oh-my-codex v0.16.0

Summary

0.16.0 is a minor release for skill deprecation and native Codex goal-mode integration. It moves long-running workflow coordination toward durable repo artifacts plus explicit Codex goal reconciliation, while cleaning up obsolete plugin-delivered skill surfaces.

Release CI is green for main and v0.16.0; npm publication completed through the tag-triggered Release workflow.

Highlights

• Goal-mode native workflows — ultragoal, performance-goal, and autoresearch-goal add durable plans, evaluator/professor-critic gates, ledgers, and model-facing Codex goal handoffs.
• Goal-mode skills spotlight — ultragoal represents the new goal-mode family: use $ultragoal for durable multi-goal execution, $performance-goal for evaluator-gated optimization work, and $autoresearch-goal for professor/critic research loops over fresh Codex goal snapshots.
• Snapshot-reconciled completion — completion checkpoints require fresh get_goal evidence that the expected objective is complete, preventing shell-only false completion.
• Skill delivery cleanup — obsolete skills retired from installable/plugin delivery where catalog-deprecated; deprecated root wrappers may remain as compatibility stubs.
• Autoresearch migration — direct omx autoresearch remains deprecated; use $autoresearch and omx autoresearch-goal for goal-mode-backed research workflows.
• Runtime reliability — Team/Ralph handoffs, question batch handshakes, Stop hooks, boxed state routing, notification proxy handling, and explore startup bounds were hardened.
• Pipeline and docs polish — GitHub package pipeline templates, Discord/proxy setup docs, and goal workflow docs are included.

Merged PRs / notable commits

• #2132 — Retire obsolete OMX skills
• #2117 — Protect goal workflows with snapshot reconciliation
• #2113 — Honor proxy environments for notification transports
• #2106 — Bound explore startup env and Codex timeouts
• #2104 — Add Lore commit guard opt-out
• #2102 — Add first-class ultragoal prompt workflow
• #2100 — Make madmax launches own isolated runtime state
• #2097 — Make multi-goal execution durable around Codex goal mode
• #2095 — Let Ralph verifier children finish
• #2092 — Clarify plugin setup guidance source
• #2088 — Add GitHub package pipeline templates
• #2086 — Fix boxed team state path routing
• #2082 — Fix Ralph session state rebinding
• #2078 — Fix MCP duplicate sibling cleanup leak
• #2076 — Clarify ralplan handoff continuation status
• #2074 — Clarify Discord webhook and bot setup
• #2065 — Replace team stall nudges with worker Stop hook
• #2055 — Integrate Ralph with Codex goal mode

Upgrade notes

• ultragoal, performance-goal, and autoresearch-goal require fresh Codex goal snapshots for durable completion reconciliation; OMX does not mutate hidden Codex goal state directly.
• Treat direct omx autoresearch as deprecated. Use $autoresearch or omx autoresearch-goal instead.
• If you relied on plugin-delivered deprecated skills, migrate to the active replacement skill or workflow listed by omx list / generated skill docs.
• Publication remains blocked until local verification and GitHub CI are green.

Verification

Release verification evidence is tracked in docs/qa/release-readiness-0.16.0.md. Final publication requires local gates plus GitHub CI.

Contributors

Thanks to @Yeachan-Heo, @HaD0Yun, @pgagarinov, and dependabot for contributions in this range.

Full Changelog: v0.15.3...v0.16.0

Release publication status

• Main CI: passed.
• Release CI: passed.
• npm package publish: completed via the v0.16.0 Release workflow.