Codex Think About

Purpose

Use this skill for peer reasoning, not code review. Claude and Codex are equal analytical peers; Claude orchestrates the debate loop and final synthesis.

Prerequisites

• A clear question or decision topic from the user.
• codex CLI installed and authenticated.
• codex-review skill pack is installed (npx github:lploc94/codex_skill).

Runner

RUNNER="{{RUNNER_PATH}}"

Workflow

1. Ask user to choose reasoning effort level: low, medium, high, or xhigh (default: high). Gather factual context only (no premature opinion). Set EFFORT.
2. Build round-1 prompt from references/prompts.md.
3. Start Codex thread with web access: node "$RUNNER" start --working-dir "$PWD" --effort "$EFFORT" --sandbox danger-full-access.
4. Poll with adaptive intervals (Round 1: 90s/60s/30s/15s..., Round 2+: 45s/30s/15s...). After each poll, report specific activities from poll output (e.g. which files Codex is reading, what URLs it is fetching, what topic it is analyzing). See references/workflow.md for parsing guide. NEVER report generic "Codex is running" — always extract concrete details.
5. Claude responds with agree/disagree points and new perspectives.
6. Resume via --thread-id and loop until consensus, stalemate, or hard cap (5 rounds).
7. Present user-facing synthesis with agreements, disagreements, cited sources, and confidence.

Effort Level Guide

Required References

• Execution loop: references/workflow.md
• Prompt templates: references/prompts.md
• Output contract: references/output-format.md

Rules

• Keep roles as peers; no reviewer/implementer framing.
• Codex must NOT modify, create, or delete ANY project files. danger-full-access sandbox is used SOLELY for web search. Prompt contains strict guardrails.
• Codex MUST cite sources (URL) for factual claims from web.
• Separate researched facts (with sources) from opinions.
• Detect stalemate when arguments repeat with no new evidence.
• End with clear recommendations, source list, and open questions.