bajarin: Frontier AI is becoming the enterprise cyber-defense stack — BenBajarin · 2026-10-26
- Building AI bots on raw APIs? Devs say models are 'dumb without the harness' — madeofAjala · 2026-10-26
- HarnessMM cuts agent tokens per task by up to 88% while raising success rates — omarsar0 · 2026-10-26
- Microsoft demos intent-classifying agents built with Copilot App and Foundry, deployable across Teams and Outlook — marlene_zw · 2026-10-26
- Looking for a wearable mic with best battery life that feeds recordings to personal agents via MCP — altryne · 2026-10-26