ask-codex

Consult Codex as an independent expert. Sends a question or task to codex exec and returns the response.

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Ask Codex

Send a question or task to Codex and return the response.

How to Use

Do not pass free-form user text to the shell unquoted. The question or task may contain spaces or shell metacharacters such as (, ), ;, #, *, or [.

If the user only supplied a question or task, execute:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-codex.sh" "$ARGUMENTS"

If the user supplied flags such as --codex-model or --codex-timeout, reconstruct the command so those flags remain separate shell arguments and the remaining free-form question is passed as one quoted final argument.

Example:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-codex.sh" --codex-model gpt-5.5:high "Review the following round summary (M4)..."

Never run this unsafe form:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-codex.sh" $ARGUMENTS

because the shell will re-parse the question text and can fail before ask-codex.sh starts.

Interpreting Output

The script outputs Codex's response to stdout and status info to stderr
Read the stdout output carefully and incorporate Codex's response into your answer
If the script exits with a non-zero code, report the error to the user

Error Handling

Exit Code	Meaning
0	Success - Codex response is in stdout
1	Validation error (missing codex, empty question, invalid flags)
124	Timeout - suggest using `--codex-timeout` with a larger value
Other	Codex process error - report the exit code and any stderr output

Notes

The response is saved to .humanize/skill/<timestamp>/output.md for reference
Default model is gpt-5.5:high with a 3600-second timeout

Repository: PolyArch/humanize
Path: skills/ask-codex/SKILL.md
Commit: 4eeb392

Last updated: 11 days ago
First committed: 6 months ago

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