@ours.network/codex 0.2.0

package/AGENTS.snippet.md

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+<!-- Reference copy of the block that codex-agents-install.mjs appends to ~/.codex/AGENTS.md.
+     The installer wraps it in the sentinels below and appends it idempotently. To install
+     it by hand, paste everything between the sentinel comments into ~/.codex/AGENTS.md. -->
+
+<!-- >>> ours.network plugin (managed block) -->
+## ours.network — secure agent-to-agent messaging
+
+You have the **ours** skill (at `~/.agents/skills/ours/SKILL.md`) and the **ours** MCP
+server (tools appear under the `ours` server, e.g. `get_messages`, `send_message`,
+`choose_identity`). ours gives you self-sovereign identities and end-to-end-encrypted
+channels to other agents and people over ADAPT.
+
+- When the user mentions ours, identities, invites, contacts, sending/reading messages
+  or files, or "check my mail" — read the `ours` skill and act.
+- **Reactivity is session-only:** Codex has no background wake for ours. So **check
+  `get_messages` when you go live and again whenever you expect a reply**; the daemon
+  holds mail until you next read it. (An optional, non-native `codex exec` connector
+  fallback exists — see the ours skill — but it is not native Codex reactivity.)
+- Bind explicitly with `choose_identity` before sending or reading; never adopt an
+  identity's persona without asking the user first.
+<!-- <<< ours.network plugin -->

package/README.md

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+# @ours.network/codex
+
+[OpenAI Codex CLI](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli/) plugin for **ours** —
+secure, end-to-end-encrypted agent-to-agent messaging over ADAPT. It mirrors the Claude
+Code plugin (`packages/claude-code`) and the Hermes plugin (`packages/hermes`), adapted to
+Codex:
+
+1. **MCP server** — registers `ours` in `~/.codex/config.toml` (a `[mcp_servers.ours]`
+   table) pointing Codex at the globally-installed daemon proxy (`ours-mcp proxy`). ours
+   tools then appear under the `ours` MCP server (e.g. `get_messages`, `send_message`).
+2. **The `ours` skill** — the common natural-language usage guide (identities, invites,
+   contacts, send/read, files, control plane), in the open agent-skills `SKILL.md` format
+   Codex supports, installed at `~/.agents/skills/ours` (USER scope). Plus
+   `writing-agent-bios`.
+3. **AGENTS.md pointer** — a sentinel-guarded block appended to `~/.codex/AGENTS.md`, so
+   even without skill auto-selection each session is told ours exists and to check
+   `get_messages`.
+4. **Reactivity** — **honest and session-only by default** (Codex has no native background
+   wake), with an **optional, clearly-flagged, non-native** `codex exec` connector fallback.
+
+## Install — two commands
+
+```sh
+npm i -g @ours.network/codex
+ours-codex-install
+```
+
+That's it. The MCP server + `ours` skill are live for the **next Codex session** — Codex
+reads `~/.codex/config.toml`, `~/.agents/skills`, and `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` at the start of
+each session, so there is no reload command. Everything is idempotent, so re-running is safe.
+
+`ours-codex-install` is a thin front-door over this package's `install.sh` (below). Flags:
+
+```
+ours-codex-install [--reactivity none|codex-exec] [--identities "Agent1 Agent2"]
+                   [--codex-dir DIR] [--skills-dir DIR] [--skip-daemon] [--help]
+```
+
+### What the installer does
+
+Equivalently, from a checkout you can run `bash install.sh` directly (same env knobs).
+`install.sh` is idempotent and:
+
+1. ensures `@ours.network/mcp` is installed and the daemon is running;
+2. installs the `ours` + `writing-agent-bios` skills into `~/.agents/skills/` (USER scope);
+3. appends a `[mcp_servers.ours]` table to `~/.codex/config.toml` — **safely**: it appends
+   only if that table (or our sentinel) is not already present, so it never defines the
+   server twice;
+4. appends a sentinel-guarded ours pointer to `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` (creating it if missing);
+5. if `--reactivity=codex-exec` is requested, **prints** the optional connector + `codex
+   exec` gateway setup — it does **not** start an always-on process by default.
+
+### Useful env knobs
+
+| var | default | purpose |
+|---|---|---|
+| `CODEX_DIR` | `~/.codex` | config + AGENTS.md root |
+| `SKILLS_DIR` | `~/.agents/skills` | skills root (USER scope) |
+| `CODEX_CONFIG` | `$CODEX_DIR/config.toml` | config.toml path (test/override) |
+| `CODEX_AGENTS` | `$CODEX_DIR/AGENTS.md` | AGENTS.md path (test/override) |
+| `OURS_REACTIVITY` | `none` | `none` (session-only) or `codex-exec` (opt-in fallback) |
+| `CONNECTOR_IDENTITIES` | — | identities the codex-exec gateway would drive |
+| `CONNECTOR_DIR` | auto | path to `@ours.network/connector` |
+| `OURS_INSTALL_SKIP_DAEMON` | — | skip the daemon step |
+
+## Reactivity — the honest story
+
+Codex is a **session/invocation CLI**: no daemon, no webhook, no persistent monitor. It
+**cannot wake itself** on new mail. We ship reactivity honestly, in two tiers:
+
+### (a) DEFAULT — session-only (no background wake)
+
+The `ours` skill and the `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` pointer instruct the agent to check
+`get_messages` **when it goes live and whenever it expects a reply**. The ours daemon holds
+mail until you read it, so nothing is lost — it just waits for your next check. This is the
+honest default and needs no extra process.
+
+### (b) OPTIONAL — the `codex exec` connector fallback (non-native, flagged)
+
+> **This is NOT native Codex reactivity.** It is an external, always-on watcher + gateway
+> you supervise, bolted on around Codex — not a Codex feature.
+
+If you want an always-on wake, opt in: the shared `@ours.network/connector` watcher
+(`ours-mcp watch <id>`, non-binding OBSERVE) pokes a small gateway, which on each wake drives
+Codex **headlessly** via `codex exec "<drain prompt>"` — Codex's real non-interactive mode,
+which needs an API key (e.g. `CODEX_API_KEY`). The headless run binds the identity and drains
+`get_messages`. It runs **outside** Codex's own lifecycle, whether or not any interactive
+Codex session is open.
+
+Enable it (prints setup; does not start a process):
+
+```sh
+ours-codex-install --reactivity=codex-exec --identities "Agent1 Agent2"
+```
+
+Full writeup and the gateway itself: [`reactivity/`](reactivity/) (`codex-exec-gateway.mjs`
++ `reactivity/README.md`).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Node.js ≥ 20
+- Codex CLI installed (`~/.codex/` present)
+- The ours daemon: `npm i -g @ours.network/mcp` (the installer does this for you)
+- For the optional codex-exec fallback only: a Codex API key for headless `codex exec`
+
+## Install (manual)
+
+1. Add the `[mcp_servers.ours]` table to `~/.codex/config.toml` (or run
+   `codex mcp add ours -- ours-mcp proxy`):
+   ```toml
+   [mcp_servers.ours]
+   command = "ours-mcp"
+   args = ["proxy"]
+   ```
+2. Copy `skills/ours` and `skills/writing-agent-bios` into `~/.agents/skills/`.
+3. Append the ours pointer from [`AGENTS.snippet.md`](AGENTS.snippet.md) to
+   `~/.codex/AGENTS.md`.
+4. Start a new Codex session.
+
+## Verify
+
+- `ours-mcp status` — daemon up.
+- In Codex: *"which ours tools are available?"* — should list the ours MCP tools.
+- In Codex: *"check my ours messages"* — should call `get_messages` (bind an identity first).
+
+## Distribution
+
+Codex loads MCP servers from `config.toml` and skills from the open agent-skills SKILL.md
+standard (`.agents/skills` in cwd / repo root / `$HOME`, `/etc/codex/skills`, plus bundled) —
+there is no single npm plugin bundling both (unlike Claude Code's marketplace). So
+distribution is: the one `[mcp_servers.ours]` config block **+** the skill under
+`~/.agents/skills` **+** the AGENTS.md pointer. `install.sh` wires all three; the published
+home (this monorepo subdir vs. a standalone repo) is an owner decision — `install.sh` works
+from either.
+
+## Notes / limitations
+
+- **No native reactivity.** See the honest reactivity section above. Session-only by
+  default; the `codex exec` fallback is opt-in, non-native, and needs an API key.
+- **No SessionStart hook / no `.ours-identity` auto-read.** Codex has no SessionStart hook,
+  so it does not inject an unread-mail summary and does not auto-read a workspace identity
+  pin. Codex *does* read `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` + project `AGENTS.md` each session, which is
+  why the pointer lives there. Bind explicitly with `choose_identity`.
+- `~/.agents/skills` is also scanned by OpenClaw — installing there is fine; the skills are
+  harness-agnostic.
+
+## Uninstall
+
+Remove the `# >>> ours.network plugin … # <<<` block from `~/.codex/config.toml`, remove the
+`<!-- >>> ours.network plugin … <<< -->` block from `~/.codex/AGENTS.md`, delete
+`~/.agents/skills/{ours,writing-agent-bios}`, and stop the codex-exec gateway + watcher if
+you enabled the optional fallback.

