What problem does it solve?
Manually maintaining distributed remote Codex worker fleets is time-consuming and error-prone, requiring constant tracking of slot health, automation schedules, job status, and S3-based state across multiple hosts. This skill eliminates that manual overhead by automating all routine orchestrator maintenance tasks.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Adaptive Orchestrator Heartbeat: Manages exponential no-change backoff for the orchestrator thread, reducing unnecessary runs while staying responsive to fleet changes.
- Slot Lifecycle Automation: Automatically creates, repairs, and refreshes worker slot threads with correct project placement and self-managing heartbeat automations.
- Fleet & Task Diagnostics: Publishes machine-readable fleet status and cursor-based task logs from S3 for full visibility into worker health and job execution.
Use Case: For teams running remote Codex worker pools to process background API jobs or automated tasks, this skill ensures all slots are healthy, automations are up to date, and you have real-time visibility into fleet performance without manual intervention.
Quick Start
Use the remote-codex-orchestrator skill to run a full maintenance cycle for your configured remote Codex worker host, including slot health checks, automation refreshes, and fleet status reporting.