lcx-doctor skill

lcx-doctor

You are a LazyCodex install doctor. Inspect the local installation, compare it against the latest LazyCodex and Codex sources, and return a PASS/WARN/FAIL report where every verdict cites the command output or file that produced it. Diagnose only: the only writes you make are under LAZYCODEXSOURCEROOT or ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/lazycodex-sources. Never mutate the user's install, config, or repositories during diagnosis; propose remediations and apply one only when the user explicitly asks afterward.

Use GPT-5.5 style: outcome first, concise, evidence-bound.

Required Workflow

1. Materialize the latest sources under LAZYCODEXSOURCEROOT="${LAZYCODEXSOURCEROOT:-${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/lazycodex-sources}" first. Every source comparison below reads from these checkouts, never from memory. Re-sync on every run so a cached checkout cannot go stale, and validate cached checkouts before reuse so an incomplete .git directory cannot poison diagnosis:

LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT="${LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT:-${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/lazycodex-sources}"
mkdir -p "$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT"

valid_source_checkout() {
  DEST="$1"
  git -C "$DEST" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
    git -C "$DEST" config --get remote.origin.url >/dev/null 2>&1
}

recover_corrupt_source_checkout() {
  DEST="$1"
  if [ -e "$DEST" ] && ! valid_source_checkout "$DEST"; then
    QUARANTINED="$DEST.corrupt.$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
    mv "$DEST" "$QUARANTINED"
    echo "Moved corrupt source cache $DEST to $QUARANTINED" >&2
  fi
}

sync_latest_source() {
  REPO="$1"; DEST="$2"
  recover_corrupt_source_checkout "$DEST"
  if [ ! -d "$DEST" ]; then
    gh repo clone "$REPO" "$DEST" -- --depth=1 \
      || git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/$REPO" "$DEST"
  fi
  if ! valid_source_checkout "$DEST"; then
    echo "Source cache $DEST is not a usable git checkout after clone" >&2
    return 1
  fi
  git -C "$DEST" remote set-url origin "https://github.com/$REPO.git" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
  DEFAULT_BRANCH="$(git -C "$DEST" remote show origin | sed -n '/HEAD branch/s/.*: //p')"
  if [ -z "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]; then
    DEFAULT_BRANCH="$(git -C "$DEST" symbolic-ref -

1. Inventory the installed surface. Resolve CODEX_HOME (default ~/.codex), then collect:

• codex --version and how codex resolves (command -v codex).
• Installed LazyCodex version: the version in the installed plugin manifest, discoverable with find "${CODEXHOME:-$HOME/.codex}/plugins" -path '/.codex-plugin/plugin.json'. Installed plugins live under $CODEX_HOME/plugins/cache////.
• Latest LazyCodex version from $LAZYCODEXSOURCEROOT/lazycodex-source (release tags or the version stamped in the repo) and latest Codex release (gh release view --repo openai/codex).
• OS, install method, and lazycodex / lazycodex-ai bin links resolving (command -v).
• Astra readiness. The LazyCodex catalog default is gpt-6-astra, which Codex only knows from codex-cli 0.153.1 onward. First release tag containing the models.json change: rust-v0.153.1 (backport commit 5cc1c94b8e). Reproduce on a full clone with tags: git -C log --format='%h %d' -S gpt-6-astra -- codex-rs/models-manager/models.json, then git -C tag --contains 5cc1c94b8e | sort -V | head -1; a shallow clone or one without tags returns nothing. Record the installed version from codex --version, the root model in $CODEXHOME/config.toml (informational only, it doesn't change the verdict), and, when $CODEXHOME/modelscache.json exists, whether it contains gpt-6-astra (grep -c gpt-6-astra "${CODEXHOME:-$HOME/.codex}/modelscache.json"). Verdict: PASS when codex --version is 0.153.1 or newer and modelscache.json is either absent or lists gpt-6-astra. WARN when the version is older than 0.153.1, or the cache exists but lacks gpt-6-astra; remediation is upgrading Codex (npm install -g @openai/codex@latest, or the package manager that installed codex), then starting Codex once so models_cache.json refreshes.

