Acme

Set up your front office in Codex

Start with the website, then shape the front office inside Codex.Draft replies, estimates, follow-ups, website updates, and handoff notes.Review customer-facing action before it reaches customers or live systems.

Frontsmith in Codex

See Frontsmith prepare customer work

72 seconds: prompt, draft, review, approve

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Owner Brief

What needs your attention today

See what changed since the last run.Review what is waiting across the front office.Approve the next actions before anything goes live.

Codex workspace preview

Run today's Owner Brief for Acme

Worked for 6s

Executive Summary

Acme is ready for your review: the website is ready, 1 customer reply draft is waiting, 1 estimate draft is waiting, launch status is current, and nothing has been sent or published.

Current State

Area State
Website Ready for review
Customer Desk 1 reply draft waiting
Estimate Draft waiting
Live actions Need approval

Review Checklist

  • Website update ready
  • Review the customer reply draft
  • Confirm contact details before deployment

Needs Approval

  • Approve reply before sending
  • Approve estimate assumptions before proposal use
  • Approve setup before any live sends or publishing

Files updated:

owner-brief.md kitchen-remodeling-reply-draft.md kitchen-remodeling-estimate-draft.md
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Details

Local only. Nothing sent, published, connected, or deployed.

Customer Desk

Reply faster with approval

Turn each inquiry into a clear reply draft.Track what the customer owes you next.Approve the final message before it is sent.

Customer Desk reply draft

Draft Jamie's kitchen reply and show approvals

Worked for 9s

Customer Context

  • Jamie wants a better layout, new cabinets, and clearer next steps
  • Reply asks for photos, affected rooms, timing goals, and must-have outcomes

Follow-Up Tracking

Next step: customer sends added context or you approve a consultation path.

Needs Your Review

  • Confirm the project type and incoming notes
  • Add approved scheduling details
  • Approve final message before sending
kitchen-remodeling-reply-draft.md activity-log.md
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Draft only. Gmail, Drive, and Calendar handoffs require your approval.

Estimates

Know the scope before pricing

Turn a rough request into a clear estimate path.See what is known, missing, and not ready to price.Approve assumptions before a proposal goes out.

Estimate preparation draft

Draft an estimate path for Jamie's kitchen project

Worked for 12s

Estimate Prep Table

Item Status
Cabinet replacement Scope captured
Counter update Scope captured
Photos or site visit notes Missing before pricing
Budget comfort range Missing before pricing

Pricing Rules

Not provided yet. Do not add a price, range, deposit, or schedule commitment until you approve.

kitchen-remodeling-estimate-draft.md kitchen-remodeling-reply-draft.md

Preparation only. Final estimate delivery requires pricing rules approved by you.

Website

Keep the public site current

Keep the included Acme site current with services, proof, offers, and contact paths.Preview every website change in Codex before anything is published for customers to see.

Website update preview

Update Acme's website and show what changed

Worked for 15s

Website Update

The site copy was updated from the business profile. Deployment is still blocked until approval.

File Change
website/index.html Updated services and proof
website-review.md Wrote review notes
latest-website-update.md Logged activity
website/index.html website-review.md latest-website-update.md
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Details

Preview only. Deployment remains blocked until your approval.

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Extend

Add capability without losing control

Add tools, skills, plugins, and connectors.Keep every new workflow visible in Codex.Approve live actions before they run.

Extension plan

Add a calendar workflow for approved consultation requests

Worked for 12s

Extension Boundary

Layer Use
Skill Consultation scheduling prep
Workflow Approval checklist and activity record
Connector Calendar and Gmail only after approval
Approval check Runs before any live tool action
workflows/consultation-scheduling.md packages/adapters/calendar/ .frontsmith/business/activity/

No connector runs until you approve the exact action.

Start

Launch the front office in Codex

Open the GitHub repo in Codex, set up the included website, and start runningcustomer communication, estimates, updates, and approvals from one workspace