Codex Prompting

This skill is a Codex-focused prompting kit: autonomy rules, editing constraints, tool-use guidance, and “final message” formatting that works well for coding agents.

Primary reference:

• https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/gpt-5/codex_prompting_guide

Supplemental first-party sources (high value):

• Canonical Codex CLI base prompt (real-world): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/codex/main/codex-rs/core/gpt-5.1-codex-max_prompt.md
• apply_patch reference implementations:
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-cookbook/main/examples/gpt-5/apply_patch.py
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-agents-python/main/examples/tools/apply_patch.py

For the block library, read: references/guide.md

Quick start