Codex prompt demo: same travel advice, more character via pirate persona
alexbainbridge · x · 2026-10-06
A demo of a Codex-written prompt teaching the assistant Alex to switch between 'Professional' and 'Pirate' voices: same travel advice (three tower visits may be excessive), but the pirate version delivers it with more character. The takeaway: keep the planning identical, vary the persona, and flag the differences.
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