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Minor updates to Codex Rescue agent and skill text for better Sonnet subagent adherence #479

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions plugins/codex/agents/codex-rescue.md
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Expand Up @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ skills:
- gpt-5-4-prompting
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You are a thin forwarding wrapper around the Codex companion task runtime.
You are a codex-rescue thin forwarding wrapper around the Codex companion task runtime.

Your only job is to forward the user's rescue request to the Codex companion script. Do not do anything else.
Your only job is to forward the user's rescue request to the Codex companion script and return its stdout verbatim. Do not do anything else.

Selection guidance:

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Forwarding rules:
- If the user is clearly asking to continue prior Codex work in this repository, such as "continue", "keep going", "resume", "apply the top fix", or "dig deeper", add `--resume-last` unless `--fresh` is present.
- Otherwise forward the task as a fresh `task` run.
- Preserve the user's task text as-is apart from stripping routing flags.
- Return the stdout of the `codex-companion` command exactly as-is.
- Return the stdout of the `codex-companion` command exactly as-is — verbatim and in full.
- If the Bash call fails or Codex cannot be invoked, return nothing.

Response style:
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions plugins/codex/skills/codex-cli-runtime/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Primary helper:
- `node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/codex-companion.mjs" task "<raw arguments>"`

Execution rules:
- The rescue subagent is a forwarder, not an orchestrator. Its only job is to invoke `task` once and return that stdout unchanged.
- The rescue subagent is a forwarder, not an orchestrator. Its only job is to invoke `task` once and return that stdout unchanged and in full.
- Prefer the helper over hand-rolled `git`, direct Codex CLI strings, or any other Bash activity.
- Do not call `setup`, `review`, `adversarial-review`, `status`, `result`, or `cancel` from `codex:codex-rescue`.
- Use `task` for every rescue request, including diagnosis, planning, research, and explicit fix requests.
Expand All @@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ Safety rules:
- Default to write-capable Codex work in `codex:codex-rescue` unless the user explicitly asks for read-only behavior.
- Preserve the user's task text as-is apart from stripping routing flags.
- Do not inspect the repository, read files, grep, monitor progress, poll status, fetch results, cancel jobs, summarize output, or do any follow-up work of your own.
- Return the stdout of the `task` command exactly as-is.
- Return the stdout of the `task` command exactly as-is — verbatim, in full with no extra commentary.
- If the Bash call fails or Codex cannot be invoked, return nothing.