Feature request: Account-level shared workspace between ChatGPT and Codex

ChatGPT Feature requests
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I would like OpenAI to provide an account-level shared workspace that both ChatGPT and Codex can read from and write to.

ChatGPT is excellent for research, discussion, planning, and drafting specifications. Codex is excellent for implementation, reproducible computation, notebooks, tests, and Git workflows. But the handoff between them is still awkward. Users often need to manually copy Markdown, PDFs, task specs, or notebooks from ChatGPT into Codex.

A simple private shared workspace under the same OpenAI account would solve this.

For example:

  • ChatGPT writes research_brief.md, methodology.md, and codex_tasks.md
  • Codex reads those files, implements code, runs analyses, and writes back results.md, notebooks, CSVs, or logs
  • ChatGPT reviews the outputs and helps refine the next step

This would make ChatGPT and Codex feel like two specialized agents working in the same project room.

Key requirements:

  1. Private to the user or workspace account
  2. Read/write access from both ChatGPT and Codex
  3. Versioned and auditable file changes
  4. User approval for sensitive operations
  5. GitHub integration optional, not required
  6. Support for Markdown, notebooks, CSV, JSON, Parquet, images, and PDFs
  7. No need for users to run their own remote MCP server just to pass context between ChatGPT and Codex

This would be especially useful for research, education, software development, data analysis, and finance research workflows.

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Hi @flprg, thanks for taking the time to put together such a detailed feature request. The workflow you described makes sense, and I can see how a shared workspace between ChatGPT and Codex would make moving from planning to implementation much smoother.

We're sending this over to our team so it can be logged as product feedback. The examples and requirements you've outlined provide helpful context around the kinds of workflows this could improve.

We appreciate you sharing your ideas.

-Mark G.

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Thank you, Mark.
I appreciate you forwarding it as product feedback. I believe this would be especially useful for users who use ChatGPT for planning/design and Codex for implementation, since the current copy-and-paste handoff creates friction in otherwise natural workflows. I’m glad the examples were helpful.

Sincerely,
flprg

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Thanks for the thoughtful follow-up, @flprg. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain the workflow and provide concrete examples. That planning in ChatGPT to implementation in Codex handoff makes sense, and it's helpful context for understanding where the friction comes from.

I've made sure that perspective is included with the feedback. Hopefully it's something the team can consider as they continue improving the experience.

-Mark G.