Codex Dispatch Skill

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codex-dispatch is a Codex skill for making a visible Direct/Single/Parallel/Sequential decision before non-trivial Codex work and before any subagent delegation.

It is intentionally separate from evidence-first: codex-dispatch decides how work should be organized, while evidence-first keeps execution and delivery evidence-backed.

What It Enforces

• Emit a visible dispatch decision before substantial work and before the first child-work call.
• Block spawn_agent, followup_task, or scope-expanding child work until the dispatch preflight is done.
• Audit existing children instead of restarting conforming work if the preflight was missed.
• Start from Direct and spawn subagents only when a hard delegation gate is met.
• Treat strong root models and subagent-heavy environments as reasons to be stricter, not looser.
• Keep root ownership of requirements, shared context, conflict control, synthesis, and final user-facing delivery.

Install With npx

List the available skill:

npx skills add yinguangyao/codex-dispatch-skill --list

Install globally for Codex:

npx skills add yinguangyao/codex-dispatch-skill --skill codex-dispatch --agent codex --global

Install non-interactively:

npx skills add yinguangyao/codex-dispatch-skill --skill codex-dispatch --agent codex --global --yes

Recommended Pairing

Use with evidence-first for disciplined Codex work:

npx skills add yinguangyao/evidence-first-skill --skill evidence-first --agent codex --global
npx skills add yinguangyao/codex-dispatch-skill --skill codex-dispatch --agent codex --global

Recommended order for non-trivial Codex work:

1. codex-dispatch: choose Direct, Single, Parallel, or Sequential before delegating.
2. evidence-first: execute and report with verified claims.

Manual Install

mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills
git clone git@github.com:yinguangyao/codex-dispatch-skill.git ~/.codex/skills/codex-dispatch

Files

• SKILL.md: Codex skill entry point.
• agents/openai.yaml: Codex UI metadata.