Observed behavior: when the MCP returns Auth required, Codex fell
through to "let me generate the .pptx/.xlsx myself" — probing for
python-pptx/openpyxl/xlsxwriter and then PowerPoint/Excel COM
automation. Any artifact produced that way has fabricated SKUs,
prices, and templates — worse than no artifact.
Previous guardrails forbade reconstructing the KB locally and
inventing SKUs, but did not explicitly forbid local artifact
generation. Add that rule: if the MCP is unreachable, no artifacts
are produced, full stop.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Even when MCP auth is healthy, Codex wastes tool calls reading the
local workspace (README.md, plugin.json, Get-ChildItem -Recurse)
because the canonical methodology includes pre-flight checks that
read files like `kb/CHANGELOG.md` — those exist in the skill repo
but not in the plugin repo or the plugin install directory.
New section explicitly tells the agent: all methodology and KB
content lives in MCP resources; never read local files to satisfy
methodology steps. The working directory is only relevant when the
user explicitly asks about it.
Complements the Auth-required fallback by addressing the
healthy-MCP-but-still-exploring case.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Previous fallback was too soft: "discover intent, pick the best tool,
confirm assumptions" was interpreted by Codex as "search the local
workspace for kb:// material" — which never exists locally and burns
context on fruitless exploration.
New fallback makes the recovery path explicit:
- STOP on Auth required / server unreachable
- surface the exact fix command (`codex mcp login oci-deal-accelerator`)
to the user
- never reconstruct the KB from local files (server-side only)
- never invent SKUs, pricing, or service quantities
- never generate partial artifacts with inferred data
Scoped: applies only when the entire MCP session is unreachable.
Per-tool failures still follow the methodology's guidance.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The bundled skill file was a frozen 542-line copy that only updated on
plugin re-release. Replace it with a thin pointer to the server-side
resource `skill://methodology`, so skill-content changes propagate
without requiring users to reinstall the plugin.
- skills/oci-deal-accelerator/SKILL.md: reduced to ~40-line stub that
directs Codex to read skill://methodology first, with a minimal
tool table and fallback behavior if the MCP is unreachable
- .codex-plugin/plugin.json: bump to 0.2.0 (breaking change in what
the plugin ships; Codex treats new versions as new cache entries)
- .gitignore: ignore Codex CLI's local .codex state file
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Wraps the remote MCP server at https://mcp.tech-lad.com/deal-accelerator/mcp/
and bundles the companion skill for distribution via ai-lad.com.
- .codex-plugin/plugin.json: manifest with Oracle-red branding and 14-tool capabilities
- .mcp.json: streamable HTTP transport pointing at the production MCP URL
- skills/oci-deal-accelerator/SKILL.md: copied from the skill repo
- assets/: placeholder logo, icon, screenshot (replace before first release)
- README: install flow for Windows/macOS/Linux via ai-lad.com
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
