execute-codex

A workflow that routes coding tasks by size: smaller changes go to Claude, larger changes go to Codex, and a code-review agent checks the result. A plan is a written description of the work and its implementation steps.

In plain words
What is it for?
Execute a written plan or direct implementation request, choose an agent based on task complexity, and run tests, linting, or other checks before delivery.
Why use it?
It reduces the need to decide manually which coding agent should handle a task while retaining a review step.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/ching-kuo/claude-codex/execute-codex
Any agent
npx skills add ching-kuo/claude-codex --skill execute-codex
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ching-kuo/claude-codex

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 73 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,741 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 $0.00073 $0.02741
Opus 5 $0.00036 $0.01371
Sonnet 5 $0.00015 $0.00548
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00274

Measured 2d ago against content hash 668e3b15a639, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

execute-codex 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 2d ago.

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.

skills/execute-codex/SKILL.md · 204 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 204 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Execute-Codex — Smart Routing: Claude (small) / Codex (large)

Input

The user's message after the trigger is either:

  1. A file path to a plan (e.g. .claude/plan/feature.md) — read it and extract task description, implementation steps, key files
  2. A direct task description — use as-is

Confirm with user before proceeding if key context is missing.

Model Recommendation

Works with claude-sonnet-4-6 (default). No model override needed — routing handles complexity automatically.

Tool Requirements

Advisory checklist — ensure these tools are available:

  • AskUserQuestion — confirm missing context
  • mcp__codex__codex and mcp__codex__codex-reply — Codex implementation (Route B)
  • Task — dispatch subagents
  • Read, Glob, Grep — context retrieval
  • Write, Edit — Claude implementation (Route A)
  • Bash — run lint/tests/git commands

Core Protocols

  • Code Sovereignty: Claude is the final authority — review and approve all changes before delivery
  • Stop-Loss: Do not proceed to next phase until current phase output is validated
  • Language: Use English when calling tools/models; communicate with user in their language
  • Context Sanitization: Never pass .env, secrets, tokens, API keys, or credentials to any external agent or MCP. Exclude files matching .env*, *secret*, *credential*, *.pem, *.key. Redact inline secrets before sending.

Execution Workflow

Phase 0: Read Plan

  1. If argument is a file path, read it and extract: task description, implementation steps, key files
  2. If no plan file, use the argument as the task description directly
  3. Confirm with user before proceeding if key context is missing

Phase 1: Context Retrieval

Read key files using Read, Glob, Grep. Confirm complete context before proceeding.

Phase 2: Route by Change Size

Classify the task before doing any implementation:

Small change — ALL of the following must be true:

  • Touches ≤ 2 files
  • Estimated diff ≤ 30 lines
  • No new abstractions, modules, or significant logic (e.g. config edits, wording fixes, minor additions, single-function tweaks)

Read the full file on GitHub · 204 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 2d ago First seen · 204 lines · 73 tokens per session scan A 668e3b15a639

Subscribe to this mod's changes

execute-codex is a skill published in the GitHub repository ching-kuo/claude-codex (23 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 73 tokens to every session and 2,741 once invoked, about $0.0004 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 2026-08-30.

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