Workshop Slides

Navigate the deck covering models, agents, Codex workflows, and collaboration patterns.

Welcome & Goals

Set expectations for pairing with AI copilots in production codebases.

  • Workshop promise: deliver safe, review-ready diffs with Codex/GPT-5.
  • Success metrics: confident prompting, guardrails, and collaboration habits.
  • Quick poll: Which LLMs and CLI agents do you already use on the job?
Objective Setting Audience Poll Agenda Preview

LLM Model Landscape

Compare today’s flagship models through a production lens.

GPT-5

  • Strengths: broad tool plug-ins, high reasoning depth, enterprise governance.
  • Watch-outs: cost tiers, rate limits, context strategy for large repos.

Claude

  • Strengths: long context windows, alignment guardrails, friendly diff output.
  • Watch-outs: streaming availability, region constraints, tool ecosystem.

Gemini

  • Strengths: multimodal analysis, tight GCP integration, lower latency tiers.
  • Watch-outs: auth scopes, billing per project, variance across runtimes.

CLI Agent Roundup

Pick the right command-line interface for your team’s workflow.

  • Codex CLI: deep repo context, apply_patch, git-aware plans.
  • Claude Code: realtime conversational loop, great for refactors.
  • Gemini CLI: GCP-native auth, multimodal inputs, notebooks.
  • OpenCode: lightweight OSS agent, customizable tool chain.

Compare permissions, audit trails, and extensibility. Encourage teams to standardize on two primary agents to reduce cognitive load.

Codex Deep Dive

Demonstrate the end-to-end Codex pairing loop.

  • Plan stage: structured prompts, acceptance criteria, risk notes.
  • Implementation: plan → prompt → apply_patch → verify workflow.
  • Review: inspect diff, capture rationale, prep PR checklist.
  • Rollback & iterate: stash partial drafts, branch hygiene practices.
Live Demo Prompt Templates Guardrails

Environment & Tooling

Ensure every participant has a safe, productive setup.

  • Repo baseline: test data, feature flags, seed scripts.
  • Secrets management: .env templates, rotated tokens, audit logging.
  • Developer ergonomics: shell aliases, editor integrations, tracing dashboards.
  • Observability: capture Codex session logs for retro and compliance.

Context, Sessions & Compaction

Keep Codex effective as repositories grow.

  • Session hygiene: reset between tasks, document prompt history.
  • Context tactics: targeted file excerpts, doc summarization, retrieval helpers.
  • Compaction: trim resolved threads, archive logs, share mini-briefs.
  • Troubleshooting: identify stale state vs. hallucinations quickly.

Working in Parallel

Coordinate multiple engineers collaborating with Codex simultaneously.

  • Session ownership rules and branch etiquette.
  • Playbooks for dividing a feature into AI-assisted subtasks.
  • Conflict resolution: diff comparison, manual merges, shared prompts.
  • Communication loop: daily sync snippets + Codex log highlights.

Working Asynchronously

Extend Codex sessions across time zones and schedules.

  • Capture transcripts and artifact bundles for hand-offs.
  • Automate nightly maintenance tasks with scheduled Codex jobs.
  • Define review expectations when humans re-enter the loop later.
  • Checklist for morning catch-up: diff digest, failing tests, next prompt.

Wrap-Up & Commitments

Close with clear actions and resources.

  • Summarize the model/agent decision matrix and Codex workflow.
  • Share resource links, office hours, and internal enablement channels.
  • Ask each attendee to document one experiment to run in the next sprint.
  • Collect feedback while the experience is fresh.
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