Migrate To Codex
OpenAIOfficialPublished by OpenAI
- Skill
- Workflow
- Automation and integrations
- Apache-2.0
- Low risk
- Has scripts
AutoGineer summary
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The migrate-to-codex skill provides a structured, automated procedure to migrate existing Claude Code setups into the Codex ecosystem. It handles the conversion of instruction files, slash commands, skills, agents, and MCP server configurations. The tool follows a rigorous process involving scanning, planning, dry-running, and validating the migration to ensure artifacts are correctly mapped while preserving project-specific configurations. It includes a self-healing loop to resolve manual migration requirements and ensures that generated Codex artifacts are validated against target standards.
What it does
- Converts Claude Code instruction files into Codex-compatible formats.
- Migrates slash commands and skills into the Codex skill structure.
- Updates MCP server configurations for use in Codex.
- Generates a migration report detailing added items and manual review requirements.
- Validates generated Codex artifacts to ensure configuration integrity.
- Provides a dry-run mode to preview changes before applying them.
When to use it
- When transitioning a development environment from Claude Code to Codex.
- When you need to port custom skills or agents to a new Codex project.
- When updating global or project-level configurations to align with Codex standards.
- When you need to verify the readiness of existing Claude artifacts for Codex.
Advantages
- Automates complex migration steps, reducing manual effort.
- Provides clear reporting on what was successfully migrated and what requires manual attention.
- Includes a self-healing loop to iteratively resolve migration issues.
- Ensures project-specific configurations are preserved during the transition.
- Validates targets post-migration to prevent configuration errors.
Usage examples
- “Run a scan to see what Claude artifacts are available for migration.”
- The tool lists active and inactive source surfaces from the specified Claude directory.
- “Perform a dry-run migration of my project settings to Codex.”
- The tool generates a plan and reports potential changes without modifying any files.
- “Execute the full migration of my global Claude configuration to Codex.”
- The tool migrates instructions, skills, and MCP configs, creating a report of the results.
- “Validate the Codex target after my migration.”
- The tool checks the generated Codex files for errors and reports any remaining manual fixes.
Install
Download the skill as a ZIP:
https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/openai/migrate-to-codex/downloadUnzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:
mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip migrate-to-codex.zip -d .agents/skills
Documentation by OpenAI
Migrate to Codex
Autonomy
Keep going until the selected migration is completely done: run the migrator, inspect the report, fix migrated Codex instructions/skills/agents/MCP config, and re-run checks without stopping to ask for confirmation of the next step. If the user has selected a target, do not ask before creating, editing, replacing, or deleting generated Codex artifacts in that target (AGENTS.md, .codex/, .agents/, or ~/.codex/). Preserve unrelated existing Codex config entries in .codex/config.toml or ~/.codex/config.toml, such as notify, projects, marketplaces, or unrelated MCP servers; do not ask about them unless they fail validation or directly conflict with the migration. Do not edit source Claude Code files (.claude/, ~/.claude/, .mcp.json, or .claude.json), unrelated project code, secrets, or another repository.
Migration Order
Run the migration in this order for each selected global or project source:
Start by using Codex's built-in TODO/task list tool. Do not create
MIGRATION_TODOS.mdor any TODO file unless the user explicitly asks. The TODO list input has aplanarray whose items each havestepandstatus; use statusespending,in_progress, andcompleted. Make the TODOs specific to the selected artifacts. Before finishing, update the TODO list so every finished step is markedcompletedand no step remainsin_progress. Use literal source → Codex target labels, for example:Inspect
.claude/commands→ Codex skills/promptsInspect
.claude/agents→.codex/agentsInspect
.mcp.json→.codex/config.tomlMCP serversInspect
.claude/settings.jsonhooks →.codex/hooks.jsonMigrate safe selected artifacts → Codex files
Validate generated
.codex/config.tomlValidate generated
.codex/agentsReport migrated artifacts and manual-review items
Read
references/differences.md(and refresh Codex docs if itsDocs last checkeddate is old).Scan and inspect before writing:
--scan-onlylists active and inactive source surfaces.--planprints staged Codex artifact paths and report rows.--doctorsummarizes readiness, manual-review work, and validation risks.
