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Codex As Role by mace-enterprise — Agent Skill

Name: Codex As Role
Author: Mace-Enterprise

Codex As Role

Enact ANY tool-neutral read-only role brief AS Codex (a different model) for a fresh-model perspective — analyst, security-auditor, researcher, reviewer, etc. Read-only. Use for a deliberate cross-model take on a specific task.

File contents

Codex-as-role

Our roster briefs are tool-neutral, so Codex can enact any of them. Use this when a read-only role's job would benefit from a different model's view. Codex advises; we decide.

How

codex exec -C <repo> -s read-only "Enact the role brief in Wiki/roster/role-<ROLE>.md.
Task: <the specific task + the context Codex needs>.
Follow that brief's procedure and output format. Read-only — change nothing."

Which roles

Read-only / advisory (the sweet spot): analyst, code-reviewer, researcher, security, wiki-critic, verifier (as a checker). Safe with -s read-only.
Acting (implementer): keep on Claude, or run Codex only deliberately with a write sandbox — not this skill's default.

After

Relay the output + your take (Codex advises, we decide). For a concrete code diff, prefer the dedicated peer-review skill.

Notes

Read-only; fresh session (pass context + paths); never secrets; costs credits → confirm first.
Setup/gotchas: [[codex-cross-model-integration]].

Status: active (promoted from probation 2026-06-27 after a verified win — caught two real backtest bugs on ExampleApp Reentry that Claude had missed: optimistic same-bar-close fill + ex-post "nearest-to-day-low" selection leak). See [[codex-cross-model-integration]].

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