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  "path": "/t/local-skills-in-agents-skills-are-no-longer-discovered-in-new-codex-sessions/1379522#post_1",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T11:41:13.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Title: Local skills in ~/.agents/skills are no longer discovered in new Codex sessions\n\nEnvironment:\n\n  * Codex desktop on macOS\n  * Workspace: /Users/muheng/workspace/agentbuilder-ai.com\n  * Config: ~/.codex/config.toml\n  * Current date: 2026-04-22\n\n\n\nExpected:\n\n  * Skills placed in ~/.agents/skills//SKILL.md should appear in newly started sessions after restarting Codex\n\n\n\nActual:\n\n  * Local skills do not appear in the session-exposed skills list, even after full app restart and starting a brand-new thread\n\n\n\nRepro:\n\n  1. Install a local skill package under ~/.codex/superpowers\n  2. Symlink top-level skills into ~/.agents/skills, e.g.\n~/.agents/skills/brainstorming → ~/.codex/superpowers/skills/brainstorming\n~/.agents/skills/writing-plans → ~/.codex/superpowers/skills/writing-plans\n  3. Confirm each symlink target contains SKILL.md\n  4. Restart Codex desktop fully\n  5. Start a new session\n  6. Ask for a local skill by name, e.g. “use brainstorming”\n\n\n\nResult:\n\n  * The local skills are still not available to the agent\n\n\n\nNotes:\n\n  * This previously worked before a recent Codex update\n  * Filesystem layout is valid\n  * The issue appears to be skill discovery / injection regression, not installation error\n\n",
  "title": "Local skills in ~/.agents/skills are no longer discovered in new Codex sessions"
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