Plugin Manifest
codexclaw is declared by a single manifest at plugins/codexclaw/.codex-plugin/plugin.json. It
tells Codex which skills, hooks, and MCP servers to load.
Top-level fields
Section titled “Top-level fields”| Field | Value |
|---|---|
name |
codexclaw |
version |
0.1.0 |
repository |
https://github.com/lidge-jun/codexclaw |
homepage |
https://lidge-jun.github.io/codexclaw/ |
license |
MIT |
skills |
./skills/ — the skill directory root. |
hooks |
Twelve hook JSON files (see Hooks). |
mcpServers |
./.mcp.json — the subagent-config MCP server. |
Registered hooks
Section titled “Registered hooks”"hooks": [ "./hooks/session-start-ensuring-provider-bridge.json", "./hooks/session-start-announcing-map-affordance.json", "./hooks/user-prompt-submit-checking-pabcd-trigger.json", "./hooks/stop-checking-pabcd-continuation.json", "./hooks/pre-tool-use-guarding-goal-budget.json", "./hooks/pre-tool-use-guarding-interview-in-goal.json", "./hooks/post-tool-use-capturing-interview-answers.json", "./hooks/subagent-stop-verifying-evidence.json", "./hooks/pre-tool-use-attaching-skills.json", "./hooks/post-compact-resetting-reinject-cursor.json", "./hooks/pre-tool-use-linting-apply-patch.json", "./hooks/post-tool-use-tracking-render-observations.json"]The plugin currently contains eight component packages under components/ (including
skill-search) and 25 skill directories under skills/. The GUI is a separate workspace
package under plugins/codexclaw/gui/.
Interface metadata
Section titled “Interface metadata”The manifest’s interface block drives how codexclaw appears in Codex:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
displayName |
Codexclaw |
category |
Developer Tools |
websiteURL |
https://lidge-jun.github.io/codexclaw/ |
capabilities |
Skills, Hooks, Workflow, Subagents, Context Injection |
defaultPrompt |
Three prompts: “Plan this with codexclaw PABCD and use multi-model subagents.”; “Run cxc map to get the shape of this repo before we dive in.”; “Interview me first, then draft a diff-level plan.” |
Namespacing
Section titled “Namespacing”Because the plugin is named codexclaw, plugin-native skill mentions take the form
$codexclaw:cxc-dev. The $cxc-* shorthand is the project’s preferred name; how each form
resolves is covered in the Skills guide.