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Codex Skills

Codex reads Skills from ~/.agents/skills/, the shared folder, not a Codex-only one. 104 ready-made Skills for video, images, web pages and slides.

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~/.agents/skills/
└── ours-dust-erase/
    ├── SKILL.md
    └── …
Codex scans .agents/skills/ in every folder from where you start it up to the repository root.

Where Codex looks for Skills

Personal folder
~/.agents/skills/
Project folder
.agents/skills/
Also
.agents/skills/ in each folder from where you start up to the repository root, and /etc/codex/skills for the whole machine
Call a Skill
Run /skills or type $ to mention a Skill, or let Codex pick it from the description
Check it loaded
Run /skills in the Codex CLI or IDE extension
After you add one
Detects new Skills on its own; restart Codex if one doesn’t appear
Format
SKILL.md folders (the Agent Skills format)

From OpenAI docs: Build skills (Codex) (opens in a new tab), read 2026-11-04.

Skills to try in Codex

Each one is a plain SKILL.md folder, the format Codex reads. Skills that make images or video call FAL with your own key, so your agent needs to be allowed to run terminal commands.

  • FreeVideo

    Dust Erase

    A 7-second light explainer: a record full of personal details is scanned, flagged, then crumbles to dust before your payoff and result appear.

  • FreeVideo

    Every Screen Agent

    A 6.8-second light product shot: an agent finishes a job on a laptop, the same job shows on a phone, and links reach a terminal, a chat and a code review.

  • FreeImage

    Headspace Style OG Image

    Calm share cards with floating phones on a warm off-white ground, ringed by smiling suns, clouds and flowers, made by GPT Image 2 through FAL.

  • FreeImage

    Intercom Style OG Image

    Share cards with a heavy black headline and hand-inked chat bubbles over flat aqua splashes on light gray, made by GPT Image 2 through FAL.

  • PremiumWeb pages

    Dot Avatar Maker

    Describe a cute round character and your agent opens a 3D maker already set to it: 25 forms, 12 materials, 32 styles. Download a transparent PNG or a 3D page.

    $4.99 or with Premium

  • PremiumWeb pages

    iPhone Duo Mockup

    Put your app, site or screen recording on a 3D iPhone Duo that folds in the browser. Your agent sets both screens and exports a transparent PNG or a 60 fps MP4.

    $4.99 or with Premium

  • FreeSlides

    Curve Profile Deck

    A friendly ten-page company or studio profile in steel blue and white, with photos in curved frames, soft rounded cards and a few large figures.

  • FreeSlides

    Editorial Team Deck

    A ten-page team introduction with black-and-white portraits, large capital headlines on pale grey and near-black pages, and violet arrow tiles.

See all 104 Skills

How to add a Skill to Codex

Get the Skill’s ZIP from its card once downloads open, then:

  1. Unzip the Skill so its folder sits at ~/.agents/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md, or at .agents/skills/<skill>/ in a repository.
  2. Codex detects it on its own. If it doesn’t show up, restart Codex.
  3. Run /skills to see it, or type $ and start the Skill’s name.
  4. Ask for the result, or mention the Skill with
    lt;skill> in your prompt.

Good to know

  • Two Skills with one name both stay. Codex doesn’t merge Skills that share a name; both can appear in the Skill picker. Rename one if that confuses you.
  • Turn one off without deleting it. Add a [[skills.config]] entry with the Skill’s path and enabled = false to ~/.codex/config.toml, then restart Codex.
  • Symlinks work. Codex follows a symlinked Skill folder to its target, so one copy can serve several projects.

Skills vs plugins in Codex

A Skill is the workflow itself: a folder with SKILL.md. A plugin is how Skills and connectors are packaged for other people to install through the plugin directory shared by ChatGPT and Codex.

FAQ

Codex Skills: questions

Where is the Codex skills folder?

Your personal folder is ~/.agents/skills/. In a repository, Codex reads .agents/skills/ in the folder you start from, in parent folders, and at the repository root. Machine-wide Skills go in /etc/codex/skills. Source (opens in a new tab)

How do I call a Skill in Codex?

Run /skills, or type $ and the Skill’s name in your prompt. Codex can also pick a Skill on its own when your task matches its description. Source (opens in a new tab)

Codex doesn’t see the Skill I just added.

Codex detects new Skills automatically. If one doesn’t appear, restart Codex, and check that SKILL.md sits directly inside the Skill’s own folder. Source (opens in a new tab)

Do the same Skills work in ChatGPT?

OpenAI’s docs describe one Skill format for ChatGPT and Codex. In ChatGPT you type @ to pick a Skill. We sell our Skills for coding agents and have not tested them in ChatGPT. Source (opens in a new tab)

Skills for the other agents you use

Every Premium Skill, one plan.

$9.99 / month · $79 / year · $169 once, or $4.99 for one Skill.

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