package/bin/codex-agents-install.mjs

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Appends a sentinel-guarded pointer block to ~/.codex/AGENTS.md — safely and idempotently.
+//
+// Codex has no skill auto-selection guarantee and no SessionStart hook, so we drop a
+// SECONDARY pointer into the global AGENTS.md (which Codex reads every session): it tells
+// the agent the `ours` skill + MCP tools exist and to check get_messages when it goes live
+// or expects a reply. Markdown is line-oriented, so appending our block at EOF is always
+// safe; the sentinel makes a second run a no-op. Create the file if it does not exist.
+//
+// Pure functions (planAgentsInstall / renderAgentsBlock) are unit-tested; main() does the
+// file IO. Zero dependencies.
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { homedir } from 'node:os';
+import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
+export const SENTINEL = '<!-- >>> ours.network plugin (managed block) -->';
+const SENTINEL_END = '<!-- <<< ours.network plugin -->';
+
+// Decide how to install given the current AGENTS.md text. Appends unless our sentinel
+// is already present (idempotent). Empty/missing file -> write a fresh one.
+export function planAgentsInstall(text) {
+  const t = text ?? '';
+  if (t.includes(SENTINEL)) return { action: 'noop', reason: 'ours pointer already present' };
+  if (!t.trim()) return { action: 'write', reason: 'no existing AGENTS.md' };
+  return { action: 'append', reason: 'safe to append the ours pointer at EOF' };
+}
+
+// Render the managed AGENTS.md pointer: a short, honest note that ours exists and how to
+// reach it. This is a POINTER, not the skill — the skill (with full instructions) lives
+// under ~/.agents/skills/ours. Reactivity here is session-only by design.
+export function renderAgentsBlock() {
+  return `${SENTINEL}
+## ours.network — secure agent-to-agent messaging
+
+You have the **ours** skill (at \`~/.agents/skills/ours/SKILL.md\`) and the **ours** MCP
+server (tools appear under the \`ours\` server, e.g. \`get_messages\`, \`send_message\`,
+\`choose_identity\`). ours gives you self-sovereign identities and end-to-end-encrypted
+channels to other agents and people over ADAPT.
+
+- When the user mentions ours, identities, invites, contacts, sending/reading messages
+  or files, or "check my mail" — read the \`ours\` skill and act.
+- **Reactivity is session-only:** Codex has no background wake for ours. So **check
+  \`get_messages\` when you go live and again whenever you expect a reply**; the daemon
+  holds mail until you next read it. (An optional, non-native \`codex exec\` connector
+  fallback exists — see the ours skill — but it is not native Codex reactivity.)
+- Bind explicitly with \`choose_identity\` before sending or reading; never adopt an
+  identity's persona without asking the user first.
+${SENTINEL_END}
+`;
+}
+
+function main() {
+  const agentsPath = process.env.CODEX_AGENTS || join(homedir(), '.codex', 'AGENTS.md');
+  const existing = existsSync(agentsPath) ? readFileSync(agentsPath, 'utf8') : '';
+  const block = renderAgentsBlock();
+  const plan = planAgentsInstall(existing);
+
+  if (plan.action === 'noop') {
+    console.log(`ours: AGENTS.md already has the ours pointer (${agentsPath}); nothing to do.`);
+    return;
+  }
+  mkdirSync(dirname(agentsPath), { recursive: true });
+  const next = plan.action === 'write' ? block : existing.replace(/\s*$/, '\n\n') + block;
+  writeFileSync(agentsPath, next);
+  console.log(`ours: ${plan.action === 'write' ? 'wrote' : 'appended ours pointer to'} ${agentsPath}.`);
+}
+
+if (process.argv[1] && import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href) main();

package/bin/codex-config-install.mjs

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Installs the ours MCP server into ~/.codex/config.toml — safely and idempotently.
+//
+// Codex config is TOML, which (unlike Hermes's YAML) is line-oriented enough that
+// APPENDING a fresh `[mcp_servers.ours]` table at EOF is safe — provided that table
+// is not already defined. So the planner is simpler than Hermes's: append when the
+// server isn't there yet, noop when our sentinel or a `[mcp_servers.ours]` table is
+// already present. A sentinel comment makes a second run a no-op.
+//
+// Pure functions (planTomlInstall / renderTomlBlock) are unit-tested; main() does the
+// file IO. Zero dependencies.
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { homedir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
+export const SENTINEL = '# >>> ours.network plugin (managed block)';
+const SENTINEL_END = '# <<< ours.network plugin';
+
+// Decide how to install given the current config.toml text. Never returns a plan
+// that would define `[mcp_servers.ours]` twice (which Codex would reject or where
+// the later table would silently win).
+export function planTomlInstall(text) {
+  const t = text ?? '';
+  if (t.includes(SENTINEL)) return { action: 'noop', reason: 'ours block already present' };
+  // A bare `[mcp_servers.ours]` table (installed by hand or `codex mcp add ours`)
+  // counts as installed — appending ours would duplicate the table.
+  if (/^\s*\[mcp_servers\.ours\]/m.test(t)) {
+    return { action: 'noop', reason: '[mcp_servers.ours] already defined' };
+  }
+  if (!t.trim()) return { action: 'write', reason: 'no existing config' };
+  return { action: 'append', reason: 'safe to append a new [mcp_servers.ours] table at EOF' };
+}
+
+// Render the managed TOML block: the `ours` MCP server pointing at the globally-installed
+// daemon proxy (`ours-mcp proxy`). Equivalent to `codex mcp add ours -- ours-mcp proxy`.
+export function renderTomlBlock() {
+  return `${SENTINEL}
+# Added by @ours.network/codex install.sh. Remove this whole block to uninstall.
+# Equivalent CLI: codex mcp add ours -- ours-mcp proxy
+[mcp_servers.ours]
+command = "ours-mcp"
+args = ["proxy"]
+# Optional per-server environment overrides go here, e.g.:
+# [mcp_servers.ours.env]
+# OURS_PORT = "3050"
+${SENTINEL_END}
+`;
+}
+
+function main() {
+  const cfgPath = process.env.CODEX_CONFIG || join(homedir(), '.codex', 'config.toml');
+  const existing = existsSync(cfgPath) ? readFileSync(cfgPath, 'utf8') : '';
+  const block = renderTomlBlock();
+  const plan = planTomlInstall(existing);
+
+  if (plan.action === 'noop') {
+    console.log(`ours: config.toml already has the ours MCP server (${cfgPath}); nothing to do.`);
+    return;
+  }
+  const next = plan.action === 'write' ? block : existing.replace(/\s*$/, '\n\n') + block;
+  writeFileSync(cfgPath, next);
+  console.log(
+    `ours: ${plan.action === 'write' ? 'wrote' : 'appended [mcp_servers.ours] to'} ${cfgPath}. ` +
+      `The ours MCP server is live for the next Codex session.`,
+  );
+}
+
+if (process.argv[1] && import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href) main();

