AF codex-deepsearch
Use when Codex must run or review deep, source-backed research as a Codex-native workflow: local/web evidence separation, tool-limit disclosure, source and claim ledgers, review gates, spec/roadmap/implementation readiness, /goal checkpointing, privacy-safe repo handling, and optional codex-with-cc-plus or Claude Code worker delegation. Use for evidence-heavy research, current product/API/tool/law/market questions, architecture discovery before implementation, and research that may become a plan, spec, roadmap, PRD, or engineering input.
Use when Codex must run or review deep, source-backed research as a Codex-native workflow: local/web evidence separation, tool-limit disclosure, source and…
As a process F 56/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: references/source-and-claim-ledgers.md, references/review-gate.md, references/codex-runtime-model.md
How to improve
- The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 2. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/source-and-claim-ledgers.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/review-gate.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/codex-runtime-model.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/research-workflow.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: templates/RESEARCH_DESIGN.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: templates/SOURCE_LEDGER.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: templates/CLAIM_LEDGER.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: templates/DEEPSEARCH_REPORT.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: templates/REVIEW_GATE.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/codex-tooling-rules.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/privacy-and-repo-safety.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/delegation-with-codex-with-cc.md
Process rating: all ten parameters 56/100
- 0Tools and files. 12 referenced file(s) missing: references/source-and-claim-ledgers.md, references/review-gate.md, references/codex-runtime-model.md
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 30Running it twice. 2 mutating operations with no state check
- 50When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 55Failures and branches. 1 branches
- 100Steps. 38 steps
- 100Result and completion. Output format and completion criterion are stated
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1359 tokens
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 543: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 8 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 38 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (1 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 75.