OpenAI has added role-specific plugins, annotations for work documents, and a preview feature for shareable websites and apps to Codex. More than 5 million people now use Codex each week.
The update is part of a push to expand Codex beyond software development into other office-based work. Non-developers now account for about 20% of Codex users, and that group is growing at more than three times the rate of developers.
Codex began as a tool for software development, but OpenAI says use is rising among analysts, marketers, operators, designers, researchers, investors, and bankers. Inside the company, non-technical teams use it to build internal apps, prepare executive materials, create dashboards, and turn creative briefs into finished work.
The new plugins are designed to connect Codex more closely to the systems teams already use. OpenAI launched six plugins covering data analytics, creative production, sales, product design, public equity investing, and investment banking.
According to OpenAI, the set includes 62 apps and 110 skills. The data analytics plugin connects with tools including Snowflake, Databricks Genie, Hex, and Tableau, while the creative production plugin works with services such as Figma, Canva, Shutterstock, Picsart, and Fal.
Sales teams can use a separate plugin that draws on platforms including Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Outreach, Clay, Rox, and Actively. The product design plugin is intended to help teams move from early ideas to prototypes that can still be carried into tools such as Figma and Canva.
For finance professionals, the public equity investing plugin uses information from providers including Moody's, Daloopa, Datasite, FactSet, LSEG, S&P, PitchBook, and Hebbia. The investment banking version is designed to turn research and diligence into pitch materials and company comparisons.
Teams can use the plugins as they are, adapt them to internal workflows, or build and share custom versions. OpenAI is also working toward a broader ecosystem in which partners can create and deploy their own plugins in Codex and ChatGPT.
Sites preview
Alongside the plugins, OpenAI has started a preview of a new feature called Sites for business and enterprise customers. It allows Codex to create interactive hosted websites and apps that can be shared within a workspace through a URL.
These sites can be used for dashboards, project boards, planners, review spaces, galleries, and lightweight internal tools. Rather than leaving work in documents or spreadsheets, users can ask Codex to turn plans, analysis, and project material into an interactive page that colleagues can review and update.
OpenAI gave examples including a customer review page with product updates and usage trends, a scenario planner built from a financial model, and a launch hub containing messaging, milestones, owners, and decisions. Sites can also be updated as details change.
OpenAI is working with early partners including Vercel, Wix, Base44, Replit, Lovable, Figma, Webflow, and Emergent as it develops a wider partner ecosystem around the feature.
Editing tools
OpenAI has also extended annotations beyond code, Markdown files, and websites to documents, spreadsheets, and slides. The feature lets users select a specific part of a file and ask Codex to revise only that section.
The approach is intended to support later-stage editing rather than first drafts. Examples include changing a navigation bar font on a site, tracing the source of a claim in an investment thesis, or rewriting the label on a chart in a slide.
For business and enterprise workspaces, administrators can control underlying app permissions in workspace settings. Sites are being released in preview through the Codex app, and enterprise administrators can enable the feature in admin settings.
Plugins are rolling out in supported regions through the Codex plugin directory, and workspace administrators can manage access to connected applications.