Keep improving one project from an empty folder to a responsive one-page site with an introduction, projects, and contact details. Every lesson adds a visible result or a check toward that finish line.
Curriculum
Personal brand site build path
01
Start With Codex
Set up Codex and build the hero section of your personal brand site.
Run a read-only network-needs audit on the personal brand site. The goal is to prove whether this local static project needs internet access at all.
Before you start
Keep my-brand-site as the active local project after the server-verification lesson.
Start a separate task named Audit network needs and keep network access off.
Do it now
Good prompt
Codex, perform a read-only network-needs audit of index.html. Inspect all script, stylesheet, image, font, fetch, and form references. Do not edit files, browse, install packages, or make external requests. Report which resources are local, identify any exact external URLs without opening them, and conclude whether this page needs internet access to work when served locally.
What success looks like
No file changes, package installs, browsing, or external requests occur.
The report identifies whether every asset and behavior is contained in index.html.
Codex concludes that external internet access is unnecessary unless the file contains a specific external reference.
Stuck? Try this
If Codex asks to browse, reply: “The answer is in index.html. Continue locally and name the missing fact if you disagree.”
If an external URL is found, ask Codex to report it without opening it or changing the file.
Plain-language explanation
Network access is useful when Codex needs current documentation, packages, or external context. It is unnecessary when the answer is already in the repo or in stable local files.
A good request tells Codex when browsing is allowed and what sources should count as trustworthy.
Why it matters
Network boundaries reduce supply-chain and privacy risk while still letting Codex use current official information when that matters.
Common beginner mistake
Beginners sometimes let Codex search the open web for stable local facts or install packages before checking what the project already uses.
Try this
Pick one task and write a sentence that says whether Codex may use the network and which sources are allowed.
Completion checklist
The request names when browsing is allowed.
The response prefers official documentation for current technical facts.