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Local skills in ~/.agents/skills are no longer discovered in new Codex sessions

OpenAI Developer Community April 22, 2026
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Title: Local skills in ~/.agents/skills are no longer discovered in new Codex sessions Environment: * Codex desktop on macOS * Workspace: /Users/muheng/workspace/agentbuilder-ai.com * Config: ~/.codex/config.toml * Current date: 2026-04-22 Expected: * Skills placed in ~/.agents/skills//SKILL.md should appear in newly started sessions after restarting Codex Actual: * Local skills do not appear in the session-exposed skills list, even after full app restart and starting a brand-new thread Repro: 1. Install a local skill package under ~/.codex/superpowers 2. Symlink top-level skills into ~/.agents/skills, e.g. ~/.agents/skills/brainstorming → ~/.codex/superpowers/skills/brainstorming ~/.agents/skills/writing-plans → ~/.codex/superpowers/skills/writing-plans 3. Confirm each symlink target contains SKILL.md 4. Restart Codex desktop fully 5. Start a new session 6. Ask for a local skill by name, e.g. “use brainstorming” Result: * The local skills are still not available to the agent Notes: * This previously worked before a recent Codex update * Filesystem layout is valid * The issue appears to be skill discovery / injection regression, not installation error

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