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# Build more personal sites with Codex

OpenAI, 15 October 2026, YouTube. 90,688 views as of 18 October 2026.
Kind: Official.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_7KPKlO_Q

## Why it is here

OpenAI's 81-second film on Codex Sites: scheduled tasks refresh a site's data and visitors can connect their own plugins for a personalized view.

## Description (written by Gemini from the video)

**Summary**  
Presented by Katia Gil Guzman from Developer Experience at OpenAI, this official product update highlights new capabilities in Sites built with Codex. She demonstrates how to keep site data up to date automatically through native scheduled tasks and how the "Bring your own plugin" feature enables personalized dashboards powered by each visitor's connected apps.

**What is shown**  
- [00:04] Katia Gil Guzman introduces new features under the title "What's new in Sites".  
- [00:06] Announcement and title card for "Scheduled tasks in Sites".  
- [00:17] Interface showing the "Edit task" modal for "Refresh Company News" with recurrence toggles, instructions referencing Slack data, and a Codex chat interface powered by "GPT-6 Astra Extra High".  
- [00:21] Task management drawer showing a "Linked to a Site" badge next to scheduled tasks.  
- [00:24] Title card and explanation for "Bring your own plugin".  
- [00:41] An authorization dialog ("Connect ChatGPT and Mission Control — Engineering") displaying installed connectors including Linear, Slack, Google Drive, and Google Calendar.  
- [00:55] Demonstration of a personalized "Mission Control — Engineering" site featuring work boards, pull requests, and assigned Linear issue tracking.  
- [01:15] Closing recommendation to "just ask Codex" to try the new features.

**Claims & numbers**  
- The presenter states there are two primary new ways to keep data up-to-date in Sites: native scheduled tasks and "Bring your own plugin".  
- The presenter claims that the Sites plugin proactively suggests linking a scheduled task to a site when appropriate.  
- The presenter claims "Bring your own plugin" enables personalized views out of the box for each visitor based on their own connected apps without needing custom third-party integration setups.  

**Notable quotes**  
- [00:05] "First, we now have a native way to link scheduled tasks to a site so that you can update the site's data automatically."  
- [00:25] "With this new feature, you can build a site that works with each visitor's own app connectors and data."  
- [01:14] "If you want to try it out, just ask Codex."

**Assessment**  
This is an official promotional product release overview from OpenAI featuring polished presentation and clean product UI recordings. The workflows and UI screens serve as a structured marketing demonstration rather than an unedited, real-time debugging session.

_Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-10-18 from the video's audio and frames._

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