# migrate-to-codex

Moves instruction files, skills, subagents and MCP config from Claude into Codex project and global files.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 28309
- Author: openai · official OpenAI repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/.curated/migrate-to-codex/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/migrate-to-codex

## What it does

The skill drives a migrator script, `python3 .codex/skills/migrate-to-codex/scripts/migrate-to-codex.py`, and converts surfaces in a fixed order: `CLAUDE.md` becomes `AGENTS.md`, slash commands and skills land in `.agents/skills/`, subagents go to `.codex/agents/`, hooks are rewritten into `.codex/hooks.json` with `[features].codex_hooks = true` enabled, and model, sandbox and MCP servers are assembled into `.codex/config.toml`.

You can look before you write. `--scan-only` lists active and inactive sources, `--plan` prints the staged artifact paths, `--doctor` sums up readiness and validation risks. Then a `--dry-run`, a real run, a read of `.codex/migrate-to-codex-report.txt`, and `--validate-target` on each target. Reach for `--replace` only when orphan generated skills or agents should be deleted.

Your Claude files stay untouched: `.claude/`, `~/.claude/`, `.mcp.json` and `.claude.json` are read, never edited. Claude plugins and marketplaces show up in the report as manual work, since there is no automatic path for them. Existing entries in `.codex/config.toml` such as `notify`, `projects` or unrelated MCP servers are preserved, unless they fail validation or directly conflict with the migration.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill migrate-to-codex -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/migrate-to-codex/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/migrate-to-codex/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill migrate-to-codex -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/migrate-to-codex/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill migrate-to-codex -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/migrate-to-codex/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/skills migrate-to-codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/migrate-to-codex/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill migrate-to-codex -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/skills --path skills/.curated/migrate-to-codex
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/migrate-to-codex/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill migrate-to-codex -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/.curated/migrate-to-codex/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- carry `CLAUDE.md` and project rules over to `AGENTS.md`
- turn Claude slash commands into Codex skills
- rewrite subagents into `.codex/agents/`
- collect MCP servers from `.mcp.json` into `.codex/config.toml`
- see what migrated and what still needs a manual pass

## Example prompts
- Migrate my Claude instructions and skills to Claude, show the plan with `--plan` first
- Run the migration with `--dry-run`, show me the report and fix everything that needs manual work
- Validate the generated `.codex/config.toml` with `--validate-target`

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: migrate-to-codex
description: Migrate supported instruction files, skills, agents, and MCP config into Codex project and global files.
---

# Migrate to Codex

## Autonomy

Keep going until the selected migration is completely done: run the migrator, inspect the report, fix migrated Codex instructions/skills/agents/MCP config, and re-run checks without stopping to ask for confirmation of the next step. If the user has selected a target, do not ask before creating, editing, replacing, or deleting generated Codex artifacts in that target (`AGENTS.md`, `.codex/`, `.agents/`, or `~/.codex/`). Preserve unrelated existing Codex config entries in `.codex/config.toml` or `~/.codex/config.toml`, such as `notify`, `projects`, `marketplaces`, or unrelated MCP servers; do not ask about them unless they fail validation or directly conflict with the migration. Do not edit source Claude Code files (`.claude/`, `~/.claude/`, `.mcp.json`, or `.claude.json`), unrelated project code, secrets, or another repository.

## Migration Order

Run the migration in this order for each selected global or project source:

1. Start by using Codex's built-in TODO/task list tool. Do not create `MIGRATION_TODOS.md` or any TODO file unless the user explicitly asks. The TODO list input has a `plan` array whose items each have `step` and `status`; use statuses `pending`, `in_progress`, and `completed`. Make the TODOs specific to the selected artifacts. Before finishing, update the TODO list so every finished step is marked `completed` and no step remains `in_progress`. Use literal source → Codex target labels, for example:
   - Inspect `.claude/commands` → Codex skills/prompts
   - Inspect `.claude/agents` → `.codex/agents`
   - Inspect `.mcp.json` → `.codex/config.toml` MCP servers
   - Inspect `.claude/settings.json` hooks → `.codex/hooks.json`
   - Migrate safe selected artifacts → Codex files
   - Validate generated `.codex/config.toml`
   - Validate generated `.codex/agents`
   - Report migrated artifacts and manual-review items

2. Read `references/differences.md` (and refresh Codex docs if its `Docs last checked` date is old).

3. Scan and inspect before writing:
   - `--scan-only` lists active and inactive source surfaces.
   - `--plan` prints staged Codex artifact paths and report rows.
   - `--doctor` summarizes readiness, manual-review work, and validation risks.

4. Convert surfaces in the same order the CLI uses:
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