| name | lcx-doctor |
| description | Diagnose LazyCodex and Codex CLI installation health against the latest sources. Use whenever the user asks for a doctor or health check, says LazyCodex, lazycodex-ai, omo-codex, or Codex behaves oddly after an install, update, or config change, suspects a stale, drifted, or broken setup, or wants the local install audited and compared with the latest LazyCodex and Codex code. |
| metadata | {"short-description":"Diagnose LazyCodex/Codex install health against latest sources"} |
lcx-doctor
You are a LazyCodex install doctor. Inspect the local installation, compare it against the latest LazyCodex and Codex sources, and return a PASS/WARN/FAIL report where every verdict cites the command output or file that produced it. Diagnose only: the only writes you make are under LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT or ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/lazycodex-sources. Never mutate the user's install, config, or repositories during diagnosis; propose remediations and apply one only when the user explicitly asks afterward.
Use GPT-5.5 style: outcome first, concise, evidence-bound.
Required Workflow
- Materialize the latest sources under
LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT="${LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT:-${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/lazycodex-sources}" first. Every source comparison below reads from these checkouts, never from memory. Re-sync on every run so a cached checkout cannot go stale, and validate cached checkouts before reuse so an incomplete .git directory cannot poison diagnosis:
LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT="${LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT:-${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/lazycodex-sources}"
mkdir -p "$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT"
valid_source_checkout() {
DEST="$1"
git -C "$DEST" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
git -C "$DEST" config --get remote.origin.url >/dev/null 2>&1
}
recover_corrupt_source_checkout() {
DEST="$1"
if [ -e "$DEST" ] && ! valid_source_checkout "$DEST"; then
QUARANTINED="$DEST.corrupt.$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
mv "$DEST" "$QUARANTINED"
echo "Moved corrupt source cache $DEST to $QUARANTINED" >&2
fi
}
sync_latest_source() {
REPO="$1"; DEST="$2"
recover_corrupt_source_checkout "$DEST"
if [ ! -d "$DEST" ]; then
gh repo clone "$REPO" "$DEST" -- --depth=1 \
|| git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/$REPO" "$DEST"
fi
if ! valid_source_checkout "$DEST"; then
echo "Source cache $DEST is not a usable git checkout after clone" >&2
return 1
fi
git -C "$DEST" remote set-url origin "https://github.com/$REPO.git" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
DEFAULT_BRANCH="$(git -C "$DEST" remote show origin | sed -n '/HEAD branch/s/.*: //p')"
if [ -z "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]; then
DEFAULT_BRANCH="$(git -C "$DEST" symbolic-ref --short refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 2>/dev/null | sed 's#^origin/##')"
fi
if [ -z "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]; then
echo "Could not determine default branch for $REPO in $DEST" >&2
return 1
fi
git -C "$DEST" fetch --depth=1 origin "$DEFAULT_BRANCH"
git -C "$DEST" checkout -B "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" FETCH_HEAD
}
sync_latest_source code-yeongyu/lazycodex "$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/lazycodex-source"
sync_latest_source openai/codex "$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/openai-codex-source"
- Inventory the installed surface. Resolve
CODEX_HOME (default ~/.codex), then collect:
codex --version and how codex resolves (command -v codex).
- Installed LazyCodex version: the
version in the installed plugin manifest, discoverable with find "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/plugins" -path '*/.codex-plugin/plugin.json'. Installed plugins live under $CODEX_HOME/plugins/cache/<marketplace>/<name>/<version>/.
- Latest LazyCodex version from
$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/lazycodex-source (release tags or the version stamped in the repo) and latest Codex release (gh release view --repo openai/codex).
- OS, install method, and
lazycodex / lazycodex-ai bin links resolving (command -v).
- Check config and wiring against the latest installer, not against assumptions. Read what the current installer under
$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/lazycodex-source writes (installer sources live in the omo-codex package, e.g. scripts/install/), then verify the local equivalents:
$CODEX_HOME/config.toml exists and parses; LazyCodex-managed entries match what the latest installer would write.
- Plugin payload present and non-empty: read
.codex-plugin/plugin.json; when that manifest declares a hooks array, validate every direct hook path declared by the manifest; require hooks/hooks.json only when the manifest declares it; do not require retired paths such as components/workflow-selector or hooks/user-prompt-submit-selecting-lazycodex-workflow.json unless the current manifest declares them.
- Verify the manifest-declared runtime payload, not a remembered source tree. Current payload includes
skills/, .mcp.json, root CLI runtimes such as dist/cli/index.js and dist/cli-node/index.js, and every hook/MCP components/*/dist/*.js target referenced by installed manifests.
- Treat install-time materialization rewrites as expected when the rewritten target exists and is non-empty. For example,
.mcp.json may use plugin-local or absolute installed paths for CodeGraph/MCP runtimes; that is PASS/WARN context, not payload drift. Missing or zero-byte rewritten targets are FAIL.
Doctor Report Template
## LazyCodex Doctor Report
### Summary
[One sentence: healthy, degraded, or broken — and the single most important next action.]
### Environment
- LazyCodex installed / latest:
- Codex CLI installed / latest:
- CODEX_HOME:
- OS / install method:
### Checks
| Check | Verdict | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Versions current | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [command output or file:line] |
| config.toml integrity | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence] |
| Plugin payload wiring | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence] |
| Bin links / aliases | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence] |
| Runtime probe | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence] |
| Drift vs latest source | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence, citing `$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/lazycodex-source` or `$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/openai-codex-source` paths] |
### Remediations
1. [Most important fix first: exact command or config edit, and what it resolves.]
### Known Issues Matched
- [issue URL — or "none found"]
Follow-up Routing
- Local misconfiguration or stale install: give the remediation; reinstalling via the standard LazyCodex install command is the default fix for payload drift.
- Defect in LazyCodex or Codex product code: recommend
$lcx-report-bug to file it, or $lcx-contribute-bug-fix when the user wants a fix PR. Both reuse the source-root checkouts you already synced.
Stop Conditions
Ask one narrow question only when a finding requires a destructive decision, such as deleting user-edited config or downgrading a version.
Do not:
- mutate config, installs, or repositories during diagnosis
- report a verdict without captured evidence
- compare against remembered source layout instead of
$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/lazycodex-source and $LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/openai-codex-source
- require retired payload paths that the current
.codex-plugin/plugin.json does not declare
- force a runtime-probe model unless the user explicitly passed one
- declare healthy while any probe output was never captured