Claude Code in Slack

a tip to get better UI from Codex

Jun 25, 2026

Hey folks,

Keshav here.

About a week ago, I watched Codex automatically generate images with the Image Gen skill while making an app. It used them as real assets in the UI.

Since then, I’ve started explicitly asking it to create images whenever I’m building web UIs. The results are noticeably better: pages look less bland, and because Claude Code can’t generate images, the output feels different from the usual AI-generated UI.

Give it a try.

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