Codex is horrible at UI work
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Nov 4, 2025 by pm0code Closed Nov 11, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
OpenAI Codex (v0.53.0)
What subscription do you have?
pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-5 (reasoning none, summaries auto)
What platform is your computer?
windows 11
What issue are you seeing?
It is wasting my time, not being able to read a complete design document and create a UI design. I capture screenshots and annotate them, but it cannot act on those and returns the same old garbage over and over again.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019a4fb8-9716-7f92-bbeb-1d00d2649087
What is the expected behavior?
deliver the design that I am asking for
Additional information
_No response_
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