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Claude Code skill for using Codex CLI as an execution specialist for implementation-heavy coding work, multi-file refactors, and wrapper-based execution flows.
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Claude Code skill for using Codex CLI as an execution specialist for implementation-heavy coding work, multi-file refactors, and wrapper-based execution flows.
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Codex Delegate Skill
Claude is the supervisor. Codex CLI runs the mechanical work. Claude plans, constrains scope, reviews the diff, and verifies outcomes.
Why use this instead of raw codex exec
This wrapper is not cosmetic. It exists because every shipping task that bypasses it loses one of three things that have caused real incidents:
| What the wrapper handles | What raw codex exec costs you |
|---|---|
stdin closure (</dev/null) | Codex hangs indefinitely (issue #20919). One session hit a 25-minute zero-byte hang on 2026-05-14 because the supervising agent forgot the redirect. |
.result.json structured contract (status / risks / files_changed / tests_run) | You parse raw stdout. On a 10 MB log this is multi-thousand tokens of grep + interpretation per run. |
Brief template (references/task-template.md) | Codex drifts. F11 (over-applied a sweep rule to the meta-doc documenting the rule) and F12 (injected unrequested "Attributions: Karpathy, Simon Willison, ..." lines) both shipped from no-brief raw invocations. |
Token-saving ratios (directional dogfood data — measured treatment, ESTIMATED control)
From a 6-round mixed-workload session (awesome-agentic-ai-zh 2026-05-14, see agent-collab-skills/docs/measured-benefits.md). Honest methodology note (per that doc's own words): the delegated arm was measured (bytes/3 proxy), the Claude-inline control arm was "estimated, not measured, because we didn't run the control condition" — treat every ratio below as directional, not a precise multiplier. The 17-22× row was additionally produced on the since-retired gemini lane (R4 of that session) and has not been re-measured on Codex.
| Workload | Saving vs Claude-inline | When it applies to you |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical sweep × 2 parallel (e.g., term replacement, § strip, doc renumber) | ~7× token reduction + caught 4 drift files | Repo with > 20 files needing the same edit |
| Mirror sync (zh-TW → zh-Hans + en, 8 files) | 17-22× token reduction | Multi-locale docs / curricula |
| Multi-file rename / typed-API migration | ~3× (extrapolated from Phase D title-sweep) | > 10 files following one pattern |
| Single-file < 50 line fix | ~1× (don't bother) | Use Claude direct Edit |
| Architecture / debugging / security review | 1× (skill cannot help) | Claude direct |
The wrapper helps for token-heavy mechanical work. It does not help for judgment-heavy work — be honest about which one your task is.
Anti-patterns this skill prevents
- F11: Codex over-applies a sweep rule to documentation describing that rule. Prevented by
agent-task-splitterbrief that explicitly lists in-scope files. - F14: Operator (Claude) defaults to
Bash("codex exec ...")despite the rule saying useSkill("codex-delegate"). Prevented by aPreToolUsehook on the operator side (template below). - Codex hang: 25-minute zero-byte run on 2026-05-14 because raw
codex execwas invoked without</dev/null. Prevented by wrapper's mandatory stdin closure.
CLAUDE.md snippet to enforce routing
Drop this into your ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md (or repo-level CLAUDE.md) to make the rule operational rather than aspirational:
## Codex routing rule (enforced)
For any task that is mechanical, multi-file, has a clear pattern, or
batch-edits ≥ 3 files (canonical tripwire: fable-style-project-harness/docs/codex-delegation-policy.md — single source; older ≥5 statements are superseded): invoke `Skill("codex-delegate", args="brief=...")`.
Do NOT use `Bash("codex exec ...")` for shipping tasks — it loses stdin
closure (codex hangs), the `.result.json` contract (no structured status),
and the brief template (Codex drifts F11/F12).
