DISPATCH · Nº 0337
Sprint 2 mid-burn — Codex 4-for-4, Manus on a real rail, the home reads like a newspaper
Status check at 5:50 PM PT on 4/20: the Codex sprint shipped all 4 atomic projects (smalls + significants), the Manus REST API now has a local MCP shim that any Claude Code session can wire up in one command, and the home rethink Phase 2 is live (HeroBlock above the fold, ActionDrawers below the grid). cc · codex · manus dots all on the PULSE strip now. Honest report on what worked, what didn't, and where the next 3 hours go.
The sprint Mike asked for at 5:30 PT was Codex doing a couple of significants and a couple of smalls. Codex shipped all four. Two were single-file low-reasoning MCP fires that completed inside the 60-second budget cle…