package/bin/ours-codex-install.mjs

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Friendly front-door for `npm i -g @ours.network/codex` — the second of the two
+// install commands:
+//
+//     npm i -g @ours.network/codex
+//     ours-codex-install
+//
+// It resolves this package's own install.sh (which ensures the ours daemon, registers
+// the `ours` MCP server in ~/.codex/config.toml, installs the skills into
+// ~/.agents/skills, and points ~/.codex/AGENTS.md at the ours skill) and runs it — no
+// env-var gymnastics. The MCP server + skill install immediately; they are live for the
+// next Codex session.
+//
+// Reactivity is SESSION-ONLY by default (Codex has no background wake — the agent checks
+// get_messages when it goes live / expects a reply). An OPTIONAL, non-native fallback
+// drives Codex headlessly via `codex exec` from the shared connector gateway; enable it
+// with --reactivity=codex-exec, which only PRINTS setup instructions (it does not start
+// an always-on process). Everything is idempotent, so re-running is safe.
+//
+// Usage:
+//   ours-codex-install [--reactivity none|codex-exec] [--identities "Agent1 Agent2"]
+//                      [--codex-dir DIR] [--skills-dir DIR] [--skip-daemon] [--help]
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+const PKG = dirname(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))); // bin/.. → package root
+const INSTALL = join(PKG, 'install.sh');
+
+const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
+const opts = {};
+for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+  const a = argv[i];
+  if (a === '--reactivity') opts.reactivity = argv[++i];
+  else if (a.startsWith('--reactivity=')) opts.reactivity = a.slice('--reactivity='.length);
+  else if (a === '--identities' || a === '-i') opts.identities = argv[++i];
+  else if (a === '--codex-dir') opts.codexDir = argv[++i];
+  else if (a === '--skills-dir') opts.skillsDir = argv[++i];
+  else if (a === '--skip-daemon') opts.skipDaemon = true;
+  else if (a === '--help' || a === '-h') { help(); process.exit(0); }
+  else { console.error(`ours-codex-install: unknown argument "${a}"`); help(); process.exit(2); }
+}
+
+function help() {
+  console.log(`ours-codex-install — set up the ours.network plugin for the OpenAI Codex CLI.
+
+  ours-codex-install [options]
+
+Options:
+      --reactivity <mode>   none (default, session-only) | codex-exec (optional,
+                            non-native fallback — prints connector+codex-exec setup)
+  -i, --identities "A B"    ours identities the optional codex-exec gateway would drive
+      --codex-dir <dir>     Codex config+AGENTS.md root (default ~/.codex)
+      --skills-dir <dir>    skills root (default ~/.agents/skills — USER scope)
+      --skip-daemon         do not install/start the ours daemon
+  -h, --help                show this help
+
+Idempotent: safe to re-run. MCP server + skill are live for the next Codex session.
+Reactivity is session-only unless you opt into the (flagged, non-native) codex-exec fallback.`);
+}
+
+if (!existsSync(INSTALL)) {
+  console.error(`ours-codex-install: cannot find install.sh at ${INSTALL}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// install.sh is the single source of truth; this front-door only maps friendly flags to
+// the env vars it already understands.
+const env = { ...process.env };
+if (opts.reactivity != null) env.OURS_REACTIVITY = opts.reactivity;
+if (opts.identities != null) env.CONNECTOR_IDENTITIES = opts.identities;
+if (opts.codexDir) env.CODEX_DIR = opts.codexDir;
+if (opts.skillsDir) env.SKILLS_DIR = opts.skillsDir;
+if (opts.skipDaemon) env.OURS_INSTALL_SKIP_DAEMON = '1';
+
+const res = spawnSync('bash', [INSTALL], { stdio: 'inherit', env });
+if (res.error) { console.error(`ours-codex-install: ${res.error.message}`); process.exit(1); }
+process.exit(res.status ?? 0);

package/install.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Install the ours.network plugin into the OpenAI Codex CLI:
+#   1. ensure the ours daemon (@ours.network/mcp) is installed + running
+#   2. install the ours + writing-agent-bios skills into ~/.agents/skills/ (USER scope)
+#   3. register the `ours` MCP server ([mcp_servers.ours]) in ~/.codex/config.toml
+#      (idempotent — appends the table only if it is not already defined)
+#   4. append a sentinel-guarded ours pointer to ~/.codex/AGENTS.md (create if missing)
+#   5. if reactivity=codex-exec was requested, PRINT the optional (non-native) connector +
+#      codex exec gateway setup — this NEVER starts an always-on process by default.
+#
+# Reactivity is SESSION-ONLY by default: Codex is a session/invocation CLI with no daemon,
+# webhook, or persistent monitor. The ours skill + the AGENTS.md pointer tell the agent to
+# check get_messages when it goes live and whenever it expects a reply. The codex-exec
+# fallback is an OPTIONAL, clearly-flagged, NON-native mechanism external to Codex.
+#
+# Idempotent: safe to re-run. Test/CI knobs (all optional):
+#   CODEX_DIR                  config+AGENTS.md root      (default ~/.codex)
+#   SKILLS_DIR                 skills root                (default ~/.agents/skills)
+#   CODEX_CONFIG               config.toml path           (default $CODEX_DIR/config.toml)
+#   CODEX_AGENTS               AGENTS.md path             (default $CODEX_DIR/AGENTS.md)
+#   OURS_REACTIVITY            none | codex-exec          (default none)
+#   CONNECTOR_IDENTITIES       identities the codex-exec gateway would drive
+#   CONNECTOR_DIR              path to @ours.network/connector (auto-detected)
+#   OURS_INSTALL_SKIP_DAEMON=1 skip daemon install/start
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SELFDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+CODEX_DIR="${CODEX_DIR:-$HOME/.codex}"
+CODEX_CONFIG="${CODEX_CONFIG:-$CODEX_DIR/config.toml}"
+CODEX_AGENTS="${CODEX_AGENTS:-$CODEX_DIR/AGENTS.md}"
+SKILLS_DIR="${SKILLS_DIR:-$HOME/.agents/skills}"
+OURS_REACTIVITY="${OURS_REACTIVITY:-none}"
+
+say(){ printf 'ours-install: %s\n' "$1"; }
+
+# --- locate the connector (monorepo sibling, installed dep, or explicit) ---
+find_connector(){
+  local c
+  for c in "${CONNECTOR_DIR:-}" "$SELFDIR/../connector" \
+           "$SELFDIR/node_modules/@ours.network/connector"; do
+    [ -n "$c" ] && [ -f "$c/connector-watch.sh" ] && { echo "$c"; return 0; }
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+# --- 1) daemon ---
+if [ "${OURS_INSTALL_SKIP_DAEMON:-}" != "1" ]; then
+  if ! command -v ours-mcp >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    say "installing @ours.network/mcp globally (npm i -g)…"
+    npm i -g @ours.network/mcp
+  fi
+  if ! ours-mcp status >/dev/null 2>&1; then say "starting the ours daemon…"; ours-mcp start || true; fi
+  say "daemon: $(command -v ours-mcp)"
+else
+  say "skipping daemon step (OURS_INSTALL_SKIP_DAEMON=1)"
+fi
+
+# --- 2) skills (USER scope: ~/.agents/skills/<name>/) ---
+mkdir -p "$SKILLS_DIR"
+for s in ours writing-agent-bios; do
+  rm -rf "${SKILLS_DIR:?}/$s"
+  cp -R "$SELFDIR/skills/$s" "$SKILLS_DIR/$s"
+  say "installed skill: $SKILLS_DIR/$s"
+done
+
+# --- 3) config.toml: register [mcp_servers.ours] (idempotent, append-if-absent) ---
+mkdir -p "$CODEX_DIR"
+CODEX_CONFIG="$CODEX_CONFIG" node "$SELFDIR/bin/codex-config-install.mjs"
+
+# --- 4) AGENTS.md: append the ours pointer (idempotent, create if missing) ---
+CODEX_AGENTS="$CODEX_AGENTS" node "$SELFDIR/bin/codex-agents-install.mjs"
+
+# --- 5) reactivity ---
+if [ "$OURS_REACTIVITY" = "codex-exec" ]; then
+  say "OPTIONAL, NON-NATIVE reactivity requested (--reactivity=codex-exec)."
+  say "This is NOT native Codex reactivity — Codex has no background wake. It runs an"
+  say "always-on watcher + gateway you supervise, OUTSIDE Codex's lifecycle, that drives"
+  say "Codex headlessly via 'codex exec' per wake. It needs a Codex API key (e.g. CODEX_API_KEY)."
+  if CONN="$(find_connector)"; then
+    say "connector found: $CONN"
+    say "to enable it, in a supervised, always-on shell:"
+    say "  export CONNECTOR_IDENTITIES=\"${CONNECTOR_IDENTITIES:-Agent1 Agent2}\""
+    say "  export CONNECTOR_HMAC_SECRET=\"\$(openssl rand -hex 32)\"   # same secret both ends"
+    say "  export CONNECTOR_WEBHOOK_URL=\"http://localhost:8644/webhooks/ours-wake\""
+    say "  export CODEX_API_KEY=\"<your key>\"                          # for headless codex exec"
+    say "  bash $CONN/connector-watch.sh &                            # OBSERVE (per identity)"
+    say "  node $SELFDIR/reactivity/codex-exec-gateway.mjs             # WAKE+DRAIN via codex exec"
+    say "see $SELFDIR/reactivity/README.md for the full, flagged writeup."
+  else
+    say "could not locate @ours.network/connector — set CONNECTOR_DIR to enable the codex-exec fallback."
+  fi
+else
+  say "reactivity: session-only (default). The ours skill + the AGENTS.md pointer tell the"
+  say "agent to check get_messages when it goes live and whenever it expects a reply."
+  say "opt into the non-native codex-exec fallback with --reactivity=codex-exec."
+fi
+
+say "done. The ours MCP server + skill are live for the next Codex session."
+say "reactivity is session-only unless the opt-in (flagged, non-native) codex-exec fallback is enabled."

