Proposal: Hybrid Codex CLI mode that combines coding with interactive planning

I think this idea could also be useful as an optional setting for /goal mode.

I understand that /goal is designed for continuous autonomous work until the target result is achieved. That is a strong and useful concept. However, full autonomy is not always the best choice.

Sometimes a task reaches a point where a human decision is needed. Without that checkpoint, the agent may continue trying potentially wrong approaches again and again, either failing to reach the result or eventually producing a result based on an incorrect assumption.

So it would be useful to have two ways to run /goal:

• full autonomous /goal mode, when the user fully trusts the agent to make decisions and keep working until the result is reached

• /goal with critical-decision confirmations, when the user wants the agent to continue working autonomously but pause before important choices

For example, the agent could ask for confirmation before changing architecture, adding dependencies, modifying database schema, applying destructive changes, or choosing between several unclear implementation paths.

This would preserve the main purpose of /goal, but give users more control when the task contains important ambiguity.

In other words:

If I fully trust the agent, I run /goal in full autonomous mode.

If I want control over key decisions, I run /goal with confirmation checkpoints.