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Build workflows your coding agent can run and improve.

A Method is a reusable workflow file with instructions and checks for each step. Run it with new inputs, inspect the results, and save corrections for the next run.

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Agents can't climb hills

I searched six months of my Codex history with 147,000 messages and these are 3 things I kept saying.

“Did you even fix the automation???”

The agent repaired the report. It had not updated the automation prompt.

“Why did you stop working?”

The agent stopped at a fixable failure. Its blocked status had no recorded reason.

“I keep having to remind you how to do that.”

The agent saved a debugging guide. Eight days later, I had to explain the procedure again.

Method keeps the instructions in a workflow file and each run’s results in a separate record. You can read what should happen, inspect what did happen, and review what changes next.

Explore an example Method Read the original conversations

Build. Run. Inspect. Improve.

  1. BUILD

    Start with a task you already understand.

    Bring a prompt, a conversation, or a screen recording. Include an example of the result you want.

    Your coding agent turns that material into a Method: a file that defines the inputs, steps, instructions, and checks.

    Read the steps before you run them. Ask your agent to change anything that is missing or wrong.

  2. RUN

    Same workflow. New inputs.

    Give your Method the next topic, document, or task. The local executor runs its steps using the tools and connections available on your computer.

    A research Method can take a new topic, collect sources, and write another brief. Each run keeps its own outputs and check results.

    Try the research brief example
  3. INSPECT

    Find the failure. See the evidence.

    Open the run record to see which steps completed and which failed.

    Select a step to read its instructions, output, and check results. Give that evidence to your coding agent so it can investigate the failure.

  4. IMPROVE

    Save the correction for the next run.

    Ask your agent to update the Method. Review the changed instructions in the workflow file, then run it again.

    Inspect the new results to see whether the repair worked. Earlier run records remain available for review.

Deploy Methods to the cloud

Start on your own computer, with your own files, browser tools, and API connections.

When you need scheduled cloud runs or want to use a Method with your customers, work with us through our cloud pilot. We’ll help configure the tools, connections, access, and customer inputs the workflow needs.

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Method run stopped at Save and reopen the Apple Note. The note was saved, but its links are plain text.
Lead Method · Illustrative local run and check failureFull size

A Method is a file you can read

A Method is a YAML file. You can read and edit its steps.

The open-source SDK executes those steps with Codex and saves the results. Inspect the schema and runner, or start with a complete research example.

Read the schema Explore the SDKTry the research brief example
An excerpt from the lead Method file: inputs, worker instructions, a text output, and an independent check for the final report.
Lead Method · Actual file excerptFull size

Before you build.

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Build your first Method.

Bring your own task.

Give your coding agent the work you want to repeat.