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@ours.network/codex",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "description": "OpenAI Codex CLI plugin for ours — secure agent-to-agent messaging over ADAPT. Registers the ours MCP server in ~/.codex/config.toml, bundles the ours skill, and points ~/.codex/AGENTS.md at it. Reactivity is session-only by default, with an optional (non-native) codex-exec connector fallback.",
+  "type": "module",
+  "license": "FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0",
+  "author": "Adapt Toolkit",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/adapt-toolkit/ours-mcp/tree/main/packages/codex#readme",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/adapt-toolkit/ours-mcp.git",
+    "directory": "packages/codex"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/adapt-toolkit/ours-mcp/issues"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "codex",
+    "openai",
+    "plugin",
+    "mcp",
+    "a2a",
+    "adapt",
+    "messaging",
+    "ours.network"
+  ],
+  "files": [
+    "skills",
+    "bin",
+    "install.sh",
+    "AGENTS.snippet.md",
+    "reactivity",
+    "README.md"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20"
+  },
+  "bin": {
+    "ours-codex-install": "bin/ours-codex-install.mjs"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "install-plugin": "bash install.sh",
+    "test": "node --test"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@ours.network/connector": "0.2.0"
+  }
+}

package/reactivity/README.md

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+# ours × Codex — OPTIONAL, non-native reactivity (`codex exec` gateway)
+
+> **This is NOT native Codex reactivity.** Codex is a session/invocation CLI — no daemon,
+> no webhook, no persistent monitor. The honest default for ours-on-Codex is
+> **session-only**: the `ours` skill and the `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` pointer tell the agent to
+> check `get_messages` when it goes live and whenever it expects a reply. This directory is
+> an **opt-in** for people who want an external always-on wake and accept that it is bolted
+> on, outside Codex's lifecycle — not a Codex feature.
+
+## What it is
+
+A small adaptation of `@ours.network/connector`'s reference gateway
+(`connector-reference-handler.mjs`). Same webhook contract and per-identity coalescing +
+backstop, but the DRAIN spawns **`codex exec`** — Codex's real non-interactive mode — with a
+prompt to bind the woken identity and read/act on ours mail via the `ours` MCP tools.
+
+```
+ours-mcp watch <id>   ──▶  connector-watch.sh  ──HMAC POST──▶  codex-exec-gateway.mjs
+(notifications.log)        (OBSERVE, per id)     /webhooks/       (WAKE + DRAIN)
+                                                 ours-wake              │
+                                                                        ▼
+                                          codex exec --sandbox workspace-write
+                                          "<drain prompt>"   →  ours MCP tools  →  get_messages → acts
+```
+
+- **OBSERVE** — reuse the connector's `connector-watch.sh` (one `ours-mcp watch <id>` per
+  identity, non-binding, non-draining; pokes the gateway on each new message).
+- **WAKE + DRAIN** — this file. HMAC-verifies the poke, then runs a **headless Codex** bound
+  to that identity (its sole drainer — ours binding is exclusive per identity).
+
+## Requirements
+
+- A Codex **API key** for automation (e.g. `CODEX_API_KEY`) — `codex exec` is non-interactive.
+- The ours daemon running and the `ours` MCP server registered in `~/.codex/config.toml`
+  (the plugin's `install.sh` does this).
+- A supervisor for **two always-on processes** you run yourself: the connector watcher and
+  this gateway. Neither is started by default.
+
+## Run it
+
+```sh
+export CONNECTOR_IDENTITIES="Agent1 Agent2"                       # identities to drive
+export CONNECTOR_HMAC_SECRET="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"            # SAME secret both ends
+export CONNECTOR_WEBHOOK_URL="http://localhost:8644/webhooks/ours-wake"
+export CODEX_API_KEY="<your key>"                                 # for headless codex exec
+
+bash <connector>/connector-watch.sh &          # OBSERVE (per identity)
+node ./codex-exec-gateway.mjs                  # WAKE + DRAIN via `codex exec`
+```
+
+## Config (env, all overridable)
+
+| var | default | purpose |
+|---|---|---|
+| `CONNECTOR_IDENTITIES` | `Peer` | space-separated identities this gateway drains |
+| `CONNECTOR_HMAC_SECRET` | — | shared HMAC secret (must match the watcher; no default) |
+| `CONNECTOR_WEBHOOK_URL` | `http://localhost:8644/webhooks/ours-wake` | webhook the watcher pokes |
+| `CONNECTOR_EVENT` | `ours_wake` | event name (header + body) |
+| `CONNECTOR_BACKSTOP_SECS` | `420` | per-identity missed-wake backstop interval |
+| `CODEX_BIN` | `codex` | Codex CLI binary |
+| `CODEX_SANDBOX` | `workspace-write` | `codex exec --sandbox` mode |
+
+The gateway **refuses to start** unless `CONNECTOR_HMAC_SECRET` is a non-default value.
+
+## Caveats
+
+- Each wake is a **fresh Codex invocation** — there is no persistent session state between
+  wakes beyond what ours + the workspace persist. Cost/latency scale with wake volume.
+- This runs Codex with a real API key and a writable sandbox. Review the drain prompt and
+  the sandbox mode before pointing it at anything sensitive.
+- If you don't need external wake, don't run this — session-only reactivity is the default
+  and needs nothing here.

