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Handle family errands and recipe sorting with Codex
A communications professional had Codex email her son's doctor for a refill and sort 240 recipes down to 62 family-fit ones into an index, spreadsheet and Drive folder.
- What They Did
- Beth Gebhard used the Codex desktop app. She pointed it at a favorite cooking site and asked for dinner recipes that two picky kids would eat. It filtered and rated them, then built an index, a sortable spreadsheet and a Drive folder. For the refill, she used Codex's mobile function to draft and send an email to her son's doctor, who was in her contacts.
- How It Went
- Codex sorted 240 dinner recipes into 62 family-fit ones, grouped as Best Bets, Solid Weeknight Options and Maybe with Modifications. The refill was called in while she was out running errands.
- Worth Knowing
- Mobile use needs multi-factor authentication set up first, and the computer must be awake. Hers was idle at home, so nothing happened. She also advises approval prompts and a sandbox folder.
Try it yourself with Codex
I have [number] recipes in [folder or file]. Sort them down to ones that fit my family's needs: [diets, allergies, picky eaters, time limit]. Produce an index document, a spreadsheet with the keepers, and a folder organized by [meal type]. Don't delete anything, and show me the shortlist before moving or renaming files.