| name | codex-orchestrator |
| description | Primary entrypoint for Codex Orchestrator usage: route tasks to the right pipeline, mode, and supporting skills with minimal, auditable steps. |
Codex-Orchestrator Workflow Router
Overview
Use this skill as the default entrypoint for work in CO or downstream repos using @kbediako/codex-orchestrator. It routes intent to the smallest correct command path and points to specialized skills only when needed.
Core Contract
- Keep MCP as the control plane by default.
- Use docs-first before implementation edits.
- Use delegation early for non-trivial work with bounded stream ownership.
- Keep runtime and execution modes explicit and orthogonal:
runtimeMode=cli|appserver
executionMode=mcp|cloud
Default Command Path
For most task-scoped work:
codex-orchestrator flow --task <task-id>
codex-orchestrator doctor --usage --window-days 30 --task <task-id>
codex-orchestrator review --task <task-id>
For explicit stage control:
codex-orchestrator start docs-review --task <task-id> --format json
codex-orchestrator start implementation-gate --task <task-id> --format json
codex-orchestrator status --run <run-id> --watch --interval 10
Intent Router
- Task/spec scaffolding and mirror sync:
- Delegation setup/run-control and subagent evidence discipline:
- Stream decomposition across independent bounded work:
- Use
collab-subagents-first.
- Option analysis, tradeoffs, and decision framing before implementation:
- Long-running checks/reviews/cloud jobs that need patience-first monitoring:
- Implementation checkpoint reviews and final handoff:
- Use
standalone-review, then elegance-review.
- Release/tag/publish workflows:
- Collab/multi-agent scenario testing and evidence capture:
Feature Posture
- Canonical Codex CLI
0.135.0 and observed local 0.140.0 both keep js_repl and js_repl_tools_only removed; do not treat them as default-on, break-glass toggleable, or eligible for cloud feature lanes, and do not set cloud feature env vars or codex features enable/disable commands for either removed name.
- Canonical Codex CLI
0.135.0 and observed local 0.140.0 both keep current guidance on explicit permission profiles and trust flows; do not recommend --full-auto as normal flow. Built-in config profile ids are :read-only, :workspace, and :danger-no-sandbox; no-sandbox profile selection is local-only advisory evidence.
- Use cloud feature lanes only for active non-removed feature names after checking
codex features list.
memories stays scoped to explicit eval lanes.
- Subagent context forking (
fork_context) is guidance-first: keep it false for bounded streams, and set true only when the child must inherit prior thread history.
- Compatibility note: upstream still accepts the legacy alias
memory_tool; use memories in new CO guidance unless documenting legacy compatibility behavior.
Related Docs
AGENTS.md
docs/AGENTS.md
README.md
docs/README.md
Related Skills
docs-first
delegation-usage
collab-subagents-first
collab-deliberation
standalone-review
elegance-review
long-poll-wait
release
agent-first-adoption-steering