Forgot to enable remote mode? Have Codex use computer use to fix it
gregmushen · x · 2026-10-09
After kicking off the task and heading to dinner, the author realized he hadn't set remote mode in Cmux and couldn't monitor progress. So he had Codex use computer use to enter the Cmux terminal and run /remote-control — using an AI to operate the computer to fix an unreachable AI job, an amusing AI-managing-AI loop.
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