codex
codex is an agent skill published by softaworks. It lives in the softaworks/agent-toolkit repository, which has 2,592 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
Use when the user asks to run Codex CLI (codex exec, codex resume) or references OpenAI Codex for code analysis, refactoring, or automated editing. Uses GPT-5.2 by default for state-of-the-art software engineering.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads softaworks/agent-toolkit’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit
What it connects to
Unverified means a mention in the skill’s own description, not a citation. A wrong claim here costs nothing to correct and nothing to trust yet.
Maintenance
Use when the user asks to run Codex CLI (codex exec, codex resume) or references OpenAI Codex for code analysis, refactoring, or automated editing. Uses GPT-5.2 by default for state-of-the-art software engineering.
Common questions about codex
- What does codex do?
- Use when the user asks to run Codex CLI (codex exec, codex resume) or references OpenAI Codex for code analysis, refactoring, or automated editing. Uses GPT-5.2 by default for state-of-the-art software engineering.
- How do I install codex?
- Run npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Which AI clients can use codex?
- Its own description mentions Codex CLI. That is a mention in its description, not a test we ran.
- Who publishes codex?
- softaworks.
- Is codex maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 2,592 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-03-05. The repository declares the MIT licence.