Optional mechanical enforcement: a PreToolUse hook on Bash that nudges raw
`codex exec` toward `Skill("codex-delegate")`. Reference implementation:
https://github.com/WenyuChiou/dotfiles-claude/blob/main/hooks/check_codex_skill_routing.py
→ The hook is non-blocking (warns only) so you can still run codex --version /
codex exec resume / codex exec review without friction. Replace return 0
with return 2 in the hook to make it block instead of warn.
Hard rules
- Before invoking the wrapper, run
codex --versionvia Bash. If it fails, stop and tell the user tonpm install -g @openai/codex. - When calling
codex execdirectly (not through the wrapper), close stdin explicitly (</dev/null); the wrapper handles this internally. - Wrapper run leaves machine-readable status at
<log-file>.result.json. Acceptance is Claude's job, not the wrapper's. - Do not wrap the wrapper in
Start-Process. Call it inline so file writes persist.
Brief discipline
The wrapper now enforces on-disk brief traceability (added 2026-05-15 after the research-hub v0.89.1 post-release audit caught 2 orphan results from inline --prompt dispatches with no brief on disk).
- Brief MUST be on disk before invoking the wrapper. Filename pattern:
.ai/codex_task_<NN_chronological_or_version>_<short_slug>.md(e.g.,.ai/codex_task_v090_paginated_hub.md). The brief is the audit record — if it's not on disk, post-hoc reconstruction is guesswork. - Pass
--brief-file <path>(preferred) instead of an inline--prompt. The wrapper auto-derives the prompt asRead <brief> and execute all instructions inside.and places results next to the brief at<brief_stem>.txtand<brief_stem>.txt.result.json— no more stem drift where briefs live in.ai/flat and results land in.ai/2026/05/13/. - Guard fires on inline
--prompt> 500 chars with no brief reference. Wrapper exits 2 with a fix-it message. Short inline prompts (e.g.,--prompt 'Read .ai/codex_task_v090.md and execute') still work — the guard only refuses long inline prompts that ship instructions Codex cannot trace back to a file. - Escape hatch:
CODEX_DELEGATE_ALLOW_INLINE=1(env var) bypasses the guard. Use this for one-off shell debugging only, never for shipping tasks.
When to delegate
Mechanical → codex · Reasoning / long-context synthesis → claude (chunked; Gemini lane DEPRECATED 2026-06-18).
Full routing table and good/bad examples: references/delegation-targets.md.
Workflow
-
Brief: write
.ai/codex_task_<name>.mdwith Context / Goal / Constraints / Acceptance. Template:references/task-template.md. For a judgment-sensitive task (debugging, write-capable change, review, research) — where an unsupported guess or a half-finished fix would hurt — also add the XML prompt blocks fromreferences/codex-prompt-blocks.mdto the Goal/Constraints. A pure mechanical sweep does not need them. If the brief was already written byagent-task-splitterat.ai/codex_task_<NNN>_<slug>.md, read.coord/plan.ymlfor round context first. -
Run: from Claude Code Bash, invoke the wrapper from its install location:
bash ~/.claude/skills/codex-delegate/scripts/run_codex.sh \ --brief-file .ai/codex_task_<name>.md \ --repo "$PWD"With
--brief-filethe wrapper auto-derives the prompt and places results next to the brief at.ai/codex_task_<name>.txtand.ai/codex_task_<name>.txt.result.json(canonical location — eliminates the stem-drift class where briefs and results live in different subdirs). Override with--log-fileonly when you have a reason to.--repodefaults to the caller's$PWD; pass it explicitly to be defensive about the working directory at invocation. On non-Claude-Code agentskills.io hosts, substitute the host's skills directory (e.g.~/.hermes/skills/<category>/codex-delegate/scripts/run_codex.sh). PowerShell variant + env vars:references/wrapper.md. -
Read status:
cat .ai/codex_task_<name>.txt.result.json.success→ diff still needs review.fallback→ Codex quota hit; Claude must take over.error→ wrapper failed; check<log>.error.