Convert surfaces in the same order the CLI uses:
instructions:
CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.mdtoAGENTS.mdplugins: report Claude plugin trees and marketplaces as manual migration work
hooks: rewrite supported Claude hooks into
.codex/hooks.jsonand enable[features].codex_hooks = trueskills and commands: write Codex skills under
.agents/skills/config: write
.codex/config.tomlfrom Claude model/sandbox settings and MCP servers, includingpersonality = "friendly"when config is generatedsubagents: write Codex custom agents under
.codex/agents/
Dry-run, then write the selected target. Use
--replaceonly when orphan generated skills or agents should be deleted.Inspect the terminal output and
.codex/migrate-to-codex-report.txtafter real runs.Review generated artifacts in this order:
AGENTS.md,.agents/skills/,.codex/config.toml,.codex/hooks.json,.codex/agents/, then report-only plugin items.Run
--validate-targetagainst each target after edits.Re-run checks and
--dry-runafter edits.Return the final migration report as one markdown table per scope that has rows. The tables cover only the non-native follow-up migration work you performed, such as skills created from slash commands, subagents, MCP servers, hooks, unsupported/local plugin notes, and manual-review caveats. Include programmatic native import rows for config, instructions, skills, or supported plugins only if you personally migrated them in this follow-up run.
If only one scope has rows, render only the table with no heading. If multiple scopes have rows, render one heading before each table. Use
**User Config**for user-scope rows. For project-scope rows, use the actual project folder name as the heading, for example**northstar-support-portal**; do not useCurrent Projectas the heading. Do not add prose before or after the table output.Use exactly these columns:
northstar-support-portal
Status Item Notes AddedSlash commandpr-reviewConverted into a Codex skill AddedSubagentrelease-leadAdded as a Codex subagent Check before usingHookPreToolUseConverted, but some Claude hook behavior differs in Codex Not AddedHookNotificationCodex does not have an equivalent notification hook Not AddedPluginteam-macrosPlugin needs manual setup Statusmust beAdded,Check before using, orNot Added. UseAddedwhen a Codex-facing artifact was created or changed and needs no special review. UseCheck before usingwhen a Codex-facing artifact was created or changed but the migration changed semantics, inferred behavior, preserved tool rules as guidance, or dropped unsupported behavior. UseNot Addedwhen a source artifact was detected but no Codex-facing artifact was created.Itemcombines the artifact type and concrete item name in one cell. Artifact type must be singular:Skill,Slash command,Subagent,MCP,Hook, orPlugin. Wrap the artifact type in inline code; write the item name as plain text after it.Notesis always required; never leave it empty. Keep notes short, plain, and literal. Avoid internal implementation terms such as runtime expansion. Prefer phrases likeConverted into a Codex skill,Added as a Codex subagent,Added to Codex config,Converted into a Codex hook,Converted, but some Claude hook behavior differs in Codex,Codex does not have an equivalent notification hook,Plugin needs manual setup, orPlugin marketplace needs manual setup.
Self-Healing Loop
Keep looping until the selected migration is complete:
Run
--planor--doctor.Run the migration with
--dry-run.Run the migration for real.
Fix every generated
## MANUAL MIGRATION REQUIREDblock and everymanual_fix_requiredorskippedreport row that can be resolved inside Codex artifacts.Run
--validate-target.Re-run the migrator and validator until the report and validator have no actionable generated-artifact fixes left.
Do not edit source Claude Code files, unrelated project code, secrets, or another repository during this loop. If a report row requires source-provider changes or product judgment, leave the generated Codex artifact with clear manual guidance instead of changing the source.
Commands
Choose the migrator command.
MIGRATE_TO_CODEX='python3 .codex/skills/migrate-to-codex/scripts/migrate-to-codex.py'Inspect the migration before writing.
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --source ~/.claude/ --scan-only
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --source ~/.claude/ --target ~/.codex/ --plan
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --source ~/.claude/ --target ~/.codex/ --doctorDry-run, then run without --dry-run, for global and project.
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --source ~/.claude/ --target ~/.codex/ --dry-run
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --source ~/.claude/ --target ~/.codex/
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --source ./.claude/ --target ./.codex/ --dry-run
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --source ./.claude/ --target ./.codex/Run the post-migration validator against each target after edits.
