Invoke Codex as a sub-agent for well-defined tasks using `codex exec`. Provides templates for brief one-shot tasks (no grounding) and longer repo-aware sessions (with oak-start-right-quick). Use when delegating a self-contained task to Codex from Claude Code or from a shell script.
Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.
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name: oak-codex-helper
description: Invoke Codex as a sub-agent for well-defined tasks using `codex exec`. Provides templates for brief one-shot tasks (no grounding) and longer repo-aware sessions (with oak-start-right-quick). Use when delegating a self-contained task to Codex from Claude Code or from a shell script.
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# Codex Helper (Cross-tool)
Read and follow `.agent/skills/codex-helper/SKILL-CANONICAL.md`.