Reported by @wraith edge
Steps to Reproduce
- Open Codex Desktop for macOS.
- Check whether the first-party OpenAI Docs route appears in the UI.
- Compare these routes:
- System skill
- Personal skill
- Skills
- Plugins
- MCP server
$openai-docs@picker/search- slash commands
- Restart Codex and check again.
- Observe whether OpenAI Docs appears as
OpenAI Docs,OpenAI Developer Docs,openai-docs, MCP, Skill, Plugin, or not at all.
Observed: the UI can show multiple Docs-related routes, but it is
Expected Result
Codex should clearly show the official OpenAI Docs route status.
The UI should indicate:
- whether the bundled
openai-docsSystem skill is present; - whether the OpenAI Developer Docs MCP route is enabled and usable;
- whether a Personal skill duplicate/override exists;
- which route is first-party;
- whether explicit invocation works through
$,@, slash commands, Skills, Plugins, or MCP.
If System skills are hidden but still invokable, the UI should say that clearly.
Actual Result
The OpenAI Docs route is confusing from the user side.
OpenAI Docs may appear as:
- System skill;
- Personal skill;
- Skill;
- Plugin;
- MCP server;
$invocation;@picker result;- slash command;
- or may appear missing.
After restart, the UI may show an OpenAI Developer Docs MCP entry and an OpenAI Docs skill entry, but a normal user cannot tell whether official OpenAI Docs access is working, duplicated, hidden, missing, or only available through a workaround.
Environment Codex Desktop for macOS ChatGPT Pro account OpenAI Docs / OpenAI Developer Docs route Skills / Plugins / MCP / System skill testing No private logs, workspace names, screenshots, or local file paths included