ask-codex SKILL.md skillA
ask-codex from umputun/cc-thingz is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add umputun/cc-thingz/ask-codex@git:20261018.9011e3cPins git:20261018.9011e3c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- umputun/cc-thingz
- Path
plugins/thinking-tools/skills/ask-codex/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261018.9011e3c, committed Oct 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 6, 2026
- Size
- 10,546 bytes
- Repository stars
- 492
- License
- MIT
Consult OpenAI Codex for investigation, debugging, or code review. Use when user explicitly asks to "ask codex", "check with codex", "codex review", or as a last resort when stuck after 4+ failed attempts at debugging, investigation, or bug fix and completely out of ideas. Codex is slow (2-5 min), so only escalate when truly stuck. Codex runs in read-only mode with full project access — it analyzes, we implement.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Ask Codex Consult OpenAI Codex as a second opinion for investigation, debugging, or review tasks. ## Activation Triggers **Explicit:** - "ask codex", "check with codex", "codex review" - "what does codex think", "get codex opinion" - "consult codex", "run codex on this" **Automatic (last resort — stuck detection):** - 4+ failed attempts at the same bug fix or investigation - completely out of ideas, all reasonable approaches exhausted - going in circles with no progress despite multiple different strategies ## Workflow ### Step 1: Check Availability Run `which codex` to verify the CLI is installed. If not found, inform the user and stop. ### Step 2: Build Context Gather context from the current conversation: 1. **What's the problem/question** — summarize in 2-3 sentences 2. **What we know** — relevant files, error messages, behavior observed 3. **What we tried** — approaches attempted and why they failed (if applicable) 4. **Specific question** — what exactly codex should analyze or answer …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add umputun/cc-thingz/ask-codex@sha256:95744267beaff837The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261018.9011e3c, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Mar 6, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026, about one every 56 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261018.9011e3c latest | 2026-10-18 | 9011e3c | 10,546 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.9cf28c9 | 2026-06-22 | 9cf28c9 | 10,383 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260509.4125fe5 | 2026-05-09 | 4125fe5 | 8,941 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260413.c5091a7 | 2026-04-13 | c5091a7 | 8,941 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260306.c0715a3 | 2026-03-06 | c0715a3 | 3,801 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10546 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
umputun/cc-thingz · 492 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_d5lxkbpp72s3753c GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=umputun/cc-thingz/ask-codex GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/95744267beaff837c84364be5069d231a32e946b84b086240d24728388e42435
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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