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Plugins and skills help Codex do more specific kinds of work
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Plugins help Codex connect to other tools and sources of information.
Key facts
- For example, if you’ve created a specific skill called “Customer Update” which prepares weekly updates in your team’s preferred format, you might write
- $google-doc-html-email-stager Use the Google Drive plugin to pull the latest files from this folder and draft this week’s project update in their team’s standard format
- Plugins and skills help Codex do more specific kinds of work
- Plugins help Codex connect to other tools and sources of information
Summary
Creating a new plugin usually requires more technical expertise than creating a skill. That matters because the same task can look different from team to team. A skill helps Codex follow those rules without making you explain them every time. For example, a skill might teach Codex:. Which tools to check, and in what order, for reliable account data.