Mission Control Import

Mission Control Import

Use this skill when the user wants Mission Control to work on an existing codebase, imported folder, cloned repo, or documentation-heavy workspace.

Bridge boundary

• Codex chat relays the import request and reports what Mission Control discovered.
• Codex chat is not allowed to treat an imported repo as implicitly approved for edits.
• Mission Control Manager decides what the imported codebase means and when it is ready for execution.

Mission Control MCP tools to call

• mission_control_attach_workspace
• mission_control_import_existing_codebase
• mission_control_get_codebase_map
• mission_control_get_codebase_understanding
• mission_control_get_import_safety
• mission_control_set_import_interview_choice
• mission_control_update_import_safety
• mission_control_start_task

Mission Control resources it may read

• mission-control://projects/{project_id}/status
• mission-control://projects/{project_id}/codebase-map

Additional import-specific state is tool-only right now:

• mission_control_get_codebase_understanding
• mission_control_get_import_safety
• mission_control_get_agents_md_status

Decisions that must be passed to the user

• Which folder or repo to attach
• Which import interview mode to use: skip, quick clarification, full interview, or manager decides
• Whether Mission Control may move from read-only understanding to writable execution
• Whether suggested AGENTS.md guidance or import safety changes should be accepted

Workflow

1. Attach the requested folder through mission_control_import_existing_codebase or mission_control_attach_workspace in existing-codebase mode.
2. Run a read-only map and understanding pass before any write path is considered.
3. Surface the import safety state, write-permission state, and interview choices to the user.
4. Send the user's import decisions back through the matching Mission Control tools.
5. Only after Mission Control and the user are aligned should Codex relay the real work request through mission_control_start_task.

Codex chat must not do

• Do not start editing just because the folder was imported successfully.
• Do not run builds, tests, installs, or dependency changes during import unless the user explicitly approves that path.
• Do not expose secrets from .env, credential files, or private config while summarizing the scan.
• Do not reinterpret a read-only scan as write approval.