Blocked: audit codex-skills inside Codex Lab dogfood

[shiny-code-bot]

Current Status

Blocked by #28. Do not start this audit until Codex Lab has a working, dogfoodable CLI flow that can run real agent tasks end to end.

This issue exists now so we do not forget the audit, but it should remain parked until the dogfood MVP is far enough along to produce useful feedback instead of speculative feedback.

Context

We want to audit whether codex-skills guidance works naturally inside Codex Lab once Codex Lab is usable as the active Codex-based coding CLI. The goal is not to copy Every Code behavior back into Codex Lab; it is to find where skills, Codex Lab product affordances, or both need to change so agents have low-friction, correct paths.

Audit Scope After Unblock

• GitHub helper-first behavior, comments-first issue orientation, PR checks, merge hygiene, and PR babysitting.
• Local LLM and local-agent flows, including exact prompt control where Codex Lab should avoid unintended harness/system-prompt pollution.
• Auto Review current-target handling, stale detached findings, bounded detail retrieval, and review-result surfacing.
• Browser/tool workflows and real-world task recovery.
• Skill routing, progressive disclosure, and whether skill instructions remain strong enough inside Codex Lab.
• Whether Codex Lab needs product-side affordances so skills feel like the shortest safe path, not a manual workaround layer.

Acceptance

• Codex Lab MVP dogfood plan #28 has reached a dogfoodable state.
• Run real Codex Lab tasks end to end using codex-skills.
• Capture concrete friction with reproduction notes and decide whether each fix belongs in Codex Lab, codex-skills, or both.
• Update or split follow-up issues for any confirmed gaps.

Relationships

• Blocked by Codex Lab MVP dogfood plan #28.
• Related to Validate Auto Review and third-party agents for dogfood MVP #53 for Auto Review and third-party-agent dogfood validation.
• Related to codex-skills Launchplane audit: Audit codex-skills Launchplane runtime-authority boundary launchplane#1304