Introducing Sites in Codex

Sites in Codex lets anyone on your team turn an idea into a secure application and publish it in minutes. Build internal tools, mini apps, and shareable resources with hosting, authentication, storage, and database support included.

See how teams can use Sites to prepare for executive business reviews, upcoming events, and internal investment decisions, and more and then share and refine those apps across their workspace.

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When using **Sites in Codex**, the platform itself handles the technical infrastructure requirements for you. This allows you to turn ideas into secure applications without needing to manually manage backend concerns.

Specifically, **Sites** provides the following features out of the box (0:15 – 0:22):

* **Hosting**
* **Authentication**
* **Storage**
* **Database support**

Because these services are integrated directly into *Codex*, you can publish applications in minutes without writing deployment code or setting up separate infrastructure (0:05 – 0:07, 0:38 – 0:42).

Introducing Sites in Codex

Sites in Codex is a built-in hosting and deployment feature within the OpenAI Codex workspace that lets anyone on your team turn ideas, data, or documents into fully interactive web applications and publish them with a live URL in minutes. Rather than acting as just a code-generation or file-creation tool, it provides a deployable workspace surface. You simply describe what you need in the Codex sidebar panel, and the platform automatically handles database requirements, authentication, file storage, and hosting. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Key Capabilities and Features

Zero-Setup Hosting: You don’t need third-party platforms; Codex natively provisions, builds, and hosts the sites for you, turning text, spreadsheets, and ideas into usable URL links instantly. [3, 5, 7, 8]
Interactive Data and Storage: You can build more than just static landing pages. Sites supports relational databases (for saved records, user progress, or game scores) and object storage (for image/document uploads). [4, 6, 7]
Team Collaboration: Share your application link with your team so they can explore data, submit requests, and collaborate much like they would on a shared document. [5, 9]
Autonomous Updates: Codex can act as an ongoing agent, allowing you to prompt the site to update its UI, set up automations for data streams, or change its access settings dynamically. [5, 6]

Typical Use Cases

Teams use Sites to spin up lightweight, accessible tools directly inside their active work context: [4, 9]

Internal Tools & Mini-Apps: Employee onboarding hubs, IT/project request dashboards, or sales performance dashboards.
Prototyping & QA: Lightweight prototypes, mock-ups for front-end interfaces, and quick visual testing for product specs.
Scenario Planners & Calculators: Interactive forms for giving client quotes or gathering project details. [1, 4, 5, 8]

How It Works in Practice

Prompt & Generate: Open the Sites panel in your Codex sidebar, type an app prompt (e.g., “@Sites Build a project request dashboard for my operations team”), and define the audience and core experience. [5, 6]
Review: Codex lets you review your source changes, database migrations, and project build before publishing. [6]
Save & Deploy: You save a version to get a reviewable candidate, and then deploy it to provision your production URL. [6]
Manage Permissions: You control exactly who can access the site (e.g., only admins, the whole workspace, or specific users) and manage your runtime secrets directly in the app sidebar. [6]