GPT WORLD / INDEPENDENT CODEX FIELD MANUAL Source review · 2026-07-26

COMMUNITY COMPANION / CODEX-FIRST

Direct Codex without friction.

Director Mode Lite v2.1 centers two core Skills—director-mode and session-relay—then adapts the same lightweight operating contract to Codex, Claude Code, and Grok Build.

SETUP / ALL CLI

Install the complete three-CLI runtime—or use only the plugin.

The shell installer adds project guidance, native adapters, director-relay, director-open, and the read-only director-doctor. A plugin-only install still keeps the two core Skills functional through their bundled guide, relay, and doctor fallbacks.

The default is --hooks none and the installer does not change persistent permissions, approvals, sandbox settings, or hook trust. director-open codex is a separate, explicit launch choice for a trusted workspace.
DIRECTOR MODE LITE / GUIDANCE
  1. $git clone https://github.com/claude-world/director-mode-lite.git
  2. $cd director-mode-lite
  3. $./install.sh --cli all --hooks none /path/to/project
  4. $cd /path/to/project
  5. $.director-mode/bin/director-doctor --json --no-probe
  6. $.director-mode/bin/director-relay status --json
  7. $.director-mode/bin/director-open --print codex

TWO CORE SKILLS / FALLBACKS

Start with two core Skills.

Everything else is an adapter or optional workflow. Codex remains the runtime of record for this companion.

  1. 01 / DIRECT

    director-mode frames the work

    State outcome, context, constraints, evidence, and the next decision; then let Codex inspect the real repository and choose an appropriate approach.

  2. 02 / RELAY

    session-relay carries state

    Create or receive a privacy-bounded director-handoff/v2 packet when work should cross a provider or survive a context boundary.

  3. 03 / FALLBACK

    Plugin-only remains useful

    Without a .director-mode runtime, the Skills fall back to bundled references/GUIDANCE.md, scripts/director-relay.py, and scripts/director-doctor.py.

  4. 04 / DIAGNOSE

    director-doctor only observes

    It reports runtime assets, CLI discovery, agent and Skill counts, and known hook registrations; it never repairs files or changes permissions.

RUNTIME / CODEX

Map v2.1 onto native Codex surfaces.

Director Mode supplies portable guidance and state; Codex keeps ownership of history, approvals, sandboxing, subagents, and execution.

Director Mode surfaceCodex-first pathWhat remains native
Core directiondirector-mode + AGENTS.mdInstruction discovery and precedence
Cross-provider continuationsession-relay + director-handoff/v2A new Codex session receives the packet
Same-provider continuationcodex resume --last or codex resume <session-id>Codex-native conversation history
Plugin-only fallbackBundled guide, relay, and doctorNo project runtime is required
Read-only diagnosisdirector-doctor --json --no-probeReports drift and hook surfaces without mutation
Explicit open launchdirector-open codexnever + danger-full-access for this launch
Completion evidence/diff, /review, and project testsRepository state and reviewer findings

DIRECTOR-HANDOFF/V2 / STATUS DRIFT

Resume Codex natively; relay across providers.

Stay with Codex resume or codex exec resume when the provider does not change. A Claude↔Codex↔Grok handoff always opens a new native receiving session; a source vendor session ID is metadata, never a portable resume token.

Protocol director-handoff/v2 records root_id, parent_id, hop, and route for multi-hop lineage while continuing to validate v1 packets.

Before takeover, director-relay status --json compares the captured branch, HEAD, Git status, and diff statistics with the live worktree. It reports status drift without blocking continuation.

Codex-first rule: use codex resume --last, codex resume <session-id>, or codex exec resume for Codex history; use a packet and a new native session when crossing providers.

Packets default to review_status: unreviewed. --reviewed only records that the user-supplied summary and captured path metadata were reviewed before sharing; it does not mean GPT World or the receiving CLI reviewed the packet.

BOUNDARY / ADVICE ONLY

Zero default hooks; no permission mutation.

Director Mode Lite stays guidance-first and leaves Codex authority on native Codex surfaces.

  • Default installation uses --hooks none and registers zero Director Mode hooks.
  • Installing or selecting either core Skill does not rewrite permissions, approval policy, sandbox, network access, or hook trust.
  • director-open codex is an explicit launcher, not a persistent settings migration or a hook-based permission emulator.
  • director-doctor is read-only; status drift is evidence, not a gate.
  • Organization policy and pre-existing global hooks can still override a launch—inspect the active CODEX_HOME.