Codex Delegate
Delegate a coding task to the OpenAI Codex CLI as a background implementer, then review...
Install
npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill codex-delegate -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- amElnagdy/delegate-skills2.5k
- Category
- AI and agents
- Updated
- 6d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 2,657 tokens
- Runs scripts
- Yes, review before use
What it does
Delegate a coding task to the OpenAI Codex CLI as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to hand implementation work to Codex, phrasings like "have Codex do X", "delegate this to Codex", "run it through Codex", or "use Codex to implement/fix/refactor", or to run a queue of coding tasks through Codex while staying the reviewer. Prefer it over a one-shot Codex forwarder (such as the codex-rescue agent) when the user will review the diff and commit it themselves. DO NOT USE for tasks small enough to do inline, or when the user wants the code written directly without delegating.
Codex Delegate
You are the orchestrator. This skill lets you hand a bounded coding task to a separate implementer, the OpenAI Codex CLI, then review what it produced and land it yourself. You write the brief and own the judgment; Codex does the typing in its own sandbox; you verify and commit.
Nothing here is specific to one orchestrating agent. The loop needs only the ability to run a shell command and read a file, so it works the same whether you are Claude Code, OpenCode with a selected model, or any comparable agent. (It is designed for and run on Claude Code; treat other orchestrators as designed-for, not yet proven.)
When NOT to use this
- The task is small enough to just do inline, delegation overhead is not worth it.
- The
codexCLI is not installed or not authenticated (runcodex login). - You want to write the code yourself, or you only need a review (use Codex's own
reviewcommand).
Prerequisites (check once)
codex --versionsucceeds. If not, install (npm i -g @openai/codex) andcodex login.- Confirm which
codexis on PATH. Multiple installs are common (e.g. a current npm/nvm copy and a stale Homebrew one).command -v codexshows the active one andcodex --versionits version, an old binary predates flags this skill relies on (codex exec --json,-o,exec resume). The relay also records the version it ran intoresult.json, so a stale binary is visible after the fact. - You are in (or will point
--cdat) the target git repository.
The loop
Run these five steps per task. Steps 1, 4, and 5 are your judgment; 2 and 3 are mechanical.
