Overview
code-mate-codex is an open-source data skill for Codex, published by CherryHQ. Its author describes it as: “Runs Codex CLI non-interactively for code analysis and implementation tasks. Use when the user asks to delegate repository work to Codex or obtain a second coding-agent result.”. The project has 52k stars on GitHub and is available under the AGPL-3.0-only license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/code-mate-codex`.
What code-mate-codex does
1. Set the Bash working directory to the exact project the user named and set a finite timeout, normally 10 minutes. 2. Check availability with `command -v codex`. If it is missing, stop and ask the user to install Codex CLI in Code Mate. 3. Run one task and exit:
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What’s inside
The SKILL.md for code-mate-codex is organised into these sections:
- Run
- Authentication And Permissions
Installation
Add code-mate-codex to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/code-mate-codexReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
- Codex — named in the skill.md
License
code-mate-codex is published under the AGPL-3.0-only license.
Strengths
- Clear AGPL-3.0-only license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in CherryHQ/cherry-studio, an established project with 52,047 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 30 days
- Its repository gained 748 GitHub stars over the last 21 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does code-mate-codex do?
- Runs Codex CLI non-interactively for code analysis and implementation tasks. Use when the user asks to delegate repository work to Codex or obtain a second coding-agent result.
- How do I install code-mate-codex?
- Run git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/code-mate-codex in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio before installing.
- Is code-mate-codex free to use?
- Yes. code-mate-codex is free and open source under the AGPL-3.0-only license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does code-mate-codex work with?
- code-mate-codex lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does code-mate-codex come from?
- code-mate-codex ships inside CherryHQ/cherry-studio, a repository that contains 37 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 52,047 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.