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The largest collection of OpenAI Codex agent skills. Extend your Codex CLI with coding tools, automation workflows, and developer plugins.

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What Are Codex Skills?

Codex skills are structured instruction files that extend OpenAI's Codex CLI agent with specialized capabilities. They follow the SKILL.md format and can be loaded into your .codex/skills/ directory to give Codex domain expertise in specific tools, frameworks, and workflows.

  • Extend Codex CLI with domain-specific knowledge
  • Automate code reviews, testing, and documentation
  • Compatible with SKILL.md and AGENTS.md formats
  • Works alongside Claude Code and Cursor skills
  • Git-friendly — share skills across your team
  • Community-driven ecosystem with 1,000+ skills
  • One-line install with npx skills add
  • Structured prompts for reliable, repeatable output

Featured OpenAI Codex Skills

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rfxn/rdf

Governance-driven AI development framework -- convention enforcement, quality gates, and domain expertise for Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex

$ npx skills add rfxn/rdf
community

kasurashan/article-active-reading-tutor

Codex skill for guided active reading of English articles for Korean learners.

$ npx skills add kasurashan/article-active-reading-tutor
community

markli1hoshipu/embody-ai-research-skills

AI research skills and agents for Claude Code, Codex, and other AI coding agents

$ npx skills add markli1hoshipu/embody-ai-research-skills
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wcx12/HLPP-SKILL

Reusable Codex skills from practical experience

$ npx skills add wcx12/HLPP-SKILL
community

leekkk2/transcendence-memory

Long-term memory skill for AI coding agents — self-hosted RAG with semantic search, multimodal documents, and knowledge graph. Works with Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex CLI.

$ npx skills add leekkk2/transcendence-memory
community

s-lixy/enterprise-code-conventions-skill

A Codex/agent skill for enforcing enterprise-grade code conventions, file naming, directory placement, layered architecture, and module organization in Python, Java, and Vue projects.

$ npx skills add s-lixy/enterprise-code-conventions-skill
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tongliu321-svg/codex-skills

codex工具仓库

$ npx skills add tongliu321-svg/codex-skills
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chuhe349/163-mail-sync

Standalone Codex Skill for tracking job applications from NetEase 163 Mail

$ npx skills add chuhe349/163-mail-sync
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officecli/officecli-skills

AI agent skills for Claude Code and Codex to create PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, and report workflows with OfficeCLI.

$ npx skills add officecli/officecli-skills
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handsomeZR-netizen/academic-topic-research-agent

中文默认的学术选题前置调研开发包:一句话研究想法 → CHI/LAK 风格 v2 中文调研报告。Claude Code + OpenAI Codex 双平台 skill,含文献元数据、数据可行性、标题摘要、LaTeX/PDF 全流水线。

$ npx skills add handsomeZR-netizen/academic-topic-research-agent
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fractaal/fractal-ai

Personal AI agent configuration and skills for Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode

$ npx skills add fractaal/fractal-ai
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westbrookai/zipsa

Lightweight Docker runtime for executing SKILLs with Claude Code, Codex, and OpenClaw

$ npx skills add westbrookai/zipsa
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How to Install Codex Skills

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Install with add-skill

The fastest way. Automatically clones and sets up the skill in your workspace.

npx skills add author/skill-repo
2

Or add to .codex/skills/ manually

Clone the repo and copy the SKILL.md into your Codex skills directory.

mkdir -p .codex/skills/
git clone https://github.com/author/skill-repo
cp skill-repo/SKILL.md .codex/skills/
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Run Codex with skills loaded

Codex CLI automatically reads skills from .codex/skills/ when starting a session. Skills are injected into the agent's context.

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