Jia-Ethan/codex-keysmith
Versioned Codex instruction deployment with preview, ownership manifests, hook isolation, scenario evaluation, and recovery. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
80/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 4
Flags: young
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1
- age_days: 66
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 14
Adoption not part of the score
4071 stars · 634 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
codex-keysmith is a Python CLI that safely deploys versioned Markdown instruction files into the Codex CLI global configuration directory (~/.codex), with preview/dry-run, ownership manifests, hook isolation, scenario evaluation, and rollback/recovery. It is part of a 'Keysmith' family of tools targeting different AI coding agents (Codex, Claude Code, Grok, ZCode).
Use cases
- deploy custom global instructions to Codex CLI
- preview config changes before writing to ~/.codex
- roll back or recover a broken Codex configuration
- isolate or restore Codex hooks. safely
- switch between instruction presets like unrestricted or persona-contract
- verify instruction deployments with checksums before running
When to choose
- you use Codex CLI and want safe, reversible global instruction management
- you need dry-run previews and ownership manifests before touching AI agent configs
- you want checksum-verified single-file CLI distribution without curl|python risks
When to avoid
- you need project-level (not global) instruction management for Codex
- you target Claude Code, Grok, or ZCode instead of Codex (use the sibling keysmith tools)
- you need a signed desktop installer or auto-updates (desktop builds are unsigned beta)
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
configuration-management prompt-engineering cli developer-tools backup developer-tools artificial-intelligence python cli windows cross-platform codex-cli ai-agent-configuration instruction-deployment local-first dry-run hooks-isolation recovery keysmith-series command-line automation macos linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Jia-Ethan/codex-keysmith · fetched 2026-08-28 · b61af2342411
- homepage: https://github.com/Jia-Ethan/codex-keysmith/releases/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 354c2521c119
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Jia-Ethan/codex-keysmith | main | 80 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="Jia-Ethan/codex-keysmith")
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