{
  "id": 17889067,
  "title": "Where Claude Code and Codex keep /goal state, and how one open-source app reads both",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/where-claude-code-and-codex-keep-goal-state-and-how-one-open-source",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-03T01:43:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/hon6/where-claude-code-and-codex-keep-goal-state-and-how-one-open-source-app-reads-both-340a"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Both Claude Code and Codex now have the ability to set goals for long, well-defined tasks. Claude Code records goals in JSONL transcript attachments, while Codex stores goals in a SQLite database. An open-source app called Kiteline can read both formats and present a unified view of goal progress. Kiteline uses a small state machine to track goal states, and prefers explicit signals like pause markers before concluding a goal is stopped. The app caches data from Codex to avoid competing with the database for write locks.",
  "summary": "Both Claude Code and Codex now have /goal : you give a session a condition that can be checked, and the agent keeps working round after round until the condition is met. It is a good fit for long, well-defined jobs such as \"get every unit test passing\" or \"first paint under 1.5 s and Lighthouse above 90\", the kind of task where an agent would otherwise stop halfway and write a confident summary.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "OpenAI",
        "title": "Qodo builds context into AI code review with Codex",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/qodo-builds-context-into-ai-code-review-with-codex",
        "published": "2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "I asked Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity to build the same Android app, and only one made something I'd actually install",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/i-asked-claude-code-codex-and-antigravity-to-build-the-same-android",
        "published": "2026-11-02T17:31:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}