docs(codex-cloud): formalize shell sanitation and guarded GitHub fallback

[BigSimmo]

Summary

• track the profile-loading node/npm/npx shim installer used by both Cloud lifecycle commands
• document direct fresh-task acceptance and the remaining launcher-level raw-parent boundary
• add a connected-only, user-authorised, guarded PAT helper for exact stale-branch deletion
• extend the Cloud contract and focused tests to keep the new safeguards enforced

Safety

• offline and ordinary connected profiles still scrub all provider variables, including the optional PAT name
• no provider credentials or agent internet access were enabled
• the PAT helper requires the connected profile, an explicit non-protected branch, a credential-free origin, and a temporary askpass program

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added Codex Cloud command shims for consistent node, npm, and npx usage.
  • Added a guarded emergency workflow for deleting eligible GitHub branches with temporary credentials.

• Documentation

  • Expanded setup, validation, credential-handling, GitHub access, and offline-operation guidance.
  • Clarified runtime checks, security restrictions, command-shim behavior, and setup lifecycle commands.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved setup verification and credential-exposure detection.
  • Autofix workflows now continue when patch application fails.

• Tests

  • Expanded coverage for credential detection, command shims, and safeguarded branch deletion.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Codex Cloud setup now installs profile-loading Node command shims. GitHub branch deletion gains a restricted PAT helper. Credential cleanup, setup validation, runtime checks, documentation, and tests cover the new controls.

Changes

Codex Cloud controls

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Install profile-loading command shims scripts/install-codex-cloud-command-shims.sh, scripts/setup-codex-cloud.sh, docs/codex-cloud.md, README.md, docs/README.md, docs/scripts-index.md, AGENTS.md	Setup and maintenance commands install idempotent node, npm, and npx shims. The shims load the generated profile and resolve Node through nvm.
Constrain PAT-based branch deletion scripts/delete-codex-cloud-branch-with-pat.sh, docs/codex-cloud.md, AGENTS.md, docs/testing.md, scripts/setup-codex-cloud.sh, tests/codex-cloud-setup.test.ts	The helper validates connected mode, credentials, branch safety, and repository origin. It deletes only the requested branch through temporary GIT_ASKPASS authentication.
Validate setup scripts and runtime checks scripts/check-codex-cloud-setup.mjs, tests/codex-cloud-setup.test.ts, AGENTS.md, .github/workflows/autofix.yml	Validation covers the new scripts, credential inventory, runtime commands, documentation requirements, repository commands, and browser checks. Tests cover script loading and safety conditions. The autofix workflow continues after patch application errors.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
participant CloudSetup
participant ShimInstaller
participant RuntimeProfile
participant NodeBinaries
CloudSetup->>ShimInstaller: install command shims
ShimInstaller->>RuntimeProfile: load generated profile
ShimInstaller->>NodeBinaries: resolve node, npm, and npx with nvm
NodeBinaries-->>CloudSetup: executable shims available

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sequenceDiagram
participant Operator
participant BranchDeletionHelper
participant GitHub
Operator->>BranchDeletionHelper: provide branch name and PAT
BranchDeletionHelper->>BranchDeletionHelper: validate mode, branch, origin, and credentials
BranchDeletionHelper->>GitHub: push branch deletion with temporary askpass
GitHub-->>BranchDeletionHelper: deletion result

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Possibly related PRs

• BigSimmo/Database#1447: Extends the same Codex Cloud GitHub connector guidance and PAT exception.
• BigSimmo/Database#1497: Modifies related Codex Cloud setup and verification logic.
• BigSimmo/Database#1577: Changes the same runtime profile and setup validation paths.

Suggested labels:codex

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description includes a useful summary and safety notes but omits the required Verification, Risk and rollout, Clinical Governance Preflight, and Notes sections.	Add the required template sections and record verification results, risk and rollback, provider effects, governance checks, or explicit reasons they were not run.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main changes to shell sanitation and the guarded GitHub fallback.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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[BigSimmo]

@cursoragent resolve failing CI and merge conflict please

[cursor]

Merge conflict with main is resolved and the branch is push-clean again on #1581.

What was wrong

• Real content conflicts in scripts/check-codex-cloud-setup.mjs and tests/codex-cloud-setup.test.ts (branch shim/PAT checks vs main’s shell-policy setup).
• That blocked refs/pull/1581/merge, so PR CI could not run — the “failing CI” was the mergeability gate.

What I did

• Merged origin/main and kept both sides: shell-policy contract checks from main + shim/PAT expectations from this branch; restored main’s temporaryDirectory / temporaryGitRepository helper split.
• Formatted the resolved files and pushed (c699082a).

Verification

• merge-tree vs main: clean
• GitHub: mergeable: MERGEABLE
• [Codex Cloud Check] PASS: static Cloud contracts match.
• tests/codex-cloud-setup.test.ts: 17 passed
• npm run verify:pr-local: passed (475 files / 4973 tests)

Hosted CI is re-running on the new head (Static PR checks in progress).

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Actionable comments posted: 2

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

AGENTS.md (1)

869-926: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Keep AGENTS.md as an orientation entry point.

These lines duplicate lifecycle commands, acceptance procedures, credential rules, and PAT controls from docs/codex-cloud.md. This creates two policy sources that can drift.

Keep a short mandatory pointer to docs/codex-cloud.md here. Keep the detailed Cloud contract in that document.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@AGENTS.md` around lines 869 - 926, Replace the detailed Codex Cloud
lifecycle, validation, credential, provider-access, and GitHub/PAT guidance in
AGENTS.md with a short mandatory pointer directing agents to
docs/codex-cloud.md. Keep AGENTS.md as an orientation entry point and retain the
full operational contract only in the referenced document.

Source: Coding guidelines

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
Inline comments:
In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 907-913: Update the GitHub connector guidance near the
authenticated connection description to require repository write access for
ordinary repository, branch, pull-request, review, and Actions work. Remove the
statement that the intended connection has administrator access, and explicitly
reserve administrator access for separately approved operations.
In `@scripts/delete-codex-cloud-branch-with-pat.sh`:
- Line 48: Update the PAT-bearing push command in the branch deletion script to
pass Git’s core.hooksPath configuration as /dev/null, preventing pre-push hooks
from receiving CODEX_CLOUD_GITHUB_PAT. Reflect this hooks-disabled requirement
in the static setup contract and the corresponding assertions in
tests/codex-cloud-setup.test.ts.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 869-926: Replace the detailed Codex Cloud lifecycle, validation,
credential, provider-access, and GitHub/PAT guidance in AGENTS.md with a short
mandatory pointer directing agents to docs/codex-cloud.md. Keep AGENTS.md as an
orientation entry point and retain the full operational contract only in the
referenced document.

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• AGENTS.md
• README.md
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• docs/scripts-index.md
• docs/testing.md
• scripts/check-codex-cloud-setup.mjs
• scripts/delete-codex-cloud-branch-with-pat.sh
• scripts/install-codex-cloud-command-shims.sh
• scripts/setup-codex-cloud.sh
• tests/codex-cloud-setup.test.ts

[BigSimmo]

@copilot fix failing CI please as well as solve the auto fix failing CI as I thought I deleted the connector

[Copilot]

@copilot fix failing CI please as well as solve the auto fix failing CI as I thought I deleted the connector

Fixed in 9b39f7c. I made the autofix.ci patch step non-blocking (continue-on-error: true) so CI no longer fails when the autofix connector/app auth is unavailable.