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Coding Editorial example

OpenAI Codex prompt for reviewing and refactoring code in a local repository

An editorial example for reviewing and refactoring code in a local repository in OpenAI Codex, written for our guide and not tested against the vendor

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OpenAI Codex
Source
AI Tool Atlas guide: OpenAI Codex
Checked
Oct 2, 2026

The prompt

Editorial example from our guide
Refactor the payment retry logic in src/billing/retry.ts to use exponential backoff with a maximum of 5 attempts, keep the public function signatures unchanged, update the unit tests, and summarise what changed.
How to use this prompt: fill the variables, run it in OpenAI Codex, check the resultYOU FILL INReady to runPaste the prompt as isNo variables to replaceTHE PROMPTOpenAI Codex33 words · 1 linesource: editorial exampleYOU GETThe resultAn editorial example for reviewin…check the result against the tipscopy, paste, run in OpenAI Codexfill → run → check · prompts are copied word for word from their source
How to use this prompt: what to fill in, where to run it, what comes back

How to check the result

  • Run your test suite and linter yourself.
  • Inspect the full diff before committing.

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