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Review code changes in Codex Desktop

Inspect changes and investigate security findings while you work.

Difficulty Intermediate
Time horizon 30m

Start a security review from Codex or your repository’s Codex project.

Best for

  • Developers checking uncommitted changes while the implementation is still fresh in their minds.
  • Engineers reviewing a commit, branch, or pull-request change set from a local checkout.
  • Reviewers who want to investigate findings alongside the affected code before deciding what to fix.

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    Review code changes in Codex Desktop

    Inspect changes and investigate security findings while you work.

    Start a security review from Codex or your repository’s Codex project.

    Intermediate
    30m

    Start a security review from Codex or your repository’s Codex project.

    Intermediate
    30m

    Best for

    • Developers checking uncommitted changes while the implementation is still fresh in their minds.
    • Engineers reviewing a commit, branch, or pull-request change set from a local checkout.
    • Reviewers who want to investigate findings alongside the affected code before deciding what to fix.

    Starter prompt

    Please run a $codex-security:security-diff-scan on [Github repository URL]
    Please run a $codex-security:security-diff-scan on [Github repository URL]

    For a more interactive experience reviewing PRs or uncommitted changes, you can execute reviews through the security tab within Codex.

    The Security workbench with the Changes scan type selected.

    Alternatively, you can prompt Codex within the repository project of Codex by invoking the skill.

    Security Diff Scan prompt for the North Star Bank example repository.

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