# codex - Doramagic AI Context Pack > Purpose: pre-work context for the user's host AI. This pack does not prove that the project has been installed, run, or validated. ## Project - canonical_name: `openai/codex` - capability: Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal - expected_user_outcome: Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal ## Operating Boundaries - Do not claim that the project has been installed, run, called through an API, or used on local files unless separate evidence proves it. - Project facts must come from repo evidence, Claim Graph, or explicit source references. - When a capability is not verified, mark it as unverified instead of completing it as fact. - publish_status: `publishable` - blocking_gaps: none --- ## Doramagic Context Augmentation The following sections strengthen the repository context for a host AI. Human Manual data is a reading route, and pitfall notes become operating constraints. ## Human Manual Outline Usage rule: this is only a reading route and salience signal, not factual authority. Concrete claims must still return to repo evidence or Claim Graph. Host AI hard rules: - Do not treat page titles, section order, summaries, or importance values as factual project evidence. - When explaining the Human Manual outline, state that it is only a reading route or salience signal. - Capability, installation, compatibility, runtime state, and risk claims must cite repo evidence, source paths, or Claim Graph. - **Codex Overview and Workspace Architecture**: importance `high` - source_paths: README.md, codex-rs/Cargo.toml, codex-rs/README.md, codex-rs/cli/src/main.rs, codex-rs/cli/src/lib.rs - **Tools, Execution, and Sandboxing**: importance `high` - source_paths: codex-rs/core/src/tools/mod.rs, codex-rs/core/src/tools/registry.rs, codex-rs/core/src/tools/router.rs, codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/mod.rs, codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/shell.rs - **Extensibility: Hooks, Skills, Plugins, and Plan Mode**: importance `high` - source_paths: codex-rs/hooks/src/lib.rs, codex-rs/hooks/src/engine/mod.rs, codex-rs/hooks/src/types.rs, codex-rs/hooks/src/declarations.rs, codex-rs/hooks/src/registry.rs - **Remote Control, Multi-Agent Collaboration, and the App Server Protocol**: importance `high` - source_paths: codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs, codex-rs/app-server/src/main.rs, codex-rs/app-server/src/message_processor.rs, codex-rs/app-server/src/request_processors/remote_control_processor.rs, codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/lib.rs ## Repo Inspection Evidence - repo_clone_verified: true - repo_inspection_verified: true - repo_commit: `658af936fdd04cd2661e253b4fe78d769aef8534` - inspected_files: `pnpm-lock.yaml`, `README.md`, `package.json`, `docs/authentication.md`, `docs/license.md`, `docs/agents_md.md`, `docs/sandbox.md`, `docs/open-source-fund.md`, `docs/install.md`, `docs/example-config.md`, `docs/execpolicy.md`, `docs/getting-started.md`, `docs/config.md`, `docs/skills.md`, `docs/CLA.md`, `docs/contributing.md`, `docs/exec.md`, `docs/slash_commands.md` Host AI hard rules: - Without repo_clone_verified=true, do not claim that the source code has been read. - Without repo_inspection_verified=true, do not write README, docs, or package-file conclusions as facts. - Without quick_start_verified=true, do not claim that the Quick Start path has run successfully. ## Doramagic Pitfall Constraints These rules come from Doramagic discovery, validation, or compilation findings. The host AI must treat them as operating constraints, not background notes. ### Constraint 1: Configuration risk requires verification - Trigger: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow. - Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment. - Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user. - Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/27134 - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 2: Configuration risk requires verification - Trigger: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow. - Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment. - Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user. - Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/27384 - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 3: Installation risk requires verification - Trigger: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Codex CLI plugin sync writes bundled plugin marketplace into active workspace - Host AI rule: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: Codex CLI plugin sync writes bundled plugin marketplace into active workspace. Context: Observed when using node, docker, windows, linux - Why it matters: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Codex CLI plugin sync writes bundled plugin marketplace into active workspace - Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/27416 - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 4: Installation risk requires verification - Trigger: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow. - Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment. - Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user. - Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/27416 - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 5: Configuration risk requires verification - Trigger: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow. - Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment. - Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user. - Evidence: capability.host_targets | github_repo:965415649 | https://github.com/openai/codex - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 6: Configuration risk requires verification - Trigger: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: 0.138.0 - Host AI rule: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: 0.138.0. Context: Observed when using python, windows, macos, linux - Why it matters: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: 0.138.0 - Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.138.0 - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 7: Configuration risk requires verification - Trigger: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: 0.139.0 - Host AI rule: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: 0.139.0. Context: Source discussion did not expose a precise runtime context. - Why it matters: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: 0.139.0 - Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.139.0 - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 8: Capability evidence risk requires verification - Trigger: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass. - Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment. - Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user. - Evidence: capability.assumptions | github_repo:965415649 | https://github.com/openai/codex - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 9: Maintenance risk requires verification - Trigger: Developers should check this migration risk before relying on the project: Unethical business practice - Host AI rule: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: Unethical business practice. Context: Observed during version upgrade or migration. - Why it matters: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: Unethical business practice - Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/27384 - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it. ### Constraint 10: Maintenance risk requires verification - Trigger: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow. - Host AI rule: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment. - Why it matters: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user. - Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | github_repo:965415649 | https://github.com/openai/codex - Hard boundary: Do not present this pitfall as solved, verified, or ignorable unless later evidence explicitly closes it.