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coding-agent

Run Codex CLI, Claude Code, OpenCode, or Pi Coding Agent via background process for programmatic control.

Why use this skill?

Integrate Codex, Claude Code, and more into OpenClaw. Streamline PR reviews, automate code generation, and manage background coding agents safely.

skill-install — Terminal

Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/thiagoruss0/coding-agentem9ak

Download Source Code (.zip)

What This Skill Does

The coding-agent skill is a powerful automation bridge that allows OpenClaw to orchestrate external coding agents such as Codex CLI, Claude Code, and OpenCode. By leveraging background processes and specific working directories, it enables programmatic control over software development tasks, ranging from feature scaffolding to automated PR reviews and batch processing, all while maintaining the integrity of your primary workspace.

Installation

First, install the OpenClawCLI from openclawcli.vercel.app.
Open your terminal and run the following command to integrate the skill: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/thiagoruss0/coding-agentem9ak
Ensure your local environment variables and configurations (like ~/.codex/config.toml) are initialized before first use.

Use Cases

Automated Feature Scaffolding: Quickly spin up boilerplate code for new projects or components in a sandboxed scratch directory.
Continuous PR Reviews: Integrate the agent into your CI/CD workflow to perform initial reviews on pull requests using git worktrees or temporary clones to ensure project safety.
Background Coding Tasks: Delegate long-running refactoring or code generation tasks to background processes so you can continue interacting with OpenClaw concurrently.
Batch Processing: Run parallel reviews or refactors across multiple repositories by leveraging the system's ability to spawn multiple non-interactive background sessions.

Example Prompts

"Open a background coding session in ~/work/web-app and use Codex to generate a responsive landing page component based on the specs in design.md."
"Monitor the background session for the PR review in /tmp/pr-review-130 and report back when the analysis is complete."
"Start a full-auto background task in a new temp directory to prototype a Python data parser that reads CSV files."

Tips & Limitations

Prioritize Security: The --yolo flag is extremely powerful but removes all safety rails. Only use it on disposable, non-production codebases. Prefer --full-auto for sandboxed development.
Workspace Hygiene: Always use the workdir parameter to isolate the agent. Never allow an agent to run inside your core agent configuration folder to prevent accidental modification of your own infrastructure.
Session Management: Keep track of your sessionId to poll for completion. Orphaned background processes can consume significant system resources if not cleaned up with the kill action.

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Metadata

Author@thiagoruss0

Stars946

Updated2026-02-13

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Add to Configuration

Paste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-thiagoruss0-coding-agentem9ak": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}

Tags(AI)

#coding#automation#development#cli#agent

Safety Score: 2/5

Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, code-execution

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