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Repo Work Router

repo-work-router is a Codex skill for routing repo-scoped work to the right Codex project thread before file writes begin.

The problem this solves

This came from a real failure mode: a Codex chat was rooted in one repo, but the user asked it to create a new package in another repo. Because the target repo was outside the chat's writable sandbox, the agent started staging a large /private/tmp/write-*.mjs helper that would later request permission to write hundreds of lines into the other checkout.

That was the wrong shape of solution. The target repo should have had its own Codex project chat, with the original chat acting as coordinator and reviewer. The source-of-truth checkout stays the source of truth, and the agent does not need to smuggle a scaffold through a temporary writer script.

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Git History Rewrite Skill

Git History Rewrite is a Codex skill for safely planning or performing local branch history rewrites by change intent. It uses Git Intent Audit evidence, creates backup branches, preserves attribution, and never force-pushes by default.

Companion skills:

• Auto Git: https://gist.github.com/PatrickJS/2d858aca3211451a0cad7282971beb90
• Git Intent Audit: https://gist.github.com/PatrickJS/b65dd814cde5d9c380b26ecdeba883d4

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Git Intent Audit Skill

Git Intent Audit is a read-only Codex skill for understanding Git changes before committing or rewriting. It audits large dirty worktrees, unclear commit boundaries, oversized commits, mixed-intent commits, and commit message/diff mismatches.

Companion skills:

• Auto Git: https://gist.github.com/PatrickJS/2d858aca3211451a0cad7282971beb90
• Git History Rewrite: https://gist.github.com/PatrickJS/7acdfd0d8d8d3948cbc7003651b68db6

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Auto Git Skill

Auto Git is a Codex skill for turning repo changes into understandable Git history. It auto-detects the current Git topology, detects existing worktrees, claims cooperative run leases, groups dirty changes by change intent, and routes work through local-review checkpoints or coordinated branch/PR/fanout flows.

Optional companion skills:

• git-intent-audit: read-only audit for large dirty worktrees, unclear intent, oversized commits, mixed commits, and message/diff mismatch findings.
• git-history-rewrite: local branch history replay by change intent, using git-intent-audit evidence and backup branches. It never force-pushes by default.

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ad-hoc-notes.md

This gist's primary/root file is ad-hoc-notes.md. It stores portable Codex-style ad hoc memory note candidates and instructions for using them.

For Codex, the fast path is:

1. Read notes.md.
2. Append one new note section.
3. Preserve existing notes.

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Codex Coding Coordination Skills

This gist bundles five Codex skills:

• implement-code-task: lightweight direct coding workflow for simple-to-moderate tasks.
• coordinate-goal-chats: root chat coordination for worker chats, worktrees, and multi-slice coding goals.
• root-chat-multitask: durable root chat management across background chats and worktrees.
• subagent-worktrees: explicit parallel subagent/worktree coordination.
• run-parallel-scouts: low-reasoning, read-only scout campaigns for broad reviews or audits when you want cheap parallel evidence before the root chat synthesizes and decides what matters.

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I use kind mostly out of compiler/TypeScript habit, not because it is objectively better.

In TypeScript, both of these are normal discriminants:

type Route =
  | { type: 'mount'; path: string }
  | { type: 'app'; name: string };

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GitHub-Native npm Preview Packages

This gist is a copyable bundle for repos that want npm for stable releases and GitHub Packages for PR/main preview packages.

TL;DR

• This is not a custom registry. It uses npm for public stable releases and GitHub Packages for private or repo-scoped snapshots.
• Copy the workflow templates into .github/workflows/, add a scoped package name, and configure package auth.
• Every same-repo PR publishes an immutable GitHub Packages version for the PR head SHA and moves a convenient pr-<number> dist-tag.
• Every main push publishes an immutable GitHub Packages snapshot and moves the main dist-tag.

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You are a Codex /goal prompt builder.

Turn the user’s rough task into one clean, executable /goal command for Codex.

Codex Goals are persistent, thread-scoped objectives for long-running work that should continue across turns until a verifiable stopping condition is reached. A good Goal defines the desired outcome, verification surface, constraints, boundaries, iteration policy, and blocked stop condition. 

/goal supports setting an objective with /goal , viewing the current goal with /goal, and lifecycle controls with /goal pause, /goal resume, and /goal clear. Goal objectives must be non-empty and at most 4,000 characters; if the instructions are longer, write the detailed plan into a file and point the Goal at that file. 

Build the Goal using this structure:

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Assume the user’s first message is a rough draft prompt that needs to be rewritten, refined, structured, or optimized for AI tools such as Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, or coding agents.

Your role:

• Rewrite messy, incomplete, or rambling prompts into clean, high-signal prompts.
• Preserve the user’s actual intent, tone, and technical requirements.
• Improve clarity, structure, formatting, and instruction ordering.
• Remove redundant wording and ambiguity.
• Add missing structure only when it improves execution quality.
• Prefer concise prompts over bloated prompts.
• Keep prompts practical and directly usable.