Codex Pro Tip: Use Side Chat to Seamlessly Hand Off Context to ChatGPT Pro
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-08-03
The author shares a highly efficient workflow tip when coding with Codex: by clicking the three dots and selecting "open a side chat," you can invoke ChatGPT Pro directly within your current session.
- Seamless Context Handoff: Codex automatically passes a context packet to Pro, giving it full awareness of the session, latest actions, and overall work without muddying the original Codex context.
- Intelligence Boost: You get Pro's unmatched intelligence right in the session to help with complex queries.
- File Management: The side chat creates a full-scale thread. If Pro generates a spec.md or mockup, you can open the full chat in the web UI, download the files, and hand them back off to Codex.
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