1. Check config and wiring against the latest installer, not against assumptions. Read what the current installer under $LAZYCODEXSOURCEROOT/lazycodex-source writes (installer sources live in the omo-codex package, e.g. scripts/install/), then verify the local equivalents:

• $CODEX_HOME/config.toml exists and parses; LazyCodex-managed entries match what the latest installer would write.
• Plugin payload present and non-empty: read .codex-plugin/plugin.json; when that manifest declares a hooks array, validate every direct hook path declared by the manifest; require hooks/hooks.json only when the manifest declares it; do not require retired paths such as components/workflow-selector or hooks/user-prompt-submit-selecting-lazycodex-workflow.json unless the current manifest declares them.
• Verify the manifest-declared runtime payload, not a remembered source tree. Current payload includes skills/, .mcp.json, root CLI runtimes such as dist/cli/index.js and dist/cli-node/index.js, and every hook/MCP components//dist/.js target referenced by installed manifests.
• Treat install-time materialization rewrites as expected when the rewritten target exists and is non-empty. For example, .mcp.json may use plugin-local or absolute installed paths for MCP runtimes; that is PASS/WARN context, not payload drift. Missing or zero-byte rewritten targets are FAIL.
• Stale project-local leftovers the installer now removes (e.g. .codex/hooks.json, .codex/skills in the project) are flagged, not deleted.

1. Probe the real surface. Do not invoke lazycodex doctor; this skill is already running inside that doctor workflow, so calling it would recurse. Instead run non-recursive probes directly: codex --version, command -v codex, the bin-link checks above, config/plugin payload inspections, and a trivial non-interactive Codex invocation that loads the plugin. Use the configured Codex default model for the runtime probe unless the user explicitly passed a model override to the doctor surface; never force a guessed/rejected model such as gpt-5.5-codex-mini. Capture stderr verbatim; a clean exit with warnings is WARN, not PASS.
2. Compare for drift. Where installed manifest-declared bundled files differ from the same files at the installed version, or the latest source removed or renamed something the local config still references, record it with both paths. Do not report expected materialization differences, such as absolute .mcp.json runtime paths, as drift when their targets exist and are non-empty.
3. Check whether each FAIL is already known: gh issue list --repo code-yeongyu/lazycodex --search "" --state open (and openai/codex when the failure points upstream). Link matches in the report instead of re-diagnosing from scratch.
4. If a probe fails and the cause is not explained by config or source comparison, invoke $omo:debugging for the investigation. If Codex exposes only unqualified skill names in the current session, invoke $debugging and state that it is the OMO debugging skill.
5. Emit the report.

Doctor Report Template

## LazyCodex Doctor Report

### Summary
[One sentence: healthy, degraded, or broken — and the single most important next action.]

### Environment
- LazyCodex installed / latest:
- Codex CLI installed / latest:
- CODEX_HOME:
- OS / install method:

### Checks
| Check | Verdict | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Versions current | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [command output or file:line] |
| Astra readiness | PASS/WARN | [`codex --version` vs the 0.153.1 floor; `gpt-6-astra` present/absent in `$CODEX_HOME/models_cache.json`; configured root `model`] |
| config.toml integrity | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence] |
| Plugin payload wiring | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence] |
| Bin links / aliases | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence] |
| Runtime probe | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence] |
| Drift vs latest source | PASS/WARN/FAIL | [evidence, citing `$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/lazycodex-source` or `$LAZYCODEX_SOURCE_ROOT/chatgpt-subscription-source` paths] |

### Remediations
1. [Most important fix first: exact command or config edit, and what it resolves. When Astra readiness is WARN: upgrade Codex to 0.153.1 or newer and relaunch it once so `models_cache.json` picks up `gpt-6-astra`.]

### Known Issues Matched
- [issue URL

Follow-up Routing

• Local misconfiguration or stale install: give the remediation; reinstalling via the standard LazyCodex install command is the default fix for payload drift.
• Defect in LazyCodex or Codex product code: recommend $lcx-report-bug to file it, or $lcx-contribute-bug-fix when the user wants a fix PR. Both reuse the source-root checkouts you already synced.

Stop Conditions

Ask one narrow question only when a finding requires a destructive decision, such as deleting user-edited config or downgrading a version.

Do not:

• mutate config, installs, or repositories during diagnosis
• report a verdict without captured evidence
• compare against remembered source layout instead of $LAZYCODEXSOURCEROOT/lazycodex-source and $LAZYCODEXSOURCEROOT/chatgpt-subscription-source
• require retired payload paths that the current .codex-plugin/plugin.json does not declare
• force a runtime-probe model unless the user explicitly passed one
• declare healthy while any probe output was never captured