Codex skills 1.6.0

Codex skills 1.6.0 (2026-01-02)

Highlights

• Add new skills sourced from agent-scripts: brave-search, create-cli, frontend-design, oracle, and video-transcript-downloader.
• Add a CLI command to install shared agent-scripts.
• Document Brave Search API key setup in the README.

Breaking changes

• None.

Upgrade notes

• Optional: run npx codex-skills install-agent-scripts to install shared scripts alongside skills.

Deprecations

• None.

Features

• CLI: add install-agent-scripts to install shared scripts.
• Skills: add brave-search, create-cli, frontend-design, oracle, and video-transcript-downloader.
• Docs: add Brave Search API key setup instructions.

Fixes

• None.

Performance

• None.

Security

• None.

Dependencies

• None.

Operations / infrastructure

• None.

Database / migrations

• None.

Known issues

• None.

Verification

• python scripts/build_skills_json.py
• npm test (cli)

Risk / notes

• No migrations or config changes required.

codex-skills 1.5.0

Codex skills 1.5.0 (2025-12-23)

Highlights

• Add a global AGENTS.MD ledger template and CLI init-ledger command to generate it.
• Introduce a new verify command plus a richer CLI test suite for local installs.
• Add new skills: branch-cleaner, regex-builder, and rebase-assistant.

Breaking changes

• None.

Upgrade notes

• Optional: run npx codex-skills init-ledger to create the global ledger at ~/.codex/AGENTS.MD.
• Optional: use npx codex-skills verify <skill-name> to validate local skill installs.

Deprecations

• None.

Features

• CLI: add init-ledger for the global AGENTS.MD template.
• CLI: add verify for local skill validation and add test coverage for CLI flows.
• Skills: add branch-cleaner, regex-builder, and rebase-assistant.
• Docs: highlight install-all and document the global ledger workflow.

Fixes

• Pages: ensure the release workflow dispatches the pages deploy.

Performance

• None.

Security

• None.

Dependencies

• None.

Operations / infrastructure

• Add a release workflow dispatch for pages builds.

Database / migrations

• None.

Known issues

• None.

Verification

• npm test

Risk / notes

• No migrations or config changes required.

codex-skills 1.4.0

codex-skills 1.4.0 (2025-12-19)

Highlights

• Added install-all to install every skill in the catalog with one command.

Breaking changes

• None.

Upgrade notes

• None.

Deprecations

• None.

Features

• New install-all / install-everything CLI command for bulk installs.

Fixes

• None.

Performance

• None.

Security

• None.

Dependencies

• None.

Operations / infrastructure

• None.

Database / migrations

• None.

Known issues

• None.

Verification

• python scripts/validate_skills.py
• node cli/bin/codex-skills.js --help

Risk / notes

• None.

codex-skills 1.3.2

codex-skills 1.3.2 (2025-12-19)

Highlights

• Clarified default agent installation behavior in CLI list output and help.

Breaking changes

• None.

Upgrade notes

• None.

Deprecations

• None.

Features

• list output now states that installs default to Codex CLI and shows the default path.
• help output clarifies the default agent path in the --agent option.

Fixes

• None.

Performance

• None.

Security

• None.

Dependencies

• None.

Operations / infrastructure

• None.

Database / migrations

• None.

Known issues

• None.

Verification

• Not run (draft only).

Risk / notes

• None.

codex-skills 1.3.1

codex-skills 1.3.1 (2025-12-19)

Highlights

• Added install-category to the CLI to install all skills in a category in one command.

Breaking changes

• None.

Upgrade notes

• None.

Deprecations

• None.

Features

• New install-category / install-cat command for bulk installs.

Fixes

• None.

Performance

• None.

Security

• None.

Dependencies

• None.

Operations / infrastructure

• None.

Database / migrations

• None.

Known issues

• None.

Verification

• Not run (draft only).

Risk / notes

• None.

codex-skills 1.3.0

codex-skills 1.3.0 (2025-12-19)

Highlights

• Removed the dev-browser skill from the catalog and repo (automation workflow is no longer available by default).
• Dropped THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md now that the third-party skill is removed.

Breaking changes

• Removed dev-browser from ~/.codex/skills/ and the registry. Any workflows that referenced it must pin to 1.2.1 or restore the skill manually.

Upgrade notes

• If you still need dev-browser, install from the 1.2.1 tag or copy the previous dev-browser/ folder into your skills directory.

Deprecations

• None.

Features

• None.

Fixes

• None.

Performance

• None.

Security

• None.

Dependencies

• None.

Operations / infrastructure

• Updated registry and documentation to reflect the removal.

Database / migrations

• None.

Known issues

• None.

Verification

• Not run (draft only).

