Level 5: GitHub Collaborator — Work Through Issues and PRs
About 5 minutes
Target audience: Readers who want Codex to assist with GitHub issues, pull requests, and review feedback
Prerequisites: Read Level 4
Level 5 lets Codex collaborate through GitHub issues and pull requests. It handles acceptance criteria and review history in addition to code changes.
Typical Work
Section titled “Typical Work”- Extract acceptance criteria from an issue
- Implement and verify work on a branch
- Draft a PR title and description
- Classify and address review comments
Permissions and Responsibility
Section titled “Permissions and Responsibility”Define commit scope, branch naming, review ownership, and merge permission before delegating GitHub operations. Creating a PR and merging it are separate authority levels.
Completion Standard
Section titled “Completion Standard”Issue requirements, implementation changes, verification results, and the PR description remain aligned, while a human owns review and merge decisions.
Next Level
Section titled “Next Level”To turn safety rules into a system, continue to Level 6: Harness Builder — Build a Safe Working Environment.
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