Agent skill

Conducty Codex

by robertbarclayy in robertbarclayy/conducty

Always-on Conducty orchestration for Codex. An agent skill from robertbarclayy/conducty.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Conducty Codex

skills CLI
$ npx skills add robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-codex -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install robertbarclayy/conducty conducty-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/robertbarclayy/conducty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/integrations/codex/skills/conducty-codex .claude/skills/conducty-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
conducty-codex
GitHub stars
176
Token cost
~853 tokens
SKILL.md length
359 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Always-on Conducty orchestration for Codex. An agent skill from robertbarclayy/conducty.

  • Works in 10 steps: Resolve the vault with resolve_vault; if… → Shape the request: goal, appetite, no-go… → Check prompt quality with… → …
  • Tasks that involve Deep research
  • SKILL.md covers Default Moves, Codex Boundaries, Prompt Shape and MCP Tools, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Conducty Codex is an agent skill from robertbarclayy/conducty. Always-on Conducty orchestration for Codex. Use by default for coding, debugging, refactoring, review, CI, deployment, production-change, multi-step planning, substantial research, agent coordination, tracer-first execution, vault memory, prompt logging, checkpoints, ship gates, or improvement loops. Prefer the conducty-codex MCP tools when available.

Its SKILL.md is about 850 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Development, covering Deep research, MCP servers and Refactoring. The repository describes itself as: Stop context-switching. Start batch-planning. Conducty replaces the fragmented cycle of plan → prompt → wait → get distracted → review → fix → repeat with advanced batch planning. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Deep research
  • Tasks that involve MCP servers
  • Tasks that involve Refactoring

Example prompts

  • “/conducty-codex”

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Resolve the vault with resolve_vault; if it does not exist, call bootstrap_vault.
  2. Shape the request: goal, appetite, no-go zones, acceptance criteria, verification.
  3. Check prompt quality with check_prompt_smells before writing or dispatching prompts.
  4. Create a plan with create_plan. Every plan needs a tracer and a verification command.
  5. Execute the tracer first. If it fails, revise the plan before broader execution.
  6. Log each prompt result with log_prompt_outcome.
  7. Record group health with record_checkpoint.
  8. Record learning with record_improvement when the plan ends or a failure pattern appears.
  9. Create a pre-merge ship report with create_ship_report when verification evidence and residual risks are known.
  10. Audit the vault with audit_vault_graph when notes, links, or closure signals need a health check.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 64aefd5. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

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

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Conducty Codex loads about 853 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 92 tokens; SKILL.md has 359 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~92
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~853

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from robertbarclayy/conducty at commit 64aefd5, republished under its MIT licence (© robertbarclayy). 359 words, ~853 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/conducty-codex/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
conducty-codex
description
Always-on Conducty orchestration for Codex. Use by default for coding, debugging, refactoring, review, CI, deployment, production-change, multi-step planning, substantial research, agent coordination, tracer-first execution, vault memory, prompt logging, checkpoints, ship gates, or improvement loops. Prefer the conducty-codex MCP tools when available.

Conducty Codex

Use this skill to run Conducty's loop inside Codex: Shape -> Plan -> Trace -> Execute -> Verify -> Improve -> Code Review -> Ship.

Default Moves

  1. Resolve the vault with resolve_vault; if it does not exist, call bootstrap_vault.
  2. Shape the request: goal, appetite, no-go zones, acceptance criteria, verification.
  3. Check prompt quality with check_prompt_smells before writing or dispatching prompts.
  4. Create a plan with create_plan. Every plan needs a tracer and a verification command.
  5. Execute the tracer first. If it fails, revise the plan before broader execution.
  6. Log each prompt result with log_prompt_outcome.
  7. Record group health with record_checkpoint.
  8. Record learning with record_improvement when the plan ends or a failure pattern appears.
  9. Create a pre-merge ship report with create_ship_report when verification evidence and residual risks are known.
  10. Audit the vault with audit_vault_graph when notes, links, or closure signals need a health check.

Codex Boundaries

  • Keep critical-path implementation local unless the user explicitly asks for subagents, delegation, or parallel agent work.
  • Use parallel agents only for independent work with disjoint write scopes.
  • Treat time budgets as circuit breakers: when work exceeds appetite, stop and reshape.
  • Preserve exact commands, file paths, acceptance criteria, no-go zones, and error strings.
  • Run the smallest meaningful verification before claiming completion.

Prompt Shape

Use compact prompts:

text
P1 - Add date helper
Context: src/date.ts, tests/date.test.ts
Accept: ISO input formats unchanged; invalid input returns null.
No-go: no timezone library swap; no API rename.
Verify: pnpm test tests/date.test.ts
Budget: 25m
Review: verify-only
Tracer: yes
Show full SKILL.md (147 more words)Show less

MCP Tools

  • resolve_vault: show active vault path and whether it exists.
  • bootstrap_vault: create Conducty vault indexes, accumulators, and note folders.
  • get_cycle: return the operating loop and phase routing.
  • check_prompt_smells: find missing acceptance, context, verification, no-go zones, and mixed concerns.
  • create_plan: write a timestamped plan note and update Plans Index.
  • list_recent_notes: list recent plans, improvements, code reviews, ship reports, or accumulator notes.
  • log_prompt_outcome: prepend a terse entry to Prompt Log.
  • record_checkpoint: append group health metrics to the plan note.
  • record_improvement: write an improvement kata note and update Improvements Index.
  • create_ship_report: write a green/yellow/red pre-merge verdict with verification evidence and residual risks.
  • audit_vault_graph: report broken wikilinks, duplicate basenames, orphan user notes, plans without ship reports, and plans without checkpoints.

Finish Criteria

Before final response, confirm:

  • plan or vault state was written when needed
  • tracer/verification result is known
  • prompt outcomes or residual risk are recorded
  • next Conducty move is obvious

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in integrations/codex/skills/conducty-codex of robertbarclayy/conducty.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 64aefd5

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Questions about Conducty Codex

What does Conducty Codex do?

Always-on Conducty orchestration for Codex. An agent skill from robertbarclayy/conducty. Conducty Codex is an agent skill from robertbarclayy/conducty. Always-on Conducty orchestration for Codex.

When should I use Conducty Codex?

Conducty Codex fits situations like: tasks that involve Deep research; tasks that involve MCP servers; tasks that involve Refactoring.

How do I install Conducty Codex in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Conducty Codex in Codex?

Run `npx skills add robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-codex -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (integrations/codex/skills/conducty-codex in robertbarclayy/conducty) into .agents/skills/conducty-codex in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Conducty 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 robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-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/conducty-codex, .gemini/skills/conducty-codex, .github/skills/conducty-codex and .opencode/skills/conducty-codex in your project.

What does Conducty Codex need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Conducty Codex is instructions for the agent only.

Does Conducty Codex access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Conducty 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Conducty Codex use?

Conducty Codex is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Conducty Codex use?

About 853 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Conducty Codex?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Conducty Codex: Memtrace Decision Memory (syncable-dev/memtrace-public, 487 stars), Testing With API Mocks (stacklok/toolhive-studio, 170 stars), Edt MCP Project Local Fix (DitriXNew/EDT-MCP, 295 stars) and Harness Engineering Lifecycle (Arenukvern/mcp_flutter, 386 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Conducty Codex?

robertbarclayy (a GitHub user) maintains it in robertbarclayy/conducty, which has 176 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.

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