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --validate-target ~/.codex/
$MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --validate-target ./.codex/Run $MIGRATE_TO_CODEX --help for flags (--scan-only, --plan, --doctor, --validate-target, defaults, and so on). Deep tables and more links are in references/differences.md.
Files
- ATTRIBUTION.mdAdded by AutoGineer890 B
- LICENSE.txt11.1 KiB
- SKILL.md7.8 KiB
- agents/openai.yaml144 B
- references/differences.md13.4 KiB
- scripts/cli.pyScript29.4 KiB
- scripts/migrate-to-codex.pyScript208 B
- scripts/migrate/__init__.pyScript285 B
- scripts/migrate/agents.pyScript9.8 KiB
- scripts/migrate/codex_config.pyScript3.9 KiB
- scripts/migrate/common.pyScript11.2 KiB
- scripts/migrate/hooks.pyScript8.0 KiB
- scripts/migrate/instructions.pyScript2.4 KiB
- scripts/migrate/mcps.pyScript6.9 KiB
- scripts/migrate/plugins.pyScript660 B
- scripts/migrate/settings.pyScript1.0 KiB
- scripts/migrate/skills.pyScript12.3 KiB
- scripts/utils/__init__.pyScript35 B
- scripts/utils/scan.pyScript4.3 KiB
- scripts/utils/util.pyScript9.2 KiB
scripts/migrate/skills.py
"""Convert Claude Code skills and commands into Codex skills.
Reads `.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` and `.claude/skills/<name>.md`, then emits
`.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` plus supported helper directories for directory
skills. Also wraps `.claude/commands/*.md` as
one-file Codex skills. Runtime placeholders, file expansion, shell
interpolation, and unsupported metadata are preserved with manual-review
caveats.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import re
from collections.abc import Sequence
from pathlib import Path
from migrate.common import (
CODEX_SKILLS_ROOT,
ArtifactKind,
ConversionResult,
GeneratedText,
MigrationReportItem,
ParsedDocument,
PlannedArtifact,
SimpleYamlFrontmatter,
append_report_item,
format_bullets,
format_frontmatter,
format_manual_migration_block,
is_path_within_root,
manual_report_item,
parse_frontmatter,
unsupported_frontmatter_fields,
)
from utils.util import slugify_name
COMMAND_FILE_SOURCES = (
(Path(".claude") / "commands", "source-command", "source command"),
)
SKILL_SOURCE_ROOTS = (
Path(".claude") / "skills",
)
SKILL_SUPPORT_DIRS = ("scripts", "references", "assets")
def iter_skill_files(source_root: Path) -> tuple[Path, ...]:
if not source_root.exists():
return ()
single_file_skills = tuple(
source_file
for source_file in sorted(source_root.glob("*.md"))
if source_file.stem != "README"
)
directory_skills = tuple(sorted(source_root.glob("*/SKILL.md")))
return single_file_skills + directory_skills
def skill_target_name(source_file: Path) -> str:
if source_file.name == "SKILL.md":
return source_file.parent.name
return source_file.stem
def command_caveats(
template: str,
unsupported_fields: Sequence[str],
) -> tuple[str, ...]:
caveats: list[str] = []
if re.search(r"\$(ARGUMENTS|\d+)\b", template):
caveats.append(
"Provider argument placeholders like `$ARGUMENTS` or `$1` were preserved as text; rewrite them into natural-language instructions for Codex."
)
if "{{" in template and "}}" in template:
caveats.append(
"Provider template variables like `{{name}}` were preserved as text; rewrite them into natural-language instructions for Codex."
)
if re.search(r"!\s*`", template):
caveats.append(
"Provider shell-output interpolation like ``!`command` `` was preserved as text; replace it with explicit Codex instructions to run the command when needed."
)
if re.search(r"(^|\s)@[\w./~:-]+", template):
caveats.append(
"Provider automatic file-reference expansion was preserved as text; verify Codex should read those files explicitly."
)
if unsupported_fields:
caveats.append(
"Review unsupported command metadata manually: "
+ ", ".join(f"`{field_name}`" for field_name in unsupported_fields)
+ "."
