codex-host SKILL.md skillA

codex-host from avelikiy/great_cto is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add avelikiy/great_cto/codex-host@git:20261102.fbc28a4

Pins git:20261102.fbc28a4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
avelikiy/great_cto
Path
skills/codex-host/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
66
Latest version
git:20261102.fbc28a4, committed Nov 2, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 14, 2026
Size
3,162 bytes
Repository stars
112
License
MIT

Run the great_cto controlled Codex lifecycle with controller-owned writes, verifier evidence, human gates and optional artifact release.

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

# Controlled Codex host

Use the version-pinned npm entrypoint below. A Codex plugin install loads skills
and MCP configuration, but it does not add the `great-cto` npm binary to `PATH`.
Do not imitate Claude Code hooks or manually chain roles: the controller reads
`shared/pipeline.toml`, persists the cursor and owns every write and gate
transition.

## Preflight

```sh
npx --yes great-cto@3.75.10 codex-host doctor
npx --yes great-cto@3.75.10 codex-host list --dir /absolute/project
```

`doctor.state=blocked` means do not start. Docker may be unavailable when no
checks/release policy is requested; GitHub CLI may be unavailable when the local
adapter is used. The run store must not be group/world accessible.
For mixed-host runs, also require `doctor.checks.claude.state=available`.

## Start

Policies must be operator-owned absolute files outside the worker project.
Allowed paths are explicit controller write boundaries.

```sh
npx --yes great-cto@3.75.10 codex-host start \
  --dir /absolute/project \
  --prompt "the requested outcome" \
  --allow src,tests,docs \
  --checks-policy /absolute/operator/checks.json \
  --release-policy /absolute/operator/release.json
```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add avelikiy/great_cto/codex-host@sha256:3af1be9cbe82497b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.fbc28a4, 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.

Badge

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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 (3162 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

avelikiy/great_cto · 112 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zh7cqqf3aaz5r6hv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=avelikiy/great_cto/codex-host
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3af1be9cbe82497b4ed6b5c9d7d426a2daa5b3bb8d67afaa0f9fe8a2e7f55900

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