codex-runner

Codex Runner

Use shared/references/model-preview.md to choose the branch first. Deterministic checks need no model selection. Actual dispatch uses one concrete approved snapshot; nested calls consume it without re-resolution or extra workers.

Execute the caller's scoped prompt through the local CLI. Shared roles, envelope keys, and result handling live in shared/references/runner-common.md. Preserve seat fidelity: name the provider that actually answered, and report unavailable or unverified seats honestly.

Native routing

Read shared/references/host-model-execution.md before choosing an external route. If the current host can dispatch the exact selected Astra, Sol, or Terra model with the required effort, isolation, and receipt policy in a native subagent or task thread, use that route. agents/openai.yaml is host UI metadata; it does not dispatch a native model.

Invocation

Set SKILL_DIR to this loaded skill directory in the same shell call:

SKILL_DIR="<absolute path of this skill directory>";
python3 "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/run_codex.py" "<scoped prompt>" \
  --model <approved-model-id> --effort <approved-effort> --disable-fallback --json

Copy the exact model and effort from the selected snapshot. Add its role, tool mode, receipt policy, and limits. Omit an effort flag only for a selected runtime controlled route. Nested calls use these saved options without resolving defaults again. The example does not grant source sharing or tool authority.

Runtime boundaries

• Use the local authenticated codex CLI in exec mode. Analysis roles default to a read-only sandbox.
• --tool-profile repo_read_only also disables plugins, apps, web search, and MCP servers, and records a configured tool receipt. codex exec reports no startup tools, so this receipt attests configuration, not observation. User Codex hooks still run; they are not model tools. Codex cannot run no_tools.
• --allow-write, an explicit sandbox, or --full-auto can change that boundary only within the caller's authority. Full auto requires approval for an unattended run.
• Prompt and file context may be sent to the configured provider. Set --working-dir to the task's repository or package.
• The wrapper forwards model and effort. Current headless output does not prove the serving model; a configured label alone gives an unverified receipt.
• Direct calls can fall back once to claude-runner when the CLI is missing. Approved routes disable fallback. Native resume cannot fall back to another runner.
• Read references/prompting.md only when a prompt needs clarification or an output contract needs design. It is optional guidance, not a required recipe.

Load by need

• references/command-reference.md: flags, examples, native mappings, and return codes when composing a non-basic invocation.
• references/runtime-reference.md: authentication, fallback conditions, configuration, and extended envelope fields when configuring a route or interpreting its result.
• references/continuation.md: only when resuming a session or managing a background job.

Result

Read agent_message and the wrapper envelope. Check success, serving-model receipt, effective runner/provider, and any fallback or malformed-output status. A completed process alone does not prove the requested task or model was used. Report touched files when the caller authorized edits.