codex

codex is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from virgoC0der/awesome-claude-code. It costs 42 tokens per session (1,241 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A way to run the Codex command-line tool for analyzing code and making changes across files.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for code analysis, large refactors, automated code generation, and tasks that need a specialized reasoning model.
Why use it?
It helps delegate complex coding work while passing file references, model choices, and sandbox settings.

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/virgoc0der/awesome-claude-code/codex
Any agent
npx skills add virgoC0der/awesome-claude-code --skill codex
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/virgoC0der/awesome-claude-code

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 42 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,241 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 $0.00042 $0.01241
Opus 5 $0.00021 $0.00620
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00248
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00124

Measured 3d ago against content hash 638a472e9b1b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

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 3d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/codex.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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/codex/SKILL.md · 140 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 140 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Codex CLI Integration

Overview

Execute Codex CLI commands and parse structured JSON responses. Supports file references via @ syntax, multiple models, and sandbox controls.

When to Use

  • Complex code analysis requiring deep understanding
  • Large-scale refactoring across multiple files
  • Automated code generation with safety controls
  • Tasks requiring specialized reasoning models (gpt-5.1, gpt-5.1-codex)

Usage

推荐方式(使用 uv run,自动管理 Python 环境):

uv run ~/.claude/skills/codex/scripts/codex.py "<task>" [model] [working_dir]

备选方式(直接执行或使用 Python):

~/.claude/skills/codex/scripts/codex.py "<task>" [model] [working_dir]
# 或
python3 ~/.claude/skills/codex/scripts/codex.py "<task>" [model] [working_dir]

恢复会话:

uv run ~/.claude/skills/codex/scripts/codex.py resume <session_id> "<task>" [model] [working_dir]

Timeout Control

  • Built-in: Script enforces 2-hour timeout by default
  • Override: Set CODEX_TIMEOUT environment variable (in milliseconds, e.g., CODEX_TIMEOUT=3600000 for 1 hour)
  • Behavior: On timeout, sends SIGTERM, then SIGKILL after 5s if process doesn't exit
  • Exit code: Returns 124 on timeout (consistent with GNU timeout)
  • Bash tool: Always set timeout: 7200000 parameter for double protection

Parameters

  • task (required): Task description, supports @file references
  • model (optional): Model to use (default: gpt-5.1-codex)
    • gpt-5.1-codex: Default, optimized for code
    • gpt-5.1: Fast general purpose
  • working_dir (optional): Working directory (default: current)

Return Format

Extracts agent_message from Codex JSON stream and appends session ID:

Agent response text here...

---
SESSION_ID: 019a7247-ac9d-71f3-89e2-a823dbd8fd14

Error format (stderr):

ERROR: Error message

Invocation Pattern

When calling via Bash tool, always include the timeout parameter:

Bash tool parameters:
- command: uv run ~/.claude/skills/codex/scripts/codex.py "<task>" [model] [working_dir]
- timeout: 7200000
- description: <brief description of the task>

Read the full file on GitHub · 140 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file 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. 3d ago First seen · 140 lines · 42 tokens per session scan A 638a472e9b1b

Subscribe to this mod's changes

codex is a skill published in the GitHub repository virgoC0der/awesome-claude-code (1 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 42 tokens to every session and 1,241 once invoked, about $0.0002 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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