Codex QA
QA the omo Codex Light edition (packages/omo-codex/, shipped as lazycodex). We exercise OUR plugin in a REAL Codex while touching nothing of the user's setup: an isolated CODEX_HOME + a local mock model means no real API call and the real ~/.codex is never read or written. Each helper script ships a --self-test that asserts its scenario against the live machine, so the scripts are both the QA tools and their own regression checks.
Verified against codex-cli 0.140.0 (node, jq, tmux, bun on macOS). Confirm with codex --version; check a flag with codex <cmd> --help.
Golden rules (read before running anything)
- QA ONLY our plugin. Everything that spawns codex uses an isolated
CODEXHOME (created by cqamkisolatedhome) and a LOCAL mock model provider (cqastartmock). Never QA against the real ~/.codex, never hit a real model API. The bundled scripts enforce this; if you run codex by hand, export CODEXHOME="$(mktemp -d)/codex"; mkdir -p "$CODEXHOME" FIRST (a set CODEX_HOME must already exist or codex hard-errors).
- Prove the real home stayed clean. Every script shasums
~/.codex/config.toml before and after and asserts it is unchanged. If you script by hand, do the same.
- The interactive
codex is a shell function that injects --profile quotio.
Bash scripts bypass it and get the real binary; never rely on the interactive alias. See [references/isolation.md](references/isolation.md).
- The first-party way to prove a hook fired is the app-server notification
stream (hook/started / hook/completed), not log scraping. See [references/app-server.md](references/app-server.md).
- The captured JSON / pane IS the evidence — write it under
.omo/evidence/<YYYYMMDD>-<slug>/ (no evidence file == the QA did not happen).
Setup
cd <this-skill-dir> # .agents/skills/codex-qa
bash scripts/lib/common.sh --self-check # confirm deps + isolation harness
Docker is the default QA surface. Run this QA inside a disposable container that has the latest codex and a copy of your config, with the host ~/.codex untouched: script/agent/qa-docker.sh (see [references/docker-qa.md](references/docker-qa.md)). The local scripts below are the fallback for when Docker is unavailable or on Windows.
Router: pick your case
| You need to… |
Run |
Deep dive |
| Prove a plugin hook fires in a LIVE Codex turn (first-party) |
scripts/app-server-drive.sh --plugin |
[app-server.md](references/app-server.md) |
| Prove the app-server driver itself works (no plugin, fast) |
scripts/app-server-drive.sh --self-test |
[app-server.md](references/app-server.md) |
| Install the LOCAL build into an isolated home + assert it landed |
scripts/install-verify.sh --self-test |
[install-verify.md](references/install-verify.md) |
| Pin ONE component's hook logic deterministically (no codex) |
scripts/hook-unit-probe.sh --self-test |
[components-hooks.md](references/components-hooks.md) |
| Smoke the real TUI under tmux (boots, renders, survives) |
scripts/tui-smoke.sh --self-test |
[logging-debug.md](references/logging-debug.md) |
| Watch runtime logs while QAing |
(see reference; RUST_LOG / logs DB / /debug-config) |
[logging-debug.md](references/logging-debug.md) |
Scripts index (each is its own regression test)
| Script |
--self-test asserts |
scripts/lib/common.sh --self-check |
deps present; isolated CODEX_HOME is created inside a sandbox and auto-removed on exit; mock model serves the Responses SSE; real ~/.codex unchanged |
scripts/app-server-drive.sh |
--self-test: a bare turn completes and the mock assistant text comes back. --plugin: installs local omo, drives a turn, and asserts hook/completed for sessionStart,userPromptSubmit |
scripts/install-verify.sh |
local omo installs into the isolated home; config.toml enables omo@sisyphuslabs; component bins + agent TOMLs linked in the sandbox; real ~/.codex unchanged |
scripts/hook-unit-probe.sh |
the ultrawork component injects <ultrawork-mode> on an ulw UserPromptSubmit (also a manual --component/--event mode) |
scripts/tui-smoke.sh |
the real codex TUI boots in the isolated home, renders, and survives (no early exit); captures the pane |
When TUI visual QA evidence is needed, follow docs/reference/web-terminal-visual-qa.md: render the TUI through the real xterm.js web terminal - NEVER the tmux capture-pane frame, which degrades color and CJK width:
node script/qa/web-terminal-visual-qa.mjs --title "Codex TUI QA" \
--command "codex" --input "{Enter}" \
--evidence-dir .omo/evidence/<slug>/codex-web-terminal
The helper runs a real pty, renders it in xterm.js under Chrome, and writes terminal.txt, terminal-ansi.txt, terminal.png (true color), and metadata.json (--from-file <capture.ansi> replays a saved raw stream). Use that artifact set for TUI visual QA; use app-server-drive.sh --plugin for assertion-grade hook behavior.
Match QA to your change scope
- Component / hook logic (
packages/omo-codex/plugin/components/*):
hook-unit-probe.sh for the exact stdout, THEN app-server-drive.sh --plugin to prove the live wiring. See [components-hooks.md](references/components-hooks.md).
- Installer / config.toml (
packages/omo-codex/src/install/*):
install-verify.sh.
- Anything that affects a live session (hooks, agents, MCP wiring):
app-server-drive.sh --plugin, and tui-smoke.sh --plugin if the TUI path matters.
Capturing evidence
ev=".omo/evidence/$(date +%Y%m%d)-codex-qa-<slug>"; mkdir -p "$ev"
bash scripts/app-server-drive.sh --plugin > "$ev/app-server-drive.json" 2>&1
bash scripts/install-verify.sh --self-test > "$ev/install-verify.txt" 2>&1
On /debugging
There is no /debugging command in Codex. To observe a run: the app-server notification stream (above), RUSTLOG=debug on the app-server's stderr, the logs SQLite under $CODEXHOME, the TUI's /debug-config, and the codex debug … subcommands. See [logging-debug.md](references/logging-debug.md).