codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Feature request: additional triggers for automations

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Root Cause

A lot of follow-up work is event-driven rather than time-driven. Being able to say "run this when X happens" would avoid polling and make automations fit more real workflows.

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Problem

Codex automations are useful for scheduled or heartbeat-style follow-up, but that leaves a gap for workflows that should start from an event instead of a timer.

Request

Support additional trigger types for automations beyond scheduled/heartbeat runs.

Examples that would be useful:

  • manual trigger from the UI
  • webhook or external event trigger
  • issue / pull request / label / comment trigger
  • file or repository change trigger
  • trigger from another automation completing

Why this matters

A lot of follow-up work is event-driven rather than time-driven. Being able to say "run this when X happens" would avoid polling and make automations fit more real workflows.

Example use cases

  • Start a follow-up when a GitHub issue gets labeled.
  • Run a one-off automation without converting it into a cron schedule.
  • Chain one automation to another when the first one completes.
  • Kick off work when a tracked file or workspace state changes.

If there is already a preferred mechanism for event-driven automations, happy to adapt to that model.

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