Awesome Codex Subagents plugin
awesome-codex-subagents
Role templates for Codex: over 130 ready descriptions of specialized subagents by category including security roles
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Extended access
Why this level
- Security roles only for your own systems
- Any role runs commands with your rights
Install
Manual install
Открыть README репозитория VoltAgent/awesome-codex-subagents на GitHub
There is no installation: copy the needed role description into the Codex subagent settings.
Access and checks
How we reviewExtended accessThe tool runs code or makes network calls and only reads external data.
- Security roles only for your own systems
- Any role runs commands with your rights
This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
Awesome Codex Subagents by VoltAgent stores ready role descriptions for Codex subagents grouped by category: development, infrastructure, data, quality and more. Instead of looking for projects you take the role text, edit it for your task and connect it to Codex. The roles also include security, for example ethical penetration testing. The README has sponsor blocks. MIT license.
Who it is for. For Codex users who are tired of writing subagent role descriptions from scratch and want to start from ready templates.
Good fit when
- You need a subagent role template for a specific category of tasks
- You need examples of how to write role descriptions for Codex
- You need to quickly put together a set of subagents for a project
Not a fit when
- You need a runnable tool: the repository has role texts
- You need to aim a hacking role at other people's systems: this must not be done
Example request
Take the code reviewer role from the collection, fit it to my Go project and run it on the latest changeLimitations
Security roles, including penetration testing, may be applied only to your own systems and with the owner's permission. Any role runs commands and edits files with your rights, so check its description before connecting. The sponsor blocks in the README have nothing to do with the roles.
How to disable. Disable the subagent in the Codex settings and delete the copied role text. The repository itself changes nothing in the system.
FAQ
What is inside the collection?
Ready descriptions of specialized subagents for Codex laid out by category.
Are there security roles?
Yes, for example ethical penetration testing: apply only to your own systems.
How do I connect a role?
Copy the description into the Codex subagent settings after reading it first.
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Comparison with similar tools
Entries that share the main search query, and how they differ.
| Entry | Official | Repository stars | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awesome Codex Subagents (this entry) | no | 6,302 | |
| Awesome Agent Orchestrators | no | 2,160 | a registry of orchestrators to compare launch and isolation |
| Awesome Autoresearch | no | 2,564 | a collection of self-improving and research agents |
README in short
The README describes a collection of descriptions of specialized subagents for Codex by category. MIT license.