-
Accept: read the diff, confirm scope, run the verification commands listed in the task file. Reject if Codex drifted. Extended checklist:
references/review-checklist.md.
Output contract
.result.json includes at minimum: status (success|fallback|error), delegate ("codex"), model, log_file, output_file, summary, risks, files_changed, tests_run, timestamp_utc. Full schema and status semantics: references/output-contract.md.
Compatibility
- Tested with
@openai/codex0.128.0–0.144.1 (May–July 2026). Should work with any version that acceptscodex exec --sandbox workspace-write. - Default model:
gpt-5.5(bumped fromgpt-5.4on 2026-05-14 per operator preference; override via--modelor-Model).gpt-5.4remains available and is ~3× cheaper per token if cost-sensitive — trade-offs and an A/B-test recipe live inreferences/model-selection.md. Other models on your CLI: seecodex models. - Wrapper calls
codex exec --sandbox workspace-write -C <repo> -m <model>. The older--full-autoflag is deprecated in 0.128+ and was replaced. codex execruns in non-interactive mode and auto-approves (no--ask-for-approvalflag exists onexec; that flag is top-level only).- Direct
codex execcalls must close stdin (</dev/null) to avoid the historical hang (issue #20919). - PowerShell wrapper requires
$ErrorActionPreferenceto NOT beStopso stderr writes (warnings, banners) don't trip the catch block.
Harness-aware delegation (target repo carries the fable-method-harness pointer)
If the target repo's AGENTS.md carries the conditional pointer generated by
the fable-method-harness (python scripts/setup_harness.py --print-wiring,
run in the harness repo),
do NOT re-teach harness discipline in the brief — the pointer's conditional
block decides activation per task (measured on Codex: 4/4 trigger recall,
0/2 routine over-trigger, 1/1 rollback; proof-of-instrument, not a
token-superiority A/B — see that harness's
docs/runtime_activation_telemetry_2026_07_15.md). A brief that restates
the discipline pays the context twice. For bidirectional multi-round work
(ai-review experiments, iterative implementation), use
references/handoff-protocol.md — files, not clipboard.
See also
references/handoff-protocol.md— bidirectional Fable↔Codex rounds via.ai/handoff/files (kills copy-paste); harness-aware brief rule;codex exec --jsonusage telemetryreferences/delegation-targets.md— when to use vs avoidreferences/wrapper.md— full wrapper invocation, env vars, Windows runner notesreferences/task-template.md— task brief templatereferences/codex-prompt-blocks.md— XML prompt blocks + recipes + anti-patterns for judgment-sensitive briefsreferences/output-contract.md— full.result.jsonschema, status semantics,.fallback_claudequota sentinelreferences/review-checklist.md— extended acceptance gatereferences/patterns.md— five single-task delegation shapes (context file, parallel, resume, structured output, review mode)references/multi-agent.md— leaf role in router/leaves architecture; when to route throughresearch-hub-multi-aioragent-task-splitterreferences/examples.md— concre
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name: codex-delegate description: Delegates implementation-heavy or repetitive coding work (batch edits, boilerplate, multi-file refactors with clear patterns, test scaffolding) from Claude to OpenAI Codex CLI. Use when token cost outweighs judgment cost. Trigger phrases include "delegate to codex", "let codex do this", "batch refactor across files", "scaffold tests for". Avoid for architecture, security review, or root-cause debugging. license: MIT compatibility: Designed for Claude Code. Portable across agentskills.io-compliant hosts; the wrapper script lives at <skill-root>/scripts/run_codex.sh — adapt the example path to your host's skills directory (e.g. ~/.claude/skills/codex-delegate/ on Claude Code, ~/.hermes/skills/<category>/codex-delegate/ on Hermes).
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name: codex-delegate
description: Delegates implementation-heavy or repetitive coding work (batch edits, boilerplate, multi-file refactors with clear patterns, test scaffolding) from Claude to OpenAI Codex CLI. Use when token cost outweighs judgment cost. Trigger phrases include "delegate to codex", "let codex do this", "batch refactor across files", "scaffold tests for". Avoid for architecture, security review, or root-cause debugging.
license: MIT
compatibility: Designed for Claude Code. Portable across agentskills.io-compliant hosts; the wrapper script lives at <skill-root>/scripts/run_codex.sh — adapt the example path to your host's skills directory (e.g. ~/.claude/skills/codex-delegate/ on Claude Code, ~/.hermes/skills/<category>/codex-delegate/ on Hermes).
---
# Codex Delegate Skill
Claude is the supervisor. Codex CLI runs the mechanical work. Claude plans, constrains scope, reviews the diff, and verifies outcomes.
## Why use this instead of raw `codex exec`
This wrapper is not cosmetic. It exists because every shipping task that bypasses it loses one of three things that have caused real incidents:
| What the wrapper handles | What raw `codex exec` costs you |
|---|---|
| **stdin closure** (`</dev/null`) | Codex hangs indefinitely (issue #20919). One session hit a 25-minute zero-byte hang on 2026-05-14 because the supervising agent forgot the redirect. |
| **`.result.json` structured contract** (`status` / `risks` / `files_changed` / `tests_run`) | You parse raw stdout. On a 10 MB log this is multi-thousand tokens of grep + interpretation per run. |
| **Brief template** (`references/task-template.md`) | Codex drifts. F11 (over-applied a sweep rule to the meta-doc documenting the rule) and F12 (injected unrequested "Attributions: Karpathy, Simon Willison, ..." lines) both shipped from no-brief raw invocations. |
### Token-saving ratios (directional dogfood data — measured treatment, ESTIMATED control)
From a 6-round mixed-workload session (`awesome-agentic-ai-zh` 2026-05-14, see `agent-collab-skills/docs/measured-benefits.md`). Honest methodology note (per that doc's own words): the delegated arm was measured (bytes/3 proxy), the Claude-inline control arm was "estimated, not measured, because we didn't run the control condition" — treat every ratio below as directional, not a precise multiplier. The 17-22× row was additionally produced on the since-retired gemini lane (R4 of that session) and has not been re-measured on Codex.
| Workload | Saving vs Claude-inline | When it applies to you |
|---|---|---|
| **Mechanical sweep × 2 parallel** (e.g., term replacement, § strip, doc renumber) | **~7× token reduction** + caught 4 drift files | Repo with > 20 files needing the same edit |
| **Mirror sync** (zh-TW → zh-Hans + en, 8 files) | **17-22× token reduction** | Multi-locale docs / curricula |
| **Multi-file rename / typed-API migration** | ~3× (extrapolated from Phase D title-sweep) | > 10 files following one pattern |
| **Single-file < 50 line fix** | **~1× (don't bother)** | Use Claude direct Edit |
| **Architecture / debugging / security review** | **1× (skill cannot help)** | Claude direct |
The wrapper helps for **token-heavy mechanical work**. It does not help for judgment-heavy work — be honest about which one your task is.
### Anti-patterns this skill prevents
- **F11**: Codex over-applies a sweep rule to documentation describing that rule. Prevented by `agent-task-splitter` brief that explicitly lists in-scope files.
- **F14**: Operator (Claude) defaults to `Bash("codex exec ...")` despite the rule saying use `Skill("codex-delegate")`. Prevented by a `PreToolUse` hook on the operator side (template below).
- **Codex hang**: 25-minute zero-byte run on 2026-05-14 because raw `codex exec` was invoked without `</dev/null`. Prevented by wrapper's mandatory stdin closure.
### CLAUDE.md snippet to enforce routing
Drop this into your `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` (or repo-level `CLAUDE.md`) to make the rule operational rather than aspirational:
```markdown
## Codex routing rule (enforced)
For any task that is mechanical, multi-file, has a clear pattern, or
batch-edits ≥ 3 files (canonical tripwire: fable-style-project-harness/docs/codex-delegation-policy.md — single source; older ≥5 statements are superseded): invoke `Skill("codex-delegate", args="brief=...")`.
Do NOT use `Bash("codex exec ...")` for shipping tasks — it loses stdin
closure (codex hangs), the `.result.json` contract (no structured status),
and the brief template (Codex drifts F11/F12).
Optional mechanical enforcement: a PreToolUse hook on Bash that nudges raw
`codex exec` toward `Skill("codex-delegate")`. Reference implementation:
https://github.com/WenyuChiou/dotfiles-claude/blob/main/hooks/check_codex_skill_routing.py
```
→ The hook is non-blocking (warns only) so you can still run `codex --version` /
`codex exec resume` / `codex exec review` without friction. Replace `return 0`
with `return 2` in the hook to make it block instead of warn.
## Hard rules
- Before invoking the wrapper, run `codex --version` via Bash. If it fails, stop and tell the user to `npm install -g @openai/codex`.
- When calling `codex exec` directly (not through the wrapper), close stdin explicitly (`</dev/null`); the wrapper handles this internally.
- Wrapper run leaves machine-readable status at `<log-file>.result.json`. Acceptance is Claude's job, not the wrapper's.
- Do not wrap the wrapper in `Start-Process`. Call it inline so file writes persist.
## Brief discipline
The wrapper now enforces on-disk brief traceability (added 2026-05-15 after the research-hub v0.89.1 post-release audit caught 2 orphan results from inline `--prompt` dispatches with no brief on disk).
- **Brief MUST be on disk before invoking the wrapper.** Filename pattern: `.ai/codex_task_<NN_chronological_or_version>_<short_slug>.md` (e.g., `.ai/codex_task_v090_paginated_hub.md`). The brief is the audit record — if it's not on disk, post-hoc reconstruction is guesswork.
- **Pass `--brief-file <path>` (preferred)** instead of an inline `--prompt`. The wrapper auto-derives the prompt as `Read <brief> and execute all instructions inside.` and places results next to the brief at `<brief_stem>.txt` and `<brief_stem>.txt.result.json` — no more stem drift where briefs live in `.ai/` flat and results land in `.ai/2026/05/13/`.
- **Guard fires on inline `--prompt` > 500 chars with no brief reference.** Wrapper exits 2 with a fix-it message. Short inline prompts (e.g., `--prompt 'Read .ai/codex_task_v090.md and execute'`) still work — the guard only refuses long inline prompts that ship instructions Codex cannot trace back to a file.
- **Escape hatch:** `CODEX_DELEGATE_ALLOW_INLINE=1` (env var) bypasses the guard. Use this for one-off shell debugging only, never for shipping tasks.
## When to delegate
Mechanical → `codex` · Reasoning / long-context synthesis → `claude` (chunked; Gemini lane DEPRECATED 2026-06-18).
Full routing table and good/bad examples: `references/delegation-targets.md`.
## Workflow
1. **Brief**: write `.ai/codex_task_<name>.md` with Context / Goal / Constraints / Acceptance. Template: `references/task-template.md`. For a judgment-sensitive task (debugging, write-capable change, review, research) — where an unsupported guess or a half-finished fix would hurt — also add the XML prompt blocks from `references/codex-prompt-blocks.md` to the Goal/Constraints. A pure mechanical sweep does not need them. If the brief was already written by `agent-task-splitter` at `.ai/codex_task_<NNN>_<slug>.md`, read `.coord/plan.yml` for round context first.
2. **Run**: from Claude Code Bash, invoke the wrapper from its install location:
```bash
bash ~/.claude/skills/codex-delegate/scripts/run_codex.sh \
--brief-file .ai/codex_task_<name>.md \
--repo "$PWD"
```
With `--brief-file` the wrapper auto-derives the prompt and places results next to the brief at `.ai/codex_task_<name>.txt` and `.ai/codex_task_<name>.txt.result.json` (canonical location — eliminates the stem-drift class where briefs and results live in different subdirs). Override with `--log-file` only when you have a reason to. `--repo` defaults to the caller's `$PWD`; pass it explicitly to be defensive about the working directory at invocation. On non-Claude-Code agentskills.io hosts, substitute the host's skills directory (e.g. `~/.hermes/skills/<category>/codex-delegate/scripts/run_codex.sh`). PowerShell variant + env vars: `references/wrapper.md`.
3. **Read status**: `cat .ai/codex_task_<name>.txt.result.json`.
- `success` → diff still needs review.
- `fallback` → Codex quota hit; Claude must take over.
- `error` → wrapper failed; check `<log>.error`.
4. **Accept**: read the diff, confirm scope, run the verification commands listed in the task file. Reject if Codex drifted. Extended checklist: `references/review-checklist.md`.
## Output contract
`.result.json` includes at minimum: `status` (success|fallback|error), `delegate` ("codex"), `model`, `log_file`, `output_file`, `summary`, `risks`, `files_changed`, `tests_run`, `timestamp_utc`. Full schema and status semantics: `references/output-contract.md`.
## Compatibility
- Tested with `@openai/codex` 0.128.0–0.144.1 (May–July 2026). Should work with any version that accepts `codex exec --sandbox workspace-write`.
- Default model: `gpt-5.5` (bumped from `gpt-5.4` on 2026-05-14 per operator preference; override via `--model` or `-Model`). `gpt-5.4` remains available and is ~3× cheaper per token if cost-sensitive — trade-offs and an A/B-test recipe live in `references/model-selection.md`. Other models on your CLI: see `codex models`.
- Wrapper calls `codex exec --sandbox workspace-write -C <repo> -m <model>`. The older `--full-auto` flag is deprecated in 0.128+ and was replaced.
- `codex exec` runs in non-interactive mode and auto-approves (no `--ask-for-approval` flag exists on `exec`; that flag is top-level only).
- Direct `codex exec` calls must close stdin (`</dev/null`) to avoid the historical hang (issue #20919).
- PowerShell wrapper requires `$ErrorActionPreference` to NOT be `Stop` so stderr writes (warnings, banners) don't trip the catch block.
## Harness-aware delegation (target repo carries the fable-method-harness pointer)
If the target repo's `AGENTS.md` carries the conditional pointer generated by
the fable-method-harness (`python scripts/setup_harness.py --print-wiring`,
run in the harness repo),
do NOT re-teach harness discipline in the brief — the pointer's conditional
block decides activation per task (measured on Codex: 4/4 trigger recall,
0/2 routine over-trigger, 1/1 rollback; proof-of-instrument, not a
token-superiority A/B — see that harness's
`docs/runtime_activation_telemetry_2026_07_15.md`). A brief that restates
the discipline pays the context twice. For bidirectional multi-round work
(ai-review experiments, iterative implementation), use
`references/handoff-protocol.md` — files, not clipboard.
## See also
- `references/handoff-protocol.md` — bidirectional Fable↔Codex rounds via `.ai/handoff/` files (kills copy-paste); harness-aware brief rule; `codex exec --json` usage telemetry
- `references/delegation-targets.md` — when to use vs avoid
- `references/wrapper.md` — full wrapper invocation, env vars, Windows runner notes
- `references/task-template.md` — task brief template
- `references/codex-prompt-blocks.md` — XML prompt blocks + recipes + anti-patterns for judgment-sensitive briefs
- `references/output-contract.md` — full `.result.json` schema, status semantics, `.fallback_claude` quota sentinel
- `references/review-checklist.md` — extended acceptance gate
- `references/patterns.md` — five single-task delegation shapes (context file, parallel, resume, structured output, review mode)
- `references/multi-agent.md` — leaf role in router/leaves architecture; when to route through `research-hub-multi-ai` or `agent-task-splitter`
- `references/examples.md` — concreReview the source
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