Automation & Scripting skills for Codex
Skills for automating the repetitive parts of work: polite web scraping, Playwright browser automation, n8n, Zapier and Make, command-line tools people enjoy using, batch image, audio and video processing with ffmpeg, mailbox and file automations, macOS and Windows scripting, and dotfiles.
curl -fsSL codexskills.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --category automation Installs all 25 into ~/.agents/skills/. Or download the zip.
All 25 Automation & Scripting skills
Each opens the full SKILL.md, example prompts and every way to install it.
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API Polling Workers
Poll APIs without gaps, repeats or 429 storms -
AppleScript and macOS Automation
Script Mac apps through dictionaries, not clicks -
Audio Processing
Measured loudness and clean speech, every episode -
Browser Automation
Automate web chores without storing passwords -
Node CLI Tool Building
Node CLIs that run from npx and never hang in CI -
Data Sync Jobs
Sync SaaS data without duplicates or drift -
Desktop File Watchers
Process each dropped file once, fully written -
Dotfiles Management
New laptop to ready shell in one command -
ffmpeg Video
Convert, cut and subtitle video with one-pass ffmpeg -
File Organization
Rename and dedupe thousands of files, reversibly -
GitHub Actions Automation
Repo housekeeping bots with least privilege -
Image Batch Processing
Resize a thousand photos without one sideways -
IMAP Email Automation
Process every email exactly once, delete nothing -
n8n Workflows
n8n flows that fail loudly and deploy cleanly -
Office Macros
VBA and Office Scripts that finish in seconds -
PDF Batch Workflows
OCR and stamp thousands of PDFs, resumably -
Python Automation Scripts
Scripts that are safe to run twice, and at 3 a.m. -
RSS and Page Change Monitoring
One alert per new item, zero for timestamp churn -
Scheduled Reports
Recurring reports that send once, on the right day -
Screenshot Automation
Same page, same pixels, every run -
Spreadsheet Automation
Turn the Monday copy-paste into one command -
Web Scraping
Scrapers that stay polite and survive layout changes -
Windows Automation
Hotkeys and scheduled scripts that never click blind -
YouTube Data API
Channel automation that fits in 10,000 units -
Zapier and Make
No-code flows that do not double-fire
No Automation & Scripting skill matches that.
Where to start
Install the ones that match requests you make every week. Name one with $ffmpeg-video when you want it for sure; otherwise Codex picks by description.
Start with
- ffmpeg VideoConvert, cut and subtitle video with one-pass ffmpeg
- GitHub Actions AutomationRepo housekeeping bots with least privilege
- API Polling WorkersPoll APIs without gaps, repeats or 429 storms
Install a few by name
curl -fsSL codexskills.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- api-polling-workers applescript-macos 104-line POSIX script. No sudo, no telemetry. Read install.sh
Automation & Scripting FAQ
How do I install every Automation & Scripting skill at once?
Run curl -fsSL https://codexskills.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --category automation to put all 25 in ~/.agents/skills/, or add --project to install them into the current repository's .agents/skills/. You can also download the category zip and unpack it yourself.
Does installing 25 skills slow Codex down?
Hardly. At startup Codex sees only each skill's name and description, a few dozen words apiece, and reads a full SKILL.md only when a task needs it. Install the whole category if the work fits; unused skills cost almost nothing.
Which Automation & Scripting skill should I start with?
Start with ffmpeg Video, GitHub Actions Automation, API Polling Workers. They cover the requests that come up most in this category. Mention one with $ffmpeg-video to try it.