ask-codex

name	ask-codex
description	Consult Codex as an independent expert. Sends a question or task to codex exec and returns the response.
argument-hint	[--codex-model MODEL:EFFORT] [--codex-timeout SECONDS] [question or task]
allowed-tools	Bash(${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-codex.sh:*)

Ask Codex

Send a question or task to Codex and return the response.

How to Use

Do not pass free-form user text to the shell unquoted. The question or task may contain spaces or shell metacharacters such as (, ), ;, #, *, or [.

If the user only supplied a question or task, execute:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-codex.sh" "$ARGUMENTS"

If the user supplied flags such as --codex-model or --codex-timeout, reconstruct the command so those flags remain separate shell arguments and the remaining free-form question is passed as one quoted final argument.

Example:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-codex.sh" --codex-model gpt-5.5:high "Review the following round summary (M4)..."

Never run this unsafe form:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-codex.sh" $ARGUMENTS

because the shell will re-parse the question text and can fail before ask-codex.sh starts.

Interpreting Output

• The script outputs Codex's response to stdout and status info to stderr
• Read the stdout output carefully and incorporate Codex's response into your answer
• If the script exits with a non-zero code, report the error to the user

Error Handling

Exit Code	Meaning
0	Success - Codex response is in stdout
1	Validation error (missing codex, empty question, invalid flags)
124	Timeout - suggest using --codex-timeout with a larger value
Other	Codex process error - report the exit code and any stderr output

Notes

• The response is saved to .humanize/skill/<timestamp>/output.md for reference
• Default model is gpt-5.5:high with a 3600-second timeout