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Durable professor-critic research workflow over Codex goal mode without reviving deprecated omx autoresearch

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Autoresearch Goal

Use this workflow when a research mission should be bound to Codex goal-mode focus while OMX remains the durable state owner. This is for research projects that need Codex goal-mode management plus professor/critic-style validation; it is not the default answer for ordinary pre-planning best-practice lookup.

Boundary

  • Do not use or revive the deprecated omx autoresearch direct launch surface.
  • Do not claim shell commands mutate hidden Codex /goal state.
  • Do not edit upstream ../../codex or add dependencies.
  • Use get_goal, create_goal, and update_goal({status: "complete"}) only through the active Codex thread when those tools are available.

Artifacts

omx autoresearch-goal writes:

  • .omx/goals/autoresearch/<slug>/mission.json
  • .omx/goals/autoresearch/<slug>/rubric.md
  • .omx/goals/autoresearch/<slug>/ledger.jsonl
  • .omx/goals/autoresearch/<slug>/completion.json

Flow

  1. Create the mission and professor-critic rubric: omx autoresearch-goal create --topic "..." --rubric "..." --critic-command "..."
  2. Emit the model-facing handoff: omx autoresearch-goal handoff --slug <slug>
  3. In the active Codex thread, call get_goal; call create_goal only if no active goal exists and the printed payload is the intended objective.
  4. Research iteratively against the rubric. Record every critic outcome: omx autoresearch-goal verdict --slug <slug> --verdict <pass|fail|blocked> --evidence "..."
  5. Completion is blocked until professor-critic validation records verdict=pass. After the mission audit passes, call update_goal({status: "complete"}), call get_goal again, then run: omx autoresearch-goal complete --slug <slug> --codex-goal-json <get_goal-json-or-path>
  6. Treat the completion command as read-only reconciliation plus durable OMX state update; hooks and shell commands must not mutate Codex goal state.
  7. After the completion command succeeds, run /goal clear in the Codex UI before starting another goal in this same thread/session. OMX prints this terminal cleanup step but does not invoke hidden clear routes.

Completion gate

A passing professor-critic artifact and a matching complete Codex get_goal snapshot are required. Assistant prose, partial tests, or a failed/blocked verdict are not sufficient.

Lifecycle: create_goal starts the Codex thread goal, update_goal({status: "complete"}) marks terminal success after the professor-critic and audit pass, and /goal clear removes the completed thread goal when another same-thread goal is needed. OMX shell commands and hooks reconcile snapshots and print the cleanup instruction; they must not mutate hidden Codex goal state.