Risk / notes

• Removing dev-browser is a breaking change for any automation workflows that depended on it.

codex-skills 1.2.1

codex-skills 1.2.1 (2025-12-19)

Highlights

• Automated npm publishing on GitHub Release using trusted publishing (OIDC).

Breaking changes

• None.

Upgrade notes

• Release tags must match cli/package.json version for npm publish to succeed.
• Ensure npm Trusted Publishing is configured for this repo (GitHub Actions OIDC).

Deprecations

• None.

Features

• Added publish-npm GitHub Actions workflow to publish the CLI on release.
• Updated CLI package version to 1.2.1 to align with the release tag.

Fixes

• None.

Performance

• None.

Security

• None.

Dependencies

• None.

Operations / infrastructure

• Release process now publishes codex-skills to npm automatically.

Database / migrations

• None.

Known issues

• None.

Verification

• python scripts/validate_skills.py

Risk / notes

• Publishing requires trusted publishing to be configured on npm for this repo.

codex-skills 1.2.0

codex-skills 1.2.0 (2025-12-19)

Highlights

• Added codex-skills CLI for listing/searching/installing skills via npx, defaulting to stable GitHub Releases with --ref override.
• Integrated dev-browser skill (MIT) with third-party notices and catalog updates.

Breaking changes

• None.

Upgrade notes

• When adding or renaming skills, run python scripts/build_skills_json.py to refresh skills.json.
• The CLI defaults to the latest stable GitHub Release; use --ref main to track main.

Deprecations

• None.

Features

• New CLI package under cli/ with list, search, info, and install commands.
• Generated skills.json registry for discovery and installation metadata.
• Added dev-browser skill to the catalog.

Fixes

• Aligned skill descriptions and deliverables with system guidance.

Performance

• None.

Security

• Added invisible-character scanning for repo content and metadata.

Dependencies

• None.

Operations / infrastructure

• Added validation checks for invisible characters in CI.

Database / migrations

• None.

Known issues

• None.

Verification

• python scripts/validate_skills.py
• node cli/bin/codex-skills.js list --ref main
• node cli/bin/codex-skills.js install agents-md --agent project --ref main --force

Risk / notes

• The CLI relies on GitHub Releases/tags and requires network access to fetch skills.json and skill tarballs.

codex-skills 1.1.0

codex-skills 1.1.0 (2025-12-15)

Highlights

• Adds coding-guidelines-gen + coding-guidelines-verify skills to generate nested module AGENTS.md guidelines and verify changes per scope.
• Adds an invisible/suspicious character scanner and runs it in CI to block hidden characters in commits/PRs.

Breaking changes

• None.

Upgrade notes

• Install/update by syncing this repo into ~/.codex/skills/ and restarting Codex CLI.
• New skills in this release:
  • coding-guidelines-gen: generate nested AGENTS.md per module; can set up missing formatters/linters.
  • coding-guidelines-verify: auto-fix formatting + run lint/tests for changed files, grouped by nearest scoped AGENTS.md.

Operations / infrastructure

• GitHub Actions workflow "Validate skills" now checks for invisible/suspicious characters.

Verification

• python scripts/validate_skills.py
• python scripts/check_invisible_chars.py --all

Risk / notes

• None.

codex-skills 1.0.0

codex-skills 1.0.0 (2025-12-15)

Highlights

• Initial public release of the Codex CLI skills catalog.
• Includes a set of reusable “skills” for planning, PR/commit workflows, bug/CI triage, release notes, dependency upgrades, docs updates, and VPS checkups.
• Adds validation tooling + CI to keep SKILL.md metadata consistent.

Upgrade notes

• Install/update by syncing this repo into ~/.codex/skills/ and restarting Codex CLI.
• Ensure skills are enabled: codex features list and codex --enable skills.

Features

• Skills included in this release:
  • agents-md: Create scoped AGENTS.md guidance + module/feature maps.
  • bug-triage: Reproduce, isolate, and fix bugs end-to-end.
  • ci-fix: Diagnose and fix failing GitHub Actions CI using gh.
  • commit-work: Stage/split commits and write Conventional Commit messages.
  • create-pr: Create PRs using gh with clear descriptions and validation.
  • dependency-upgrader: Upgrade Java/Kotlin + Node/TypeScript dependencies with minimal risk.
  • docs-sync: Keep docs in sync with code changes.
  • plan-work: Research + options/risks + Q&A gate before implementation steps.
  • release-notes: Draft release notes/changelog entries from git ranges.
  • skill-creator: Create/update skills (workflow + templates).
  • vps-checkup: Read-only VPS health/security/update report with safe remediation prompts.

Operations / infrastructure

• GitHub Actions workflow “Validate skills” runs python scripts/validate_skills.py on push and PRs.

Verification

• python scripts/validate_skills.py

Risk / notes

• None (initial release).