Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

When Codex works inside your docs and spreadsheets

May 28, 2026

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4 min read

When Codex works inside your docs and spreadsheets

If Codex can work inside your docs, spreadsheets, and slides, the question becomes: how do you make that safe, repeatable, and owned.

Pranay Narotam

Artificial Intelligence

How to stop AI from reinforcing your blind spots

May 13, 2026

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7 min read

How to stop AI from reinforcing your blind spots

AI can feel like a smart second opinion. But sometimes it behaves more like a polished yes-person. That is where sycophancy starts, and where better prompting becomes valuable.

Pranay Narotam

Artificial Intelligence

How to use templates in ChatGPT so your documents stay consistent

Apr 23, 2026

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4 min read

How to use templates in ChatGPT so your documents stay consistent

Stop starting from scratch. Use a repeatable setup so ChatGPT produces the same kind of document, in the same structure, every time.

Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

Apr 16, 2026

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4 min read

AI transformation that sticks

A practical way to think about AI for small businesses in New Zealand, without needing to be “tech heavy”.

Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

When Codex Should Use More Than One Agent

Apr 8, 2026

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12 min read

When Codex Should Use More Than One Agent

If every part of the workflow waits for the previous part to finish, useful work spends too long sitting in line.

Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

What MCP Actually Means In A Codex Workflow

Apr 7, 2026

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13 min read

What MCP Actually Means In A Codex Workflow

If Codex can only work with what you paste into a task, the workflow will stay more manual than it needs to be.

Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

If You Repeat The Same Logic, Turn It Into A Skill

Apr 1, 2026

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12 min read

If You Repeat The Same Logic, Turn It Into A Skill

Once the method is written down, the next step is to package it so you do not have to rebuild it every time the workflow runs.

Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

Why Codex Needs A Written Method, Not Just A Good Prompt

Mar 31, 2026

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14 min read

Why Codex Needs A Written Method, Not Just A Good Prompt

If the method only exists in someone's head, the workflow will drift every time a new person or a new task touches it.

Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

Before Codex Can Execute, Someone Has To Break The Work Down

Mar 30, 2026

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11 min read

Before Codex Can Execute, Someone Has To Break The Work Down

If the work is still vague in your head, it will stay vague when you hand it to Codex.

Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

Mar 27, 2026

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12 min read

Why Codex Needs More Than A Prompt

If Codex does not understand your business situation, it will produce work that sounds plausible but misses the point.

Pranay Narotam

OpenAI Codex

Where Codex Actually Shows Up And Why That Matters

Mar 26, 2026

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14 min read

Where Codex Actually Shows Up And Why That Matters

If you think Codex is one screen, you will miss how it fits into real work.

Pranay Narotam

codex

Mar 25, 2026

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16 min read

What OpenAI Codex Actually Does Inside A Real Workflow

If you only see Codex as a smarter chatbot, you will use it for conversation when it is built for execution.

Pranay Narotam

A 500-lead run that produces researched and prioritised outreach drafts

Jan 28, 2026

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5 min read

A 500-lead run that produces researched and prioritised outreach drafts

A repeatable system that processes 500 leads per run, enriches them with AI, scores fit, and drafts outreach inside Notion.

Pranay Narotam

Agents for Throughput, Humans for Commitments

Jan 7, 2026

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6 min read

Agents for Throughput, Humans for Commitments

Real-world usage data shows agents mostly earn their keep in everyday knowledge work, so you can standardise a few safe patterns and keep humans on the risky commitments.

Pranay Narotam

Generative AI

Let an AI Agent Do Your Shopping Homework

Dec 11, 2025

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7 min read

Let an AI Agent Do Your Shopping Homework

How to use agentic AI (Mistral 3 + smart prompts + ChatGPT’s shopping research mode) to compare tools and vendors in minutes instead of hours.

Pranay Narotam

AI Engineering

Understanding Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

May 26, 2025

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5 min read

Understanding Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

How RAG works and why it matters

Pranay Narotam