)
return tuple(caveats)
def convert_skills(source_root: Path) -> ConversionResult:
result = convert_skill_files(source_root / ".claude" / "skills")
result.add(convert_command_skills(source_root))
return result
def convert_skill_files(source_root: Path) -> ConversionResult:
result = ConversionResult()
for source_file in iter_skill_files(source_root):
artifacts, report_item = convert_skill_file(source_file)
result.artifacts.extend(artifacts)
result.summary.skills += 1
result.report_items.append(report_item)
return result
def convert_command_skills(source_root: Path) -> ConversionResult:
result = ConversionResult()
for command_source_root, name_prefix, provider in COMMAND_FILE_SOURCES:
result.add(
convert_markdown_command_files(
source_root / command_source_root,
name_prefix,
provider,
)
)
return result
def codex_skill_frontmatter(name: str, description: str) -> SimpleYamlFrontmatter:
return SimpleYamlFrontmatter(
{
"name": name,
"description": description,
}
)
def convert_skill_file(source_file: Path) -> tuple[list[PlannedArtifact], MigrationReportItem]:
document = ParsedDocument.from_file(source_file)
name = document.frontmatter.required_string("name")
description = document.frontmatter.required_string("description")
allowed_tools = document.frontmatter.string_tuple("allowed-tools")
unsupported_fields = unsupported_frontmatter_fields(
document.frontmatter.to_dict(),
("name", "description", "allowed-tools"),
)
artifacts = [
PlannedArtifact(
relative_path=CODEX_SKILLS_ROOT / skill_target_name(source_file) / "SKILL.md",
payload=GeneratedText(
render_skill(
document.body,
name=name,
description=description,
allowed_tools=allowed_tools,
unsupported_fields=unsupported_fields,
)
),
kind=ArtifactKind.SKILL,
)
]
artifacts.extend(skill_support_artifacts(source_file))
return artifacts, skill_report_item(source_file, allowed_tools, unsupported_fields)
def skill_support_artifacts(source_file: Path) -> list[PlannedArtifact]:
if source_file.name != "SKILL.md":
return []
artifacts: list[PlannedArtifact] = []
skill_root = source_file.parent
target_root = CODEX_SKILLS_ROOT / skill_root.name
source_files: list[Path] = []
for dirname in SKILL_SUPPORT_DIRS:
source_dir = skill_root / dirname
if not source_dir.exists():
continue
source_files.extend(
source_file
for source_file in source_dir.rglob("*")
if source_file.is_file() and is_path_within_root(source_file, skill_root)
)
for support_file in sorted(
source_files,
key=lambda path: path.relative_to(skill_root).as_posix(),
):
artifacts.append(
PlannedArtifact.from_source_file(
support_file,
target_root / support_file.relative_to(skill_root),
)
)
return artifacts
def render_skill(
body: str,
*,
name: str,
description: str,
allowed_tools: tuple[str, ...],
unsupported_fields: tuple[str, ...],
) -> str:
return format_frontmatter(
codex_skill_frontmatter(name, description),
render_skill_body(body, allowed_tools, unsupported_fields),
)
def render_skill_body(
body: str,
allowed_tools: tuple[str, ...],
unsupported_fields: tuple[str, ...],
) -> str:
manual_notes: list[str] = []
if allowed_tools:
manual_notes.append(
"Claude `allowed-tools` was preserved as prompt guidance, not a Codex permission boundary.\n\n"
"You're allowed to use these tools:\n\n"
f"{format_bullets(allowed_tools)}"
)
if unsupported_fields:
manual_notes.append(
"Review unsupported Claude skill fields manually: "
f"{', '.join(f'`{field_name}`' for field_name in unsupported_fields)}."
)
if not manual_notes:
return body
return f"{body.rstrip()}\n\n{format_manual_migration_block(manual_notes)}\n"
def skill_report_detail(
allowed_tools: tuple[str, ...],
unsupported_fields: tuple[str, ...],
) -> str:
caveats: list[str] = []
if allowed_tools:
caveats.append("allowed-tools")
caveats.extend(unsupported_fields)
if not caveats:
return "Converted Claude skill."
return (
"Manual review required for Claude skill fields: "
+ ", ".join(f"`{field_name}`" for field_name in caveats)
+ "."
