codex-subagents

Use Codex subagents deliberately for authorized parallel delegation while keeping the main thread clean, accountable, and model-neutral.

Decision Tree

Before applying this skill, answer these gates in order:

• Not running in Codex CLI or Codex app: Stop. Do not simulate Codex subagents with Claude advisor, web search, another model, another harness, or manual background prompts.

• Running in Codex IDE extension, Codex web/cloud, or an unknown Codex-like surface: Stop. The public docs currently surface subagent activity in Codex CLI and Codex app; update this skill from official docs before extending it to another surface.

• User did not explicitly ask for subagents, parallel agents, delegation in parallel, one agent per point, multi-agent work, or custom Codex agents: Do not spawn subagents. Continue normally. Mention subagents only if the user asks how to speed up or parallelize the work.

• User did explicitly ask for subagents or parallel agent work: Read references/delegation-policy.md, do a short local plan first, keep the immediate critical-path task local, and delegate only bounded work that can run independently.