Codex silently begs agents to make arbitrary web requests
Summary
A reflective post examining Codex's behavior when asked to research the seL4 kernel, revealing Codex's propensity to browse the web even for local files. The author highlights a specific incident where Codex searched for a file in a local repository, and cites a GitHub-hosted 'smoking gun' policy in Codex's web-search description. The piece critiques browsing-oriented prompts and signals a need for careful handling of web access in AI tooling.