codex-safe-experiment

codex-safe-experiment is a skill for Claude Code from DNYoussef/context-cascade. It costs 28 tokens per session (1,406 once invoked), scanned C, original, MIT.

A workflow for using Codex's sandbox mode to test risky code changes in an isolated environment with no network access.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for risky refactoring, trying libraries, testing security-sensitive changes, and exploring new designs before committing them.
Why use it?
It reduces the risk that experiments, destructive operations, or untrusted code will affect the rest of your system.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: names the TodoWrite tool; mentions Codex.

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is ./scripts/multi-model/codex-yolo.sh "Refactor auth system" task-id "." 10 sandbox.

Good fit Use it for risky refactoring, trying libraries, testing security-sensitive changes, and exploring new designs before committing them.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DNYoussef/context-cascade
agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/dnyoussef/context-cascade/codex-safe-experiment

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 28 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,406 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00028 $0.01406
Opus 5.5 $0.00011 $0.00562
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00281
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00141

Measured 1mo ago against content hash c4e13de51e12, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

codex-safe-experiment scanned grade C with 1 finding 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 1mo 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.

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

| Commands | Blocked: rm -rf, sudo, etc. |
skills/platforms/codex-safe-experiment/SKILL.md · 236 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 236 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Codex Safe Experiment Skill


LIBRARY-FIRST PROTOCOL (MANDATORY)

Before writing ANY code, you MUST check:

Step 1: Library Catalog

  • Location: .claude/library/catalog.json
  • If match >70%: REUSE or ADAPT

Step 2: Patterns Guide

  • Location: .claude/docs/inventories/LIBRARY-PATTERNS-GUIDE.md
  • If pattern exists: FOLLOW documented approach

Step 3: Existing Projects

  • Location: D:\Projects\*
  • If found: EXTRACT and adapt

Decision Matrix

Match Action
Library >90% REUSE directly
Library 70-90% ADAPT minimally
Pattern exists FOLLOW pattern
In project EXTRACT
No match BUILD (add to library after)

Kanitsal Cerceve (Evidential Frame Activation)

Kaynak dogrulama modu etkin.

Purpose

Use Codex CLI's sandbox mode to experiment with risky changes in complete isolation. Network is disabled, only CWD is accessible, providing safe experimentation.

When to Use This Skill

  • Risky refactoring that might break things
  • Experimental approaches before committing
  • Testing destructive operations safely
  • Trying new libraries or patterns
  • Major architectural changes
  • Security-sensitive experiments

When NOT to Use This Skill

  • Simple, low-risk changes
  • When network access is needed
  • When accessing files outside project
  • Production debugging
  • Quick fixes (use codex-iterative-fix)

Workflow

Phase 1: Experiment Design

  1. Define what you want to try
  2. Identify risk factors
  3. Plan verification steps
  4. Set success criteria

Phase 2: Sandbox Execution

# Full sandbox mode (network disabled, CWD only)
./scripts/multi-model/codex-yolo.sh "Refactor auth system" task-id "." 10 sandbox

# Via delegate.sh
./scripts/multi-model/delegate.sh codex "Try experimental approach" --sandbox

# Direct Codex
bash -lc "codex --full-auto --sandbox true --network disabled exec 'Experiment with X'"

Phase 3: Evaluation

  1. Review what Codex tried
  2. Evaluate if experiment succeeded
  3. Decide: Apply to real codebase?
  4. If yes: Apply changes outside sandbox

Read the full file on GitHub · 236 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 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. 1mo ago First seen · 236 lines · 28 tokens per session scan C c4e13de51e12

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codex-safe-experiment is a skill published in the GitHub repository DNYoussef/context-cascade (32 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 1,406 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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