)
def skill_report_item(
source_file: Path,
allowed_tools: tuple[str, ...],
unsupported_fields: tuple[str, ...],
) -> MigrationReportItem:
report_items: list[MigrationReportItem] = []
detail = skill_report_detail(allowed_tools, unsupported_fields)
append_report_item(
report_items,
allowed_tools or unsupported_fields,
CODEX_SKILLS_ROOT / skill_target_name(source_file) / "SKILL.md",
detail,
detail,
)
return report_items[0]
def convert_markdown_command_files(
source_root: Path,
name_prefix: str,
provider: str,
) -> ConversionResult:
result = ConversionResult()
if not source_root.exists():
return result
for source_file in sorted(source_root.rglob("*.md")):
artifact, report_item = convert_command_file(
source_root,
source_file,
name_prefix,
provider,
)
result.artifacts.append(artifact)
result.summary.skills += 1
result.report_items.append(report_item)
return result
def convert_command_file(
source_root: Path,
source_file: Path,
name_prefix: str,
provider: str,
) -> tuple[PlannedArtifact, MigrationReportItem]:
document = ParsedDocument.from_file(source_file)
source_name = "-".join(source_file.relative_to(source_root).with_suffix("").parts)
name = slugify_name(f"{name_prefix}-{source_name}")
description = document.frontmatter.optional_string("description")
if not description:
description = f"Run the migrated {provider} `{source_name}`."
unsupported_fields = unsupported_frontmatter_fields(
document.frontmatter.to_dict(),
("description",),
)
caveats = command_caveats(document.body, unsupported_fields)
artifact = PlannedArtifact(
relative_path=CODEX_SKILLS_ROOT / name / "SKILL.md",
payload=GeneratedText(
render_command_skill(
document.body,
name=name,
description=description,
provider=provider,
source_name=source_name,
caveats=caveats,
)
),
kind=ArtifactKind.SKILL,
)
return artifact, command_report_item(name, provider, source_name)
def render_command_skill(
body: str,
*,
name: str,
description: str,
provider: str,
source_name: str,
caveats: tuple[str, ...],
) -> str:
manual_notes = [
f"Migrated from {provider} `{source_name}` into a Codex skill. "
f"Invoke it as `${name}` and manually rewrite any slash-command behavior that depended on provider-specific runtime expansion."
]
manual_notes.extend(caveats)
template_body = body.strip() or "No command template body was found."
return format_frontmatter(
codex_skill_frontmatter(name, description),
f"# {name}\n\n"
"Use this skill when the user asks to run the migrated "
f"{provider} `{source_name}`.\n\n"
"## Command Template\n\n"
f"{template_body}\n\n"
f"{format_manual_migration_block(manual_notes)}\n",
)
def validate_skill_files(target_root: Path) -> list[MigrationReportItem]:
skills_root = target_root / CODEX_SKILLS_ROOT
if not skills_root.exists():
return []
report_items: list[MigrationReportItem] = []
for skill_file in sorted(skills_root.glob("*/SKILL.md")):
relative_path = skill_file.relative_to(target_root)
document = parse_frontmatter(skill_file.read_text(), skill_file)
missing = [
key
for key in ("name", "description")
if not document.frontmatter.optional_string(key)
]
if missing:
report_items.append(
MigrationReportItem(
"error",
relative_path,
"skill frontmatter missing " + ", ".join(missing) + ".",
)
)
continue
report_items.append(
MigrationReportItem(
"ok",
relative_path,
"skill frontmatter has name and description.",
)
)
return report_items
def command_report_detail(provider: str, source_name: str) -> str:
return (
f"Converted {provider} `{source_name}` to a single-file Codex skill; "
"review invocation and template placeholder semantics."
)
def command_report_item(
name: str,
provider: str,
source_name: str,
) -> MigrationReportItem:
return manual_report_item(
CODEX_SKILLS_ROOT / name / "SKILL.md",
command_report_detail(provider, source_name),
)
Requirements and compatibility
Written for: OpenAI Codex
Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta
“Works with” means the tool reads the open Agent Skills format; a skill written for one tool may use features others lack.
Needs: Needs an MCP server, Needs Python
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Attribution and licence
- Published by
- OpenAI
- Publisher
- OpenAI (Official)
- Source
- openai/skills · skills/.curated/migrate-to-codex · commit 49f948f
- Licence
- Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
- ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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