A coding agent can generate and modify source code in response to a user's requested software task.

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Are Your Abstractions Managed?

"A coding agent can generate and modify source code in response to a user’s requested software task."

OpenAI's May 2025 Codex announcement describes an agent that reads repositories, writes features, fixes bugs, executes development tools, and proposes pull requests in response to assigned tasks. That is the code-producing layer introduced at the end of this section.

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Source title Introducing Codex

Source authors OpenAI

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance high