Agent skill

Collaborating With Codex

by appautomaton in appautomaton/agent-designer

Delegate tasks to Codex CLI for prototyping, debugging, code review, implementation handoff, cross-model second opinions, and multi-turn Codex sessions via SESSIONID.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Collaborating With Codex

skills CLI
$ npx skills add appautomaton/agent-designer --skill collaborating-with-codex -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install appautomaton/agent-designer collaborating-with-codex --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/appautomaton/agent-designer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/collaborating-with-codex .claude/skills/collaborating-with-codex && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
collaborating-with-codex
GitHub stars
131
Token cost
~3.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,444 words
Files
12 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Delegate tasks to Codex CLI for prototyping, debugging, code review, implementation handoff, cross-model second opinions, and multi-turn Codex sessions via SESSIONID.

  • Tasks that involve Prototyping
  • SKILL.md covers Safety model, Network access and approvals, Host-side approval (the bridge… and Quick start, plus 10 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls codex, python3 and git; needs OPENAI_API_KEY

What it does

Collaborating With Codex is an agent skill from appautomaton/agent-designer. Delegate tasks to Codex CLI for prototyping, debugging, code review, implementation handoff, cross-model second opinions, and multi-turn Codex sessions via SESSIONID.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 14 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/prompt-template.md`, `references/cli-reference.md` and `references/handoff-patterns.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Prototyping. The repository describes itself as: Portable SKILLs workspace for Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini — issue-driven workflows and cross-agent collaboration via bridge scripts with session continuity.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Prototyping

Example prompts

  • “/collaborating-with-codex”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A credential in OPENAI_API_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b6e95dc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • codex
    • python3
    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • OPENAI_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Collaborating With Codex loads about 3.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~11k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,444 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~11k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,444 words (~3,372 tokens).

“Use Codex CLI as an independent collaborator while the primary agent remains responsible for verification, synthesis, and final user-facing decisions.”

— opening of SKILL.md by appautomaton
name
collaborating-with-codex
metadata.short-description
Delegate to Codex CLI

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 11 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/collaborating-with-codex of appautomaton/agent-designer.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/prompt-template.md
  • references/cli-reference.md
  • references/handoff-patterns.md
  • references/imagegen.md
  • references/parallel.md
  • references/patterns.md
  • references/prompt-antipatterns.md
  • references/prompt-blocks.md
  • references/prompt-recipes.md
  • references/shell-quoting.md
  • scripts/codex_bridge.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b6e95dc

Compare with similar skills

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Compound Engineering PrototypeEveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin25k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Collaborating With CodexGuDaStudio/collaborating-with-codex1321 repos~712Automated safety check: PassMIT
Digikeyaklofas/kicad-happy1.3k1 repos~4.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Collaborating With Geminihaoyu-haoyu/Multi-AI-Workflow109—~521Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Collaborating With Codex

What does Collaborating With Codex do?

Delegate tasks to Codex CLI for prototyping, debugging, code review, implementation handoff, cross-model second opinions, and multi-turn Codex sessions via SESSIONID. Collaborating With Codex is an agent skill from appautomaton/agent-designer. Delegate tasks to Codex CLI for prototyping, debugging, code review, implementation handoff, cross-model second opinions, and multi-turn Codex sessions via SESSIONID.

When should I use Collaborating With Codex?

Collaborating With Codex fits situations like: tasks that involve Prototyping.

How do I install Collaborating With Codex in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add appautomaton/agent-designer --skill collaborating-with-codex -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/collaborating-with-codex in appautomaton/agent-designer) into .claude/skills/collaborating-with-codex in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Collaborating With Codex in Codex?

Run `npx skills add appautomaton/agent-designer --skill collaborating-with-codex -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/collaborating-with-codex in appautomaton/agent-designer) into .agents/skills/collaborating-with-codex in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Collaborating With Codex in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add appautomaton/agent-designer --skill collaborating-with-codex -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/collaborating-with-codex, .gemini/skills/collaborating-with-codex, .github/skills/collaborating-with-codex and .opencode/skills/collaborating-with-codex in your project.

What does Collaborating With Codex need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Collaborating With Codex needs Python for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (codex, python3 and git) and credentials named OPENAI_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in OPENAI_API_KEY.

Does Collaborating With Codex access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Collaborating With Codex safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Collaborating With Codex use?

No licence was found for Collaborating With Codex or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Collaborating With Codex use?

About 3.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Collaborating With Codex?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Collaborating With Codex: Native Feel Cross Platform Desktop (yetone/native-feel-skill, 1.9k stars), Compound Engineering Prototype (EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin, 25k stars), Collaborating With Codex (GuDaStudio/collaborating-with-codex, 132 stars) and Digikey (aklofas/kicad-happy, 1.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Collaborating With Codex?

appautomaton (a GitHub organization) maintains it in appautomaton/agent-designer, which has 131 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.

Source: appautomaton/agent-designer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.