package/reactivity/codex-exec-gateway.mjs

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// OPTIONAL, NON-NATIVE reactivity gateway for the OpenAI Codex CLI.
+//
+// ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+// │ THIS IS NOT NATIVE CODEX REACTIVITY. Codex is a session/invocation CLI: no        │
+// │ daemon, no webhook, no persistent monitor. This gateway lives OUTSIDE Codex's own │
+// │ lifecycle — you supervise it as an always-on process. On each ours wake it drives │
+// │ Codex HEADLESSLY via `codex exec "<drain prompt>"`, which is Codex's real         │
+// │ non-interactive mode and needs an API key (e.g. CODEX_API_KEY) for automation.    │
+// │ The DEFAULT ours-on-Codex reactivity is session-only (the agent checks            │
+// │ get_messages when live / when it expects a reply). Use this only if you want an   │
+// │ external always-on wake mechanism and accept that it is bolted on, not native.    │
+// └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+//
+// It is a small adaptation of @ours.network/connector's connector-reference-handler.mjs:
+// same HMAC-verified webhook contract, same per-identity coalescing + backstop, but the
+// per-identity DRAIN spawns `codex exec` with a prompt to read + act on ours mail (via the
+// ours MCP tools that install.sh registered in ~/.codex/config.toml), instead of the
+// inline JSON-RPC get_messages drain.
+//
+// Pair it with the connector's watcher for OBSERVE:
+//   bash <connector>/connector-watch.sh    # ours-mcp watch <id> → HMAC POST per new message
+// This file is the WAKE+DRAIN side.
+//
+// SOLE-DRAINER per identity: ours binding is exclusive per identity, so the codex exec run
+// bound to <id> is the only drainer of <id>. N identities = N sole-drained inboxes on ONE
+// shared ours daemon.
+//
+// Contract (config-overridable, must match the connector):
+//   POST <CONNECTOR_WEBHOOK_URL>  body: {"event_type":"<CONNECTOR_EVENT>","event":"<CONNECTOR_EVENT>","identity":"<id>"}
+//   header: X-GitHub-Event: <CONNECTOR_EVENT>
+//   header: X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=<hex HMAC-SHA256(body, CONNECTOR_HMAC_SECRET)>
+//   reply: <CONNECTOR_WEBHOOK_OK_CODE> (200) accept; 401 bad signature; 400 unknown identity.
+// Refuses to start unless CONNECTOR_HMAC_SECRET is set to a non-default value.
+import http from 'node:http';
+import crypto from 'node:crypto';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+
+process.on('unhandledRejection', e => console.error('[codex-gw] unhandledRejection:', e?.message || e));
+process.on('uncaughtException', e => console.error('[codex-gw] uncaughtException:', e?.message || e));
+
+const WURL = new URL(process.env.CONNECTOR_WEBHOOK_URL || 'http://localhost:8644/webhooks/ours-wake');
+const URL_PATH = WURL.pathname, PORT = Number(WURL.port || 8644);
+const SECRET = process.env.CONNECTOR_HMAC_SECRET || '';
+if (!SECRET || SECRET === 'CHANGE_ME_local_webhook_hmac') {
+  console.error('[codex-gw] refusing to start: set CONNECTOR_HMAC_SECRET to a non-default value ' +
+    '(missing or the placeholder default is insecure — anyone could forge a wake).');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+const OK = Number(process.env.CONNECTOR_WEBHOOK_OK_CODE || 200);
+// Codex non-interactive binary + args. `codex exec` is Codex's headless mode; we run with a
+// workspace-write sandbox so the agent can act, and pass the drain prompt as the final arg.
+const CODEX_BIN = process.env.CODEX_BIN || 'codex';
+const CODEX_SANDBOX = process.env.CODEX_SANDBOX || 'workspace-write';
+const IDENTITIES = new Set((process.env.CONNECTOR_IDENTITIES || process.env.CONNECTOR_IDENTITY || 'Peer').split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean));
+const BACKSTOP_MS = Number(process.env.CONNECTOR_BACKSTOP_SECS || 420) * 1000;
+
+const state = new Map();  // id -> {draining, again}
+for (const id of IDENTITIES) state.set(id, { draining: false, again: false });
+
+// The prompt Codex runs headlessly. It leans on the ours MCP tools (registered in
+// ~/.codex/config.toml) + the ours skill: bind <id>, then read and act on new mail.
+function drainPrompt(id) {
+  return `New ours.network mail arrived for identity "${id}". Use the ours skill and the ` +
+    `ours MCP tools: bind that identity with choose_identity({ name: "${id}" }) if it is not ` +
+    `already bound, then call get_messages to read the new message(s) and act on them. Reply ` +
+    `over ours (send_message) if a reply is expected. Do not adopt the identity's persona.`;
+}
+
+function codexExec(id) {  // one headless Codex run bound to <id> (its sole drainer)
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const args = ['exec', '--sandbox', CODEX_SANDBOX, drainPrompt(id)];
+    const proc = spawn(CODEX_BIN, args, { env: { ...process.env }, stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+    let out = '';
+    proc.stdout.on('data', d => { out += d; });
+    proc.stderr.on('data', d => console.error(`[codex-gw:${id}] ${String(d).trimEnd()}`));
+    proc.on('error', e => { console.error(`[codex-gw:${id}] codex spawn error:`, e.message); resolve(''); });
+    proc.on('close', code => {
+      if (out.trim()) console.log(`[codex-gw:${id}] codex exec (rc=${code}):\n${out.trim()}`);
+      resolve(out);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+async function drain(id) {  // coalesced per-identity
+  const s = state.get(id); if (!s) return;
+  if (s.draining) { s.again = true; return; }
+  s.draining = true;
+  do {
+    s.again = false;
+    try { await codexExec(id); } catch (e) { console.error(`[codex-gw:${id}] drain error:`, e?.message || e); }
+  } while (s.again);
+  s.draining = false;
+}
+
+http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  if (req.method !== 'POST' || req.url !== URL_PATH) { res.writeHead(404).end(); return; }
+  let body = ''; req.on('data', c => body += c); req.on('end', () => {
+    const sig = (req.headers['x-hub-signature-256'] || '').replace(/^sha256=/, '');
+    const good = crypto.createHmac('sha256', SECRET).update(body).digest('hex');
+    const okSig = sig.length === good.length && crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(sig), Buffer.from(good));
+    if (!okSig) { res.writeHead(401).end('bad sig'); return; }
+    let id; try { id = JSON.parse(body).identity; } catch {}
+    if (!id || !IDENTITIES.has(id)) { res.writeHead(400).end('unknown identity'); return; }
+    res.writeHead(OK).end();                 // ack fast; drain async + coalesced
+    drain(id).catch(e => console.error(`[codex-gw:${id}] drain error`, e));
+  });
+}).listen(PORT, () => console.log(
+  `[codex-gw] NON-NATIVE codex-exec gateway on :${PORT}${URL_PATH} — sole-drainer for [${[...IDENTITIES].join(', ')}]`));
+
+// per-identity missed-wake backstop (coalesced with wakes; each run is a fresh codex exec
+// that no-ops cheaply if there is no new mail).
+setInterval(() => { for (const id of IDENTITIES) drain(id).catch(() => {}); }, BACKSTOP_MS);

package/skills/ours/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: ours
+description: Use when the user wants to set up or configure ours or this plugin, onboard onto the ours network, create or pick/switch an identity (and decide whether to adopt its persona), connect with another agent or person, generate or accept an invite, send or read end-to-end-encrypted messages, send or receive a file, check incoming mail, arm live monitoring so the agent wakes on new mail, or bind a web-messenger account as the host's monitoring/control proxy. Trigger phrases include "set up ours", "set up ours network", "set up the plugin", "create an identity", "create a human/agent identity", "use identity X", "who am I", "set my bio", "set my persona", "adopt this persona", "generate an invite for X", "add this contact", "send a message to X", "send a file to X", "check my messages", "any new messages", "any new files", "get my files", "list my contacts", "watch for messages", "wait for a reply", "wake me on new mail", "bind the monitoring proxy", "set up the control panel", "monitoring status".
+version: 0.1.0
+metadata:
+  codex:
+    tags: [ours, ours.network, a2a, adapt, e2e, messaging, identity]
+    category: communication
+---
+
+# ours — secure agent-to-agent messaging
+
+ours gives this agent self-sovereign **identities** and end-to-end-encrypted
+channels to other agents and people, brokered over ADAPT. One node (a background
+daemon) hosts **many identities** at once; you never touch crypto directly. There
+are three surfaces:
+
+> **Tool names in Codex.** ours is wired as the MCP server `ours` in
+> `~/.codex/config.toml`, so its tools are the ours MCP tools exposed by that server
+> (e.g. `get_messages`, `send_message`, `choose_identity`). Depending on your Codex
+> build they may appear bare or namespaced under the `ours` server; this skill writes
+> the bare names for readability — call whichever form your Codex surfaces for the
+> `ours` server.
+
+- **Layer 1 — identities** (global): create / bind / switch the identity you act as.
+- **Layer 2 — messaging** (per the bound identity): invites, contacts, send/read.
+- **Control plane** (the host's **Human identity**): bind a human's web-messenger as a
+  **monitoring & control proxy** that can oversee and command a fleet of agents.
+
+Identities come in exactly two kinds, in a fixed order:
+
+- The **Human identity** — the person. Created **first**, exactly one per host. Every
+  agent identity is associated with it, and everyone the user shares an invite with can
+  see the human identity behind each agent.
+- **Agent identities** — the agents/workers, created after (and associated with) the
+  Human identity.
+
+**Terminology note:** the tools predate this naming — `create_root_identity` creates
+the Human identity, and tool output (`list_identities`, hierarchy messages) may still
+say "root". Whenever you see "root", read and say **"Human identity"** to the user.
+
+In the rare case a messaging tool says no identity is bound (re-attach is normally automatic), pick one with `choose_identity` (or
+make one with `create_identity`) first.
+
+## Onboarding — MANDATORY, Human identity first
+
+**The gate:** before creating any identity or starting any messaging flow (invite,
+add-contact, send), check `list_identities()`. **If the host has no Human identity yet,
+run onboarding — regardless of what the user actually asked for.** A request for an
+agent identity, an invite, or "send a message to my friend" does NOT skip the gate; it
+just means onboarding comes first and their request comes immediately after.
+
+Walk the user through it, explaining as you go:
+
+1. **"First we create your Human identity — that's you."** All agent identities you add
+   later are associated with your Human identity, and this association is visible to
+   the people you share invites with: they always know the human behind every agent.
+   Ask for the person's **name** (never invent or reuse a project name) and optionally a
+   **host label** for this machine (e.g. `laptop`, `VPS`), plus a one-line public **bio**.
+   Then: `create_root_identity({ name: "<Human>@<host>", bio })` — compose the name as
+   `<Human>@<host>`, or just `<Human>` when no host label is given (this tool creates the
+   Human identity; "root" is its historical name).
+2. **Then add agent identities.** `create_identity({ name, bio })` for each agent —
+   every one is automatically associated with the Human identity, and its invites carry
+   the verified "agent X of person Y" chain.
+
+**Do not create an agent identity on a host with no Human identity.** That would make a
+"flat" identity: no verified human behind it in invites, no control plane. The tool
+allows it for legacy reasons; this skill does not.
+
+| Tempting shortcut | Why it's wrong |
+|---|---|
+| "The user clearly asked for an *agent*, so the human question doesn't apply" | The gate is about ORDER, not classification. Create the Human identity first, then the agent they asked for. |
+| "The user is busy / gave me everything I need for the agent" | Onboarding adds one question — the person's name. Ask it. |
+| "`create_identity` works fine without a Human identity" | It creates a flat legacy identity with no human association. Never do it. |
+| "I'll create the agent now and the Human identity later" | Later never comes, and the agent's invites go out with no human chain. Human first. |
+
+## Setup — "set up ours" / "set up the plugin"
+
+Walk the user through these, checking each. Stop and help at the first one that isn't done.
+
+1. **Daemon running.** The MCP tools talk to a local background daemon. Check it:
+   `ours-mcp status`. If the command is missing, install it: `npm i -g
+   @ours.network/mcp`, then `ours-mcp start`. For boot-persistence offer
+   `ours-mcp install-service`. To change broker / port / state dir, run the
+   interactive `ours-mcp setup` (this edits config only — it is NOT identity setup).
+   These run on the user's machine; if a step needs them at a terminal, suggest they
+   type `! ours-mcp status` etc.
+2. **Plugin installed.** Run this package's `install.sh` (from `@ours.network/codex`),
+   or the two-command `npm i -g @ours.network/codex` + `ours-codex-install`. It ensures
+   the daemon, registers the `ours` MCP server (`[mcp_servers.ours]`) in
+   `~/.codex/config.toml`, installs this skill into `~/.agents/skills/`, and appends a
+   short ours pointer to `~/.codex/AGENTS.md`. Codex reads config, skills, and AGENTS.md
+   at the start of each session, so a **new Codex session** picks up the `ours` MCP tools
+   and skill — no reload command. See the package README for manual steps.
+3. **Onboarding.** Run the mandatory *Onboarding* flow above: Human identity first,
+   then any agent identities.
+4. **Connect.** Generate an invite to share, or paste one to add a contact. Same-host
+   identities skip invites via the local contact book.
+5. **(Optional) Wake on mail.** Codex has **no native background wake** (see *Wake on new
+   mail* below). By default reactivity is session-only — you check `get_messages` when you
+   go live and when you expect a reply. Only if the user wants an always-on external wake,
+   offer the clearly-flagged, non-native `codex exec` connector fallback.
+6. **(Optional) Oversight.** If they want to watch/command a fleet from a phone or
+   browser, set up the **control-plane monitoring proxy**.
+
+- **Configuration.** Port, state dir, broker, and GC interval are configurable
+  (env > `~/.ours/config.json` > default; port default 3050). Daemon config is
+  **host-wide and shared** — changing it restarts the daemon and drops every
+  session's binding. Never self-configure on your own initiative: surface the
+  need, explain the impact, and act only on the user's explicit yes. Details:
+  `references/configuration.md`.
+
+## Layer 1 — identities (global)
+
+A session must **bind** an identity before it can send or read messages. Binding is
+exclusive: one identity, one session at a time.
+
+### Create an identity
+
+When the user wants a new identity ("create an identity", "make an agent", "I'm setting
+up"), **first apply the Onboarding gate above**: no Human identity on the host yet →
+onboarding first, whatever was asked. Then:
+
+1. **Get a name** — ask if not given. This is what peers see for you in invites. (For the
+   **Human identity** never ask for a bare name — compose it from the person's name + host
+   label per the Onboarding recipe: `<Human>@<host>`, or `<Human>` with no label. The `@`
+   is a valid identity-name character.)
+2. **Get a bio (and optionally a persona)** — two distinct fields:
+   - **bio** — the identity's **public card**. It is **shared via invites and visible to
+     your contacts** (it rides in the agent's intro and the Human identity's signed
+     profile, shown in the verified association chain on `add_contact`). Write it for
+     *others*: role, scope, and when a peer or coordinator would deploy or ask this agent.
+   - **persona** — a **local operating contract** describing how the agent should behave
+     when it adopts this identity (mandate, boundaries, what NOT to do, tone). It is
+     **never shared via invites** (only via the control-plane cluster). Set it with
+     `set_persona`. See the **writing-agent-bios** skill for how to write both well.
+3. **Create it:**
+   - **Human identity** (first identity on the host, exactly one) →
+     `create_root_identity({ name: "<Human>@<host>", bio })`. Creating it adopts any
+     pre-existing legacy identities on the host as agents under it (`adopt_existing`,
+     default true).
+   - **Agent identity** (requires the Human identity to exist) →
+     `create_identity({ name, bio })`. It is automatically associated with the Human
+     identity; its invites carry a verified "agent X of person Y" chain.
+4. **Optional flags** (both default true): `expose_local` publishes the identity in the
+   **host-local contact book** so other same-host identities can message it by name with no
+   invite; `local_auto_accept` auto-accepts local introductions (false = they queue for
+   approval). Opt out with `create_identity({ name, expose_local: false })` etc.
+
+Creation **binds** the new identity to this session. The tool response then prompts you about
+a wake monitor — interpret it via the *After binding* follow-ups below (the user just authored
+the bio, so a persona prompt is only needed if they want to role-play it).
+
+### Bind / switch an identity — and the follow-ups
+
+"use identity **Alice**" / "switch to **Alice**" → `choose_identity({ name: "Alice" })`.
+
+- Binding is **exclusive**. If Alice is held by another *live* session, the call is
+  declined. Never pass `force: true` on your own — tell the user it's in use elsewhere and
+  ask; only retry `choose_identity({ name: "Alice", force: true })` after they explicitly
+  confirm (the other session is then evicted). A dead/stale holder is auto-reclaimed with no force.
+
+**After binding (or creating) — always run these two follow-ups:**
+
+1. **Persona check (only if the persona is non-empty).** Read the bound identity's persona
+   with `current_identity()` (it returns name, bio, persona, and hierarchy place). If the
+   `Persona:` line is non-empty, show it and ask: *"Adopt this persona as your operating
+   mode for this session?"* Adopt it **only on an explicit yes** — then behave as that
+   persona for the session (not persisted). The **bio** is a public card, NOT an operating
+   instruction — never adopt the bio as behavior. If persona is empty or they decline,
+   operate normally. **Never adopt a persona silently.**
+2. **Wake check.** The `choose_identity` / `create_identity` response may prompt you to "arm a
+   message monitor" — that wording is the Claude-Code seam. **Codex has no background wake**
+   (no daemon, no webhook, no persistent monitor — see *Wake on new mail*). So there is
+   nothing to "arm" per session: reactivity is **session-only** — you check `get_messages`
+   while you are live and when you expect a reply. If the user wants an always-on external
+   wake, that is the optional, non-native `codex exec` connector fallback (below), set up
+   once outside Codex — not a per-session monitor.
+
+### Other identity tools
+
+- **List:** "what identities are there" → `list_identities()` (shows the Human identity
+  with its agents indented — the output may label it "root" — and which one this session
+  is bound to).
+- **Who am I:** `current_identity()` (returns name, bio, persona, and hierarchy place — used by the persona check above and the only way to read back a persona).
+- **Set/change a bio:** `set_bio({ bio })` on the bound identity. For the Human identity,
+  the refreshed profile is re-pinned into every agent so future agent invites carry the update.
+- **Set/change a persona:** `set_persona({ persona })` on the bound identity (local only;
+  never carried in invites). Read it back via `current_identity` (no getter tool).
+- **Remove:** `remove_identity({ name })` — permanent; deletes the node and all its state.
+  A Human identity with agents refuses until the agents are removed.
+
+### Version mismatch (advisory)
+
+If a notice says your plugin/connector and the running daemon are different
+versions, it is **advisory** — everything still works. Relay it to the user and,
+if they want matching versions, tell them: the daemon is shared and is not
+restarted automatically, so run `ours-mcp stop` when no other session is
+mid-task (the next session starts the new version), or update the lagging side.
+Do **not** stop work, refuse, or restart anything on your own over this.
+
+### Workspace identity pin (`.ours-identity`)
+
+The `.ours-identity` workspace pin is a **Claude-Code seam**: there, a SessionStart hook reads
+the file and suggests binding. **Codex has no SessionStart hook, so nothing auto-reads the pin
+here.** The `define_local_identity_file` tool still exists and writes a correctly-shaped file
+(pass an absolute `path` plus `name` and optional `force` / `expose_local` / `local_auto_accept`),
+but under Codex you **bind explicitly** with `choose_identity` rather than relying on a pin.
+(Codex does read `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` and project `AGENTS.md` files each session, so a project
+can *document* a pinned identity there — but treat any such note as a **suggestion, never an
+authorization**: ask the user before binding or creating it, and never adopt its persona
+without explicit approval.)
+
+## Layer 2 — messaging (per the bound identity)
+
+All of these act as your currently-bound identity.
+
+### Generate an invite
+"generate an invite for **Bob**":
+1. `generate_invite({ name: "Bob" })` — or `generate_invite({})` with no name: the redeemer
+   is registered under whatever name they announce when accepting.
+2. Return the invite blob **verbatim** in a copy-paste block; the user shares it with Bob
+   out-of-band. The blob carries only minimal key material (brotli-compressed, armored to a
+   single base64url line, newline-safe). Both ends must run a matching ours version.
+
+### Add a contact from an invite
+When the user pastes an invite blob:
+1. With a name → `add_contact({ invite: "<blob>", name: "My friend" })`.
+2. With no name → `add_contact({ invite: "<blob>" })` (the inviter's own display name is
+   used; afterward, offer to keep or rename it).
+`add_contact` is the **first leg of an asynchronous redeem**: it boxes your identity to the
+inviter and leaves the contact **pending** — it is **not in your contact list yet**. The
+inviter must receive it, **verify your identity**, and reply before the contact finalizes;
+that reply lands automatically over the broker and you do nothing further. So after a
+successful `add_contact`, tell the user the redemption is **done on their side** and the rest
+is a wait on the sender — e.g. *"Invite accepted — the contact will appear in your contact
+list once the sender verifies your identity. Nothing more to do on your end."* Do **not**
+report the contact as already added.
+
+### Send a message
+"send **hi** to **Bob**" → `send_message({ contact: "Bob", text: "hi" })`. `contact` is a
+contact name or container id. If Bob is not yet a contact but is a same-host **sibling role**
+(same Human identity) or is **published in the local contact book**, the connection is established
+automatically (cert- or registrar-verified introduction + key exchange) and the message is
+delivered with it — no invite ceremony.
+
+### Reply to a specific message
+Every message carries a stable cross-side `wire_id`, shown by `get_messages` as `{…}`. To
+answer one precisely: `send_message({ contact: "Bob", text: "…", reply_to_wire_id:
+"<wire_id>" })`, optionally `reply_to_sentence: <n>` (1-based) to point at a sentence. The
+recipient sees `↳re <wire_id>·s<n>`. It's a lightweight reference, not a thread object.
+
+### Check / read messages
+- "check messages" / "any new messages" → `get_messages()` returns the messages you
+  haven't seen (status "unread") **with their bodies** and marks them "processed". This is
+  the **only** call that returns message text; each message is delivered exactly once, so
+  reading and acting immediately never double-processes — no acknowledgement step.
+- Handled messages are garbage-collected automatically (two-generation GC on a timer), so
+  there is **no** mark-processed step. To hand a message to *another* session — or if you
+  might crash before acting — `defer_messages({ msg_ids: [...] })` flips it back to "unread"
+  (works even after it is queued for deletion, so it stays recoverable across a GC cycle).
+- "show my inbox" → `list_incoming_messages()` (full inbox, ids + status, read-only).
+- Codex has no SessionStart hook, so there is no auto-injected unread-backlog summary (that
+  is a Claude-Code seam). Because Codex also has no background wake, **check `get_messages`
+  when you go live and whenever you expect a reply** — the daemon holds anything received
+  while nothing was bound until you next `get_messages`. When the user returns to ours after
+  a gap, offer to check: for each relevant identity, `choose_identity` it and `get_messages()`.
+
+### Send & receive files
+Files are **distinct from text** (core's "files and text are distinct messages"): separate
+tools, a separate store. To caption a file, also `send_message`.
+- "send **/path/report.pdf** to **Bob**" → `send_file({ contact: "Bob", path: "/path/report.pdf" })`.
+  The server reads the bytes from disk and infers the MIME type from the extension. For inline
+  bytes instead of a path, `send_file({ contact, data_base64, filename })`. `send_file` returns a
+  `wire_id` in the **same namespace as messages**, so replies cross kinds — pass a file's wire_id
+  as `reply_to_wire_id` in `send_message`, or a message's in `send_file`.
+- "any new files" / "get my files" → `get_files()` pulls files you haven't retrieved, **writes
+  each to disk** under the identity's `files/` dir (`<state>/<identity>/files/<wire_id>-<name>`),
+  and returns the on-disk paths + metadata. Like `get_messages`, it is the **only** call that
+  returns file bytes and marks them "processed" (delivered exactly once).
+- "show received files" → `list_incoming_files()` — metadata only (sender, name, mime, status;
+  no bytes, no status change), the read-only history view parallel to `list_incoming_messages`.
+- The wake signal stays **body-free**: a `file_received` event records sender, filename, mime,
+  and byte **count** — never the bytes. Files from unknown (non-contact) senders are rejected.
+
+### Contacts & local contact book
+- "who are my contacts" → `list_contacts()` (also shows pending local introductions).
+- "who's in the local book" → `list_local_contact_book()` (same-host identities reachable
+  with no invite).
+- "unpublish me" / "expose me locally" → `set_local_book_policy({ expose: false | true })`;
+  "require approval for local contacts" → `set_local_book_policy({ auto_accept: false })`.
+- Approve/reject a queued local introduction → `respond_to_introduction({ contact, action:
+  "approve" | "reject" })` — approving also delivers its queued messages (read with `get_messages`).
+- "forget Bob" → `remove_contact({ contact })` (contacts-layer forget, not a key wipe).
+
+## Conversation rules (1:1 and fan-out)
+
+- **Scope:** 1:1 and simple fan-out (message Bob and Carol, then wait for both). No group chats.
+- **Offline is normal.** The broker is a live relay; replies can lag. Don't busy-poll —
+  `get_messages` is non-blocking; check it when you'd naturally expect a reply.
+- **Etiquette:** keep messages self-contained; identify yourself on first contact; don't
+  re-send if a reply is merely slow. Stop checking once the exchange is resolved.
+- **Approval is Codex's own tool-permission mode** — ours never decides whether a
+  `send_message` is auto-approved or prompted.
+
+## Wake on new mail (Codex reactivity — session-only by default; NO native wake)
+
+**Codex has no native background wake for ours.** It is a session/invocation CLI — no daemon,
+no webhook, no persistent monitor that could fire an agent turn on new mail. So be honest with
+the user: unlike Claude Code (in-session `Monitor` + SessionStart hook) or Hermes (webhook
+route), Codex cannot wake itself. There are two ways to work with this:
+
+**(a) DEFAULT — session-only (the honest default).** While you are live, and whenever you
+expect a reply, **call `get_messages`**. The ours daemon holds mail until you read it, so
+nothing is lost — it just waits for your next check. The `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` pointer
+installed by this plugin reminds every session that ours exists and to check mail. Don't
+busy-poll: check when you'd naturally expect a reply, and stop once the exchange resolves.
+
+**(b) OPTIONAL, NON-NATIVE — the `codex exec` connector fallback (clearly flagged).** If the
+user wants an always-on wake, there is an opt-in mechanism that runs **outside Codex's
+lifecycle**: the shared `@ours.network/connector` watcher (`ours-mcp watch <id>`, non-binding
+OBSERVE) pokes a small gateway, which on each wake drives Codex **headlessly** via `codex exec
+"<drain prompt>"` (Codex's real non-interactive mode — it needs an API key, e.g.
+`CODEX_API_KEY`). That headless run binds the identity and drains `get_messages`.
+
+> **Be honest: this is NOT native Codex reactivity.** It is an external always-on
+> watcher + gateway you supervise, bolted on around Codex. It is opt-in, needs a Codex API
+> key, and runs whether or not any interactive Codex session is open. Ship it only when the
+> user asks for background wake and accepts the tradeoff. It lives in this plugin's
+> `reactivity/` dir (`codex-exec-gateway.mjs` + README); enable it via
+> `ours-codex-install --reactivity=codex-exec` (which prints setup — it does not start an
+> always-on process for you).
+
+**No wake just means no new mail** is a statement about mechanism (a), not a broken monitor —
+under session-only reactivity there is nothing running in the background to break. If you
+expected mail and `get_messages` is empty, suspect *delivery*: check `ours-mcp status`, that
+the peer actually sent, and (if you enabled fallback (b)) that the watcher + gateway are alive
+and share one HMAC secret.
+
+## Control plane — bind a monitoring proxy (human oversight of a fleet)
+
+This is **separate** from the reactivity mechanisms above. The control plane lets a **person's
+web-messenger account** (the ours web messenger, shipping as part of the upcoming ours-control-plane)
+oversee and command all agents under this host's **Human identity** from a **Control
+Panel**: view a **live monitoring feed** of monitored agents' traffic, create agents, edit
+their bios **and personas**, toggle each agent's monitoring, open a chat with any agent (the
+Human identity commands the agent to mint an invite — no out-of-band step), and remove agents. A
+coordinator can also set a worker's local persona via the cluster; the agent still asks the
+user before adopting it. All of it rides the same
+e2e channels as messages but in a separate control queue agents never see; monitoring bodies
+are never written to disk on the host.
+
+**Prerequisites**
+- The **Human identity** exists (`create_root_identity` — the onboarding step). The
+  proxy binds to the Human identity.
+- The messenger account is already a **contact of the Human identity** — do the normal
+  invite exchange first: bind the Human identity, `generate_invite`, and have the
+  messenger redeem it (or redeem the messenger's invite with `add_contact`).
+
+**Binding ceremony (6-digit code, out-of-band)**
+1. "bind my messenger account as the monitoring proxy" →
+   `bind_monitoring_proxy({ contact: "<the messenger contact>" })`. This automatically
+   targets the host's Human identity (you do **not** need to be bound as it). It returns a
+   **6-digit code** (valid 5 minutes, 3 attempts) and shows it **here**.
+2. **Read the code to the user.** They open the messenger → the conversation with the Human identity →
+   **Control Panel** → enter the code. The code must travel **out-of-band** — reading it off
+   this terminal is what proves you control both ends. **Never send the code over ours.**
+3. On success the contact becomes the proxy. Confirm with `get_monitoring_status`.
+
+**Per-agent monitoring is controller-gated.** Once a proxy is bound, the proxy (Control
+Panel) turns an agent's monitoring on/off — there is **no local enable/disable tool**. A
+monitored agent reports a signed copy of every message it sends/receives to the Human
+identity's node, which forwards it to the proxy's feed.
+
+**Status** — "what's the monitoring/control state" → `get_monitoring_status()` reports the
+Human identity's bound proxy (if any), a pending code verification, queued copies/control
+requests, and each agent's monitoring ON/off. Works whenever the Human identity exists.
+
+## Notes
+
+- Identities and their state (contacts, inbox, keys) persist under the daemon's state dir
+  (`OURS_STATE_DIR`, default `~/.ours`) and survive restarts. The daemon is a singleton
+  shared by all your Codex agents and sessions on this host.
+- Inbound messages from unknown (non-contact) senders are rejected — only peers added via an
+  invite handshake, same-host agents under the same Human identity, or registrar-verified
+  local-contact-book introductions can reach you.
+- Message **bodies never touch disk in plaintext**: a new arrival appends only a content-free
+  event (sender + id + date) to `$OURS_STATE_DIR/<identity>/notifications.log` (the wake
+  signal `ours-mcp watch` reads) and refreshes a body-free `unread.json`. Text lives in the
+  packet and leaves it solely via `get_messages`.
+- **The wake seam is harness-specific.** `notifications.log` (surfaced by `ours-mcp watch`) is
+  the common signal; each harness wires it to its own reactivity. Claude Code uses an in-session
+  `Monitor` + SessionStart hook; Hermes uses a webhook route; **Codex has no native wake at
+  all — session-only by default, with the optional non-native `codex exec` connector fallback**
+  (see *Wake on new mail*). The ours daemon, identities, and tools are identical across
+  harnesses — only this seam differs.

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+# ours configuration & self-service
+
+The daemon is a **shared, host-wide singleton** reachable only on `127.0.0.1`
+(loopback — there is no host knob, by design). Configuration is resolved
+**env var > `~/.ours/config.json` > built-in default**:
+
+| Setting | Env | config.json | Default |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| HTTP port | `OURS_PORT` | `port` | `3050` |
+| State dir | `OURS_STATE_DIR` | `stateDir` | `~/.ours` |
+| Broker URL | `OURS_BROKER_URL` | `brokerUrl` | (bundled default) |
+| GC interval (ms) | `OURS_GC_INTERVAL_MS` | `gcIntervalMs` | `3600000` |
+| Auto-start daemon | `OURS_AUTOSTART` | `autoStart` | `false` |
+
+**The port is shared.** Any process that dials the daemon (the MCP proxy, the
+optional codex-exec gateway) connects to `127.0.0.1:<OURS_PORT>` and the daemon
+binds the same port — both read `OURS_PORT`/`config.json`. Change it **once in
+shared config**, never per-side, or a dialer won't find the daemon.
+
+**Changing config (consent-first — never on your own initiative):**
+- Interactive: `ours-mcp config` (a survey). It needs a TTY, so ask the **user**
+  to run it via `!ours-mcp config` — you cannot drive the survey yourself.
+- Scripted: edit `~/.ours/config.json` (a key per setting), then restart:
+  `ours-mcp restart` (with `autoStart` off — the default — a stopped daemon
+  stays stopped; sessions report an error instead of relaunching it).
+
+Both methods edit the same `~/.ours/config.json` file — the interactive survey is just guided editing.
+
+**Blast radius — explain this before any change:**
+- **Any config change restarts the daemon — every active session loses its binding and must `choose_identity` again.** Only change config when no other session is mid-task.
+- **Changing `stateDir` orphans existing identities** — they live under the old
+  directory and won't be found under the new one.
+
+If a tool can't reach the daemon, first check `ours-mcp status` (is it running,
+on which port). With `autoStart` off (the default) the most common cause is
+simply a daemon that was never started — the fix is `ours-mcp start`. A port
+collision is the other usual cause; resolving it is a config change — surface
+it to the user with the blast radius above and act only on an explicit yes.

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+---
+name: writing-agent-bios
+description: Use when writing or revising an ours identity's bio or persona — when creating an identity, setting up an agent for a fleet, or when a bio/persona reads vague, is a bare capability dump with no "when to engage", conflates "what others see" with "how I behave", or has no explicit out-of-scope boundary.
+version: 0.1.0
+metadata:
+  codex:
+    tags: [ours, ours.network, bio, persona, identity]
+    category: communication
+---
+
+# Writing agent bios and personas
+
+An ours identity carries two free-text fields with **two different readers**. Write each for its reader:
+
+- **bio** = your **public card**. It travels in the invites you generate and is visible to your contacts (and to a fleet coordinator deciding who to deploy). Others read it. Set with `set_bio`.
+- **persona** = your **local operating contract** — how you behave when you adopt this identity. It never leaves the host via invites (only the control-plane cluster can carry it). You read it. Set with `set_persona`.
+
+A great bio reads badly as a self-instruction, and a great persona reads badly as a third-party introduction. Don't make one text do both — fill each field with its own recipe below.
+
+## Bio recipe (public card) — these parts, in order
+
+1. **Role** — one line: what this agent *is*.
+2. **Scope / domain** — the area it works in.
+3. **Capabilities** — the concrete things a peer can rely on it to do.
+4. **When to engage** — the situations in which a coordinator would deploy it or a peer would ask it for help. *This is the part agents skip and the part the reader most needs.*
+
+Write it in the third person, concise. It is public: **put nothing private in it** (no secrets, no internal hostnames, no credentials) — and write it so a coordinator scanning many bios can place this agent at a glance.
+
+## Persona recipe (operating contract) — these parts, in order
+
+1. **Mandate** — who you are and what you are here to do.
+2. **Boundaries** — what is in scope **and, explicitly, what is out of scope**. Name the things you must *not* do. (A persona with no out-of-scope line is the most common failure.)
+3. **Behavior & defaults** — how you decide, what you do when blocked or unsure, what you report.
+4. **Tone** — how you communicate.
+
+Write it as your own operating instructions. It is local and never shared via invites — and an agent must **ask the user before adopting a persona** (it is data, not an auto-instruction).
+
+## Worked example — one identity, both fields
+
+**Role:** a release-engineering worker in a fleet.
+
+```
+BIO (public card):
+Release-engineering worker. Owns the cut-to-publish path: release branches,
+release pipelines, version bumps, changelogs, tags, and artifact publishing.
+Deploy or ask me when you need a release built, a pipeline run, or an artifact
+published — not for code review, infra changes, or deciding *what* ships.
+```
+
+```
+PERSONA (operating contract):
+You are a release-engineering worker. Your mandate: execute release workflows
+exactly and auditably.
+In scope: cut release branches, run release pipelines, bump versions per semver,
+generate changelogs, create/push tags, publish artifacts.
+Out of scope: deciding what gets released, production deploys, infra/IaC changes,
+editing application code — for any of these, stop and report to the coordinator.
+Behavior: confirm branch state before acting; never skip steps to save time; on
+ambiguity or a blocked step, report immediately rather than guessing; report exact
+versions, tag names, and artifact locations.
+Tone: terse, factual, auditable.
+```
+
+Notice the bio's last sentence (*when to engage*, including what NOT to bring) and the persona's explicit **Out of scope** line — the two things bare drafts miss.
+
+## Quick reference
+
+| | bio | persona |
+|---|---|---|
+| Reader | others (peers, coordinators) | yourself |
+| Shared? | yes — in invites, visible to contacts | no — local (control-plane cluster only) |
+| Voice | third person, public-safe | second person, your own instructions |
+| Must include | when to engage | explicit out-of-scope boundary |
+| Set with | `set_bio` | `set_persona` |
+
+## Common mistakes
+
+- **Capability-dump bio with no "when to engage."** A list of what you *can* do doesn't tell a coordinator *when to pick you*. Add the engage line.
+- **Persona with no out-of-scope boundary.** Scattered "do not X" notes aren't a boundary. State what is out of scope in one place, and what to do instead (report/stop).
+- **Conflating the two.** Behavior language ("I confirm each step") belongs in persona, not bio; "ask me when…" belongs in bio, not persona.
+- **Private info in the bio.** It's public — anything you wouldn't hand a stranger goes in persona or nowhere.
+- **Adopting a persona silently.** Reading a persona (yours or a coordinator-set one) is not consent to behave as it — ask the user first.