ask-codex SKILL.md skillA

ask-codex from yeaight7/agent-powerups is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/ask-codex@git:20260429.74655e1

Pins git:20260429.74655e1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
yeaight7/agent-powerups
Path
skills/ask-codex/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260429.74655e1, committed Apr 29, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 29, 2026
Size
4,244 bytes
Repository stars
8
License
Apache-2.0

Use when a Claude Code agent needs to delegate a question, subtask, or review to a local Codex instance.

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

## Purpose

Use the local Codex CLI as an external worker or advisor from inside a Claude Code session. Hand off a focused task, collect the output, and save a reviewable Markdown artifact before acting on the result.

## When to Use

- Need a Codex second opinion on a design decision or code change.
- Want to delegate a self-contained subtask to Codex and inspect the result.
- Exploring a problem from a different model's perspective.
- Do not use when `codex` CLI is missing or unauthenticated.
- Do not use for tasks that require interactive back-and-forth — Codex output is captured once.

## Requirements

- `codex` CLI available in PATH and authenticated.
- Verify with:

```bash
codex --version
```

If `codex` is missing, stop and ask the user to install it. Installation reference:

```bash
npm install -g @openai/codex
```

## Inputs

- A specific, scoped prompt or task description.
- Optional: file paths or code snippets to include inline in the prompt.
- Optional: artifact output directory (defaults to `.apx/artifacts/`).

## Workflow

### 1. Check the CLI is available

```bash
codex --version
```

If this fails, stop. Do not proceed without `codex` in PATH.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/ask-codex@sha256:1fc0b842f7472d0f

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260429.74655e1, 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 3 versions of this file, all committed on Apr 29, 2026.

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git:20260429.22f899b2026-04-29 22f899b 3,900 BA view · diff
git:20260429.af391102026-04-29 af39110 3,536 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4244 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

GitHub

yeaight7/agent-powerups · 8 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_urqzyttrdhfvhk75
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yeaight7/agent-powerups/ask-codex
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1fc0b842f7472d0f9e3eff2f3a3b73140e4c2167053642fdfda4f9edf3407d5e

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