In partnership with

Did you know that we have LinkedIn and X accounts that you can follow?

In this issue:

  • 🤝In Partnership: Make your docs AI agent ready

  • 🤿Deep Dive: OpenAI brings Codex desktop to Windows

  • 🤝Powered by: Your five minute pre market briefing

  • 🤿Deep Dive: Google opens Canvas to all American users

  • Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

  • 🤿Deep Dive: Anthropic returns to Pentagon negotiations

  • 🖼AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

🤝IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MINTLIFY

AI Agents Are Reading Your Docs. Are You Ready?

Last month, 48% of visitors to documentation sites across Mintlify were AI agents—not humans.

Claude Code, Cursor, and other coding agents are becoming the actual customers reading your docs. And they read everything.

This changes what good documentation means. Humans skim and forgive gaps. Agents methodically check every endpoint, read every guide, and compare you against alternatives with zero fatigue.

Your docs aren't just helping users anymore—they're your product's first interview with the machines deciding whether to recommend you.

That means:
→ Clear schema markup so agents can parse your content
→ Real benchmarks, not marketing fluff
→ Open endpoints agents can actually test
→ Honest comparisons that emphasize strengths without hype

In the agentic world, documentation becomes 10x more important. Companies that make their products machine-understandable will win distribution through AI.

🤿 DEEP DIVE

OpenAI Releases Windows Version of Codex Desktop App for AI Coding

Intelligence: OpenAI launched a native Windows version of Codex desktop app roughly a month after releasing the Mac version, letting Windows users code with AI agents that run in parallel for directing multiple programming tasks simultaneously. Originally released as an open-source command-line tool last April before the macOS app landed in early February, Windows users can now join the "vibe-coding adventure" with natural-language prompts.

  • Codex lets users tee up existing projects or empty directories and start coding with prompts ranging from "list the contents of this directory" to "make me an app that transcribes recorded speech in audio files," with AI agents powered by specialized ChatGPT versions.

  • Before setting agents loose, users choose their autonomy level from requiring approval before every command to taking hands off the wheel completely, though full autonomy can be both unpredictable and expensive in terms of token usage.

  • A left-hand column lets users keep tabs on multiple Codex chats at once, meaning teams of AI agents can work on separate projects simultaneously with notifications popping up when pending actions need approval.

  • Codex is free to use with free ChatGPT accounts but has strict usage quotas, and even paid ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) and Pro ($200/month) plans may quickly run out given the rate AI coding agents burn through tokens, competing with Anthropic's Claude Code and Google's Antigravity.

🤝POWERED BY ELITE TRADE CLUB

The Headlines Traders Need Before the Bell

Tired of missing the trades that actually move?

In under five minutes, Elite Trade Club delivers the top stories, market-moving headlines, and stocks to watch — before the open.

Join 200K+ traders who start with a plan, not a scroll.

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Google Opens Canvas in AI Mode to All US Users After Labs Experiment

Intelligence: Google expanded access to Canvas in AI Mode to all US users in English after first launching the feature as part of Google Labs experiments last year, now supporting document drafting and custom tool creation within Google Search. Canvas helps users organize and plan projects or delve into deeper research, with capabilities overlapping Google's Notebook LM research tool.

  • Users can describe an idea to Canvas and watch as it generates code to transform that idea into a shareable app or game, or use it to refine creative writing drafts and get feedback on projects like building study guides from uploaded class notes.

  • Canvas is already available in Gemini where Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers have access to Gemini 3 and a larger 1 million-token context window for more complex projects, but now more people will be exposed through Google's AI Mode search feature.

  • To use Canvas, users select the new Canvas option from the tool menu (+) while in AI Mode, opening a side panel where they can pull together information from the web and Google's Knowledge Graph, then test functionality, toggle to see underlying code, and refine apps by chatting with Gemini.

TOOL SNAPSHOTS

Futuristic tools within AI, no-code, and productivity

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Anthropic's Dario Amodei Returns to Pentagon Negotiations After Public Feud

Intelligence: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is back negotiating with the Department of Defense to salvage the company's relationship with the US military after talks imploded Friday following weeks of bitter feuding over the startup's refusal to grant the Pentagon unrestricted access to its AI. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he would designate Anthropic a supply chain risk, forcing US tech firms to ditch Claude and sever ties if they want to keep defense contracts.

  • Amodei is in talks with under-secretary of defense Emil Michael about a new contract allowing military use of Claude AI models, after Michael attacked Amodei on social media calling him a "liar" with a "God-complex" and accusing him of "putting our nation's safety at risk".

  • A newly leaked memo sent from Amodei to Anthropic staff on Friday criticized OpenAI's Pentagon deal as "safety theater" with messaging described as "straight up lies," while suggesting Anthropic's relationship soured because unlike OpenAI "we haven't donated to Trump" and "we haven't given dictator-style praise to Trump".

  • The dispute centers on the Pentagon's insistence on carte blanche access to Anthropic's technology versus the startup's two red lines: no mass surveillance of Americans and no lethal autonomous weapons, AI systems with power to kill without human oversight, terms that xAI and OpenAI reportedly agreed to.

  • Until last week, Claude was the only AI system with security clearance to handle classified information and is actively used in military operations including the US raid on Venezuela and strikes in Iran, which likely prompted Trump to walk back his federal ban on using Claude.

🖼 AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

ℹ️ ABOUT US

The Intelligent Worker helps you to be more productive at work with AI, automation, no-code, and other technologies.

We like real, practical, and tangible use-cases and hate hand-wavy, theoretical, and abstract concepts that don’t drive real-world outcomes.

Our mission is to empower individuals, boost their productivity, and future-proof their careers.

We read all your comments - please provide your feedback!

Did you like today's email?

Your feedback is more valuable to us than coffee on a Monday morning!

Login or Subscribe to participate

What more do you want to see in this newsletter?

Please vote

Login or Subscribe to participate

Keep Reading