codomyrmex
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Project-scoped configuration for the Codex agent runtime. It registers the Codomyrmex MCP server for Codex with a read-only tool allow-list and prompt-before-use approvals. - config.toml — a single [mcp_servers.codomyrmex] table that starts scripts/model_context_protocol/run_mcp_server.py through uv run with --transport stdio --profile readonly, sets startup_timeout_sec = 20, tool_timeout_sec = 60, and default_tools_approval_mode = "prompt", and enables ten read-only tools (git_status, git_diff, read_file, list_directory, search_code, analyze_python_file, json_query, checksum_file, list_modules, get_module_info). - README.md — human signpost. - scripts/model_context_protocol/run_mcp_server.py is the server Codex launches; its…
Where files are headingNew AGENTS.md files have more rules about keeping secrets out of the code, and fewer about code style.
Of the AGENTS.md files we read, the 31,700 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.
In this repository47 other files it gives its agents.
- .agent/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .agents/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .agents/skills/agent-interop/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .agents/skills/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .agents/skills/first-principles/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .agents/skills/mcp-tool-use/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .agents/skills/red-team/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .agents/skills/systems-thinking/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- config/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .cursor/skills/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .cursor/skills/codomyrmex/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .cursor/skills/desloppify/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .cursor/skills/fractals/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- data/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .devcontainer/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- docs/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- evaluations/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- examples/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .github/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .github/commands/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .github/scripts/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .github/workflows/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .jules/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .pipelines/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- projects/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- scripts/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- src/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- tests/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .workflows/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- agent-interopSkill
- first-principlesSkill
- mcp-tool-useSkill
- red-teamSkill
- systems-thinkingSkill
- agent-interopSkill
- first-principlesSkill
- mcp-tool-useSkill
- qmdSkill
- red-teamSkill
- systems-thinkingSkill
- CodomyrmexSkill
- desloppifySkill
- Fractals orchestratorSkill
- CodomyrmexSkill
The file
We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent
4 rules. About 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈2
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- could be automatic: a setting could enforce it
- Very specific: line 34
Do not commit secrets or credentials into config.toml.
- Distinctive: line 36
Treat edits as behavior changes for any Codex-driven agent sessions.
- Very specific: line 37
Keep the checked-in surface read-only: add a write or command tool only for a named task and restore the allow-list afterwards.
- Distinctive: line 40
Check what the server actually exposes before changing the allow-list:
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 40,246 AGENTS.md files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
AGENTS.md — codomyrmex/.codex
Purpose
Project-scoped configuration for the Codex agent runtime. It registers the Codomyrmex MCP server for Codex with a read-only tool allow-list and prompt-before-use approvals.
Key Files
config.toml— a single[mcp_servers.codomyrmex]table that startsscripts/model_context_protocol/run_mcp_server.pythroughuv runwith--transport stdio --profile readonly, setsstartup_timeout_sec = 20,tool_timeout_sec = 60, anddefault_tools_approval_mode = "prompt", and enables ten read-only tools (git_status,git_diff,read_file,list_directory,search_code,analyze_python_file,json_query,checksum_file,list_modules,get_module_info).README.md— human signpost.
Dependencies
scripts/model_context_protocol/run_mcp_server.pyis the server Codex launches; itsREADONLY_TOOL_NAMESset defines thereadonlyprofile, soenabled_toolsmust stay a subset of it.- Codex discovers project skills from
.agents/skills/; this file configures MCP only, and Codex applies it only to trusted projects. - Referenced by docs/agents/agent-interoperability.md,
.agents/skills/mcp-tool-use/SKILL.md, and.agents/skills/agent-interop/SKILL.md. - Parent: ../README.md · Root contract: ../AGENTS.md
Development Guidelines
- Do not commit secrets or credentials into
config.toml; keep secrets in the runtime's own credential store. - Treat edits as behavior changes for any Codex-driven agent sessions.
- Keep the checked-in surface read-only: add a write or command tool only for a
named task and restore the allow-list afterwards; do not switch the
checked-in server to
--profile full. Check what the server actually exposes before changing the allow-list:
uv run python scripts/model_context_protocol/run_mcp_server.py --profile readonly --list-tools codex mcp list
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