gstack/codex
Garry Tan fcbc217fdc
fix(codex): /codex review works on Codex CLI ≥0.130.0
Codex CLI 0.130.0 made [PROMPT] and --base <BRANCH> mutually exclusive at
argv level. Step 2A of codex/SKILL.md.tmpl had always passed both (the
filesystem boundary prefix as the prompt argument + the base branch), so
every /codex review call died with:

  error: the argument '[PROMPT]' cannot be used with '--base <BRANCH>'

Fix: split Step 2A into two paths.

Default (no custom user instructions): bare 'codex review --base <base>'.
Codex's review prompt is internally diff-scoped, so the model focuses on
the changes against base. The filesystem boundary prefix is dropped here
because Codex 0.130 has no documented system-prompt config key
(probed -c 'system_prompt="..."' against 0.130 — the flag is silently
accepted but the value isn't applied). Skill files under .claude/ and
agents/ are public, so this is a token-efficiency concern, not a safety
one.

Custom instructions (/codex review <focus>): route through codex exec
with the diff written to a tempfile, inlined into the prompt between
explicit DIFF_START / DIFF_END markers. The boundary is preserved here
because codex exec isn't auto-scoped to the diff. The DIFF_START/END
delimiters tell the model where data ends and instructions resume, which
materially reduces prompt-injection hijack rates when the diff contains
adversarial content.

Note on bash semantics: codex's earlier review flagged the exec route as
"command injection via $_DIFF interpolation." That framing is wrong —
bash parameter expansion does not re-evaluate $(...) or backticks inside
the expanded value, so a diff containing $(rm -rf /) is plain string
data to codex exec. The real risk is prompt injection (model-side, not
shell-side), which the DIFF_START/END pattern mitigates.

Regression tests in test/codex-hardening.test.ts assert across BOTH
codex/SKILL.md.tmpl AND the generated codex/SKILL.md:
1. No 'codex review' invocation line combines a quoted-string OR variable
   positional argument with --base.
2. Step 2A still contains either bare 'codex review --base' OR 'codex
   exec' (guards against accidental deletion of both fix paths).

Fixes #1428. Reported by Stashub.
2026-05-13 11:22:42 -07:00
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SKILL.md fix(codex): /codex review works on Codex CLI ≥0.130.0 2026-05-13 11:22:42 -07:00
SKILL.md.tmpl fix(codex): /codex review works on Codex CLI ≥0.130.0 2026-05-13 11:22:42 -07:00