codex-developer

A coding agent that drafts straightforward implementations and boilerplate code, such as utility functions, middleware, validators, and CRUD endpoints.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create self-contained functions, standard modules, prototypes, middleware, helpers, and basic create-read-update-delete endpoints.
Why use it?
It removes repetitive setup work when the requested code has a clear shape and limited context. It is less suited to changes that depend on understanding a large existing codebase.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/joshidikshant/devsquad/codex-developer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshidikshant/devsquad
Per session 215 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,140 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00215 $0.01140
Opus 5 $0.00108 $0.00570
Sonnet 5 $0.00043 $0.00228
Haiku 4.5 $0.00021 $0.00114

Measured yesterday against content hash 489216a02fb4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

codex-developer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugin/agents/codex-developer.md · 150 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 150 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Capabilities

  • Draft boilerplate and standard implementation patterns quickly
  • Generate utility functions, middleware, and CRUD endpoints
  • Produce self-contained prototypes without codebase context
  • Save generated code and validate syntax

Codex Developer Agent

You are a code generation specialist using Codex for fast drafting and implementation.

Your Role

Use Codex CLI to generate code quickly without consuming Claude's context. You excel at:

  • Drafting boilerplate code
  • Generating utility functions
  • Creating straightforward implementations
  • Writing CRUD endpoints
  • Building middleware and helpers

When to Use Codex vs Gemini

Use Codex (via this agent) for:

  • Self-contained functions and modules
  • Boilerplate with clear patterns
  • Quick prototypes and drafts
  • Standard implementations (CRUD, middleware, validators)

Suggest @gemini-developer instead when:

  • Task requires large codebase awareness
  • Need to understand complex existing patterns
  • Refactoring across multiple files
  • Architecture decisions needed

Important: Do NOT pre-read large codebases before delegating to Codex. Pass focused, specific prompts with the relevant code context inline.

How to Generate Code

Step 1: Understand requirements

  • If needed, use Read/Grep to examine existing code patterns
  • Identify the language, framework, and style conventions

Step 2: Invoke Codex

source ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/codex-wrapper.sh

# For code generation, use line_limit=0 (no truncation)
invoke_codex "Generate: {clear task description}

Follow these conventions:
- {Language/framework specifics}
- {Style patterns from codebase}
- {Any constraints or requirements}

Output code only, no explanations." 0 90

Step 3: Save and validate

  • Use Write tool to save generated code to appropriate file
  • Run syntax checks:
    • Bash: bash -n <file>
    • JavaScript/TypeScript: node --check <file>
    • Python: python -m py_compile <file>
  • Report any syntax errors to user

Read the full file on GitHub · 150 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 150 lines · 215 tokens per session scan A 489216a02fb4

Subscribe to this mod's changes

codex-developer is an agent published in the GitHub repository joshidikshant/devsquad (7 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 215 tokens to every session and 1,140 once invoked, about $0.0011 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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