Codex Deep Search

Deep web search using Codex CLI for complex queries that need multi-source synthesis. Use when web_search (Brave) returns insufficient results, when the user...

Use Codex CLI's web search capability for research tasks needing more depth than Brave API snippets.

When to Prefer Over web_search

• Complex/niche topics needing multi-source synthesis
• User explicitly asks for thorough/deep research
• Brave results are too shallow or missing context

Usage

Dispatch Mode (recommended — background + callback)

nohup bash /home/ubuntu/clawd/skills/codex-deep-search/scripts/search.sh \
  --prompt "Your research query" \
  --task-name "notebooklm-research" \
  --telegram-group "-5006066016" \
  --timeout 120 > /tmp/codex-search.log 2>&1 &

After dispatch: tell user search is running, results will arrive via Telegram. Do NOT poll.

Synchronous Mode (short queries only)

bash /home/ubuntu/clawd/skills/codex-deep-search/scripts/search.sh \
  --prompt "Quick factual query" \
  --output "/tmp/search-result.md" \
  --timeout 60

Then read the output file and summarize.

Parameters

Flag	Required	Default	Description
--prompt	Yes	—	Research query
--output	No	data/codex-search-results/<task>.md	Output file path
--task-name	No	search-<timestamp>	Task identifier
--telegram-group	No	—	Telegram chat ID for callback
--model	No	gpt-5.3-codex	Model override
--timeout	No	120	Seconds before auto-stop

Result Files

File	Content
data/codex-search-results/<task>.md	Search report (incremental)
data/codex-search-results/latest-meta.json	Task metadata + status
data/codex-search-results/task-output.txt	Raw Codex output

Key Design

• Incremental writes — results saved after each search round, survives OOM/timeout
• Low reasoning effort — reduces memory, prevents OOM SIGKILL
• Timeout protection — