# codex - Functional Specification

**Version**: v1.0.0 | **Status**: Active | **Last Updated**: June 2026

## Purpose

The `codex` submodule provides OpenAI Codex API integration, adapters for
Codomyrmex modules, and safe read-only probes that let Codex inspect available
Codomyrmex tools, skill packs, trust state, Hermes skills, and dispatch paths.

## Design Principles

### Functionality

- **API Integration**: Integrates with OpenAI Codex API
- **Streaming Support**: Supports streaming responses
- **Error Handling**: Handles API errors gracefully
- **Integration**: Provides adapters for Codomyrmex modules
- **Safe Inspection**: Exposes access status and dispatch catalogs without
  launching agents or calling model APIs.

## Navigation

- **Human Documentation**: [README.md](README.md)
- **Technical Documentation**: [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md)
- **Parent SPEC**: [../SPEC.md](../SPEC.md)

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## Detailed Architecture and Implementation

### Design Principles

1. **Strict Modularity**: Each component is isolated and communicates via well-defined APIs.
2. **Performance Optimization**: Implementation leverages lazy loading and intelligent caching to minimize resource overhead.
3. **Error Resilience**: Robust exception handling ensures system stability even under unexpected conditions.
4. **Extensibility**: The architecture is designed to accommodate future enhancements without breaking existing contracts.

### Technical Implementation

The codebase utilizes modern Python features (version 3.10+) to provide a clean, type-safe API. Interaction patterns are documented in the corresponding `AGENTS.md` and `SPEC.md` files, ensuring that both human developers and automated agents can effectively utilize these capabilities.

## Detailed Architecture and Implementation

### Design Principles

1. **Strict Modularity**: Each component is isolated and communicates via well-defined APIs.
2. **Performance Optimization**: Implementation leverages lazy loading and intelligent caching to minimize resource overhead.
3. **Error Resilience**: Robust exception handling ensures system stability even under unexpected conditions.
4. **Extensibility**: The architecture is designed to accommodate future enhancements without breaking existing contracts.

### Technical Implementation

The codebase utilizes modern Python features (version 3.10+) to provide a clean, type-safe API. Interaction patterns are documented in the corresponding `AGENTS.md` and `SPEC.md` files, ensuring that both human developers and automated agents can effectively utilize these capabilities.
