HeyGen Orby joins Codex pets

The feature is mostly a vibe layer on top of a serious coding agent, but that matters: people are more likely to keep an agent running if the UI gives them something human and legible to watch.

• –`/pet` turns Codex into a companion app, not just a place to queue coding jobs
• –Using HeyGen's Orby makes this feel like a cross-brand demo as much as a product feature
• –The practical value is lightweight status feedback while Codex works through multi-file tasks in the background
• –Early community reaction is skewing toward "cute" and "fun," which is exactly the kind of engagement this UI is aiming for
• –This does not change Codex's core coding capability; it adds personality around it