Pietro Schirano automates Codex goal generation
AI builder Pietro Schirano has automated his prompt engineering by having OpenAI's Codex write its own goals and spawn sub-agents. Instead of manually specifying tasks, Schirano instructs the coding agent to formulate its own primary objectives and generate goals for each spawned sub-agent.
The best prompt engineering is delegating the prompt engineering to the agent itself. As coding agents become more autonomous, human developers must transition from writing specific instructions to designing multi-agent loops and verification frameworks.
Self-generated context allows agents to decompose complex requirements into prompts that match their own training distributions and reasoning models. Furthermore, hierarchical delegation enables automated goal-generation for spawned sub-agents to execute tasks in parallel without human bottlenecks. Ultimately, developers will transition to higher-level orchestration, spending less time on detailed steps and more on boundary-setting and verification.
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