IF A SKILL APPLIES TO YOUR TASK, YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE. YOU MUST USE IT.

This is not negotiable. This is not optional. You cannot rationalize your way out of this.

Codex CLI Skill Access

Codex discovers skills from:

• Project-local: ./.agents/skills/
• User-level: ~/.agents/skills/

When a skill applies, open and follow that skill's SKILL.md instructions before taking implementation actions.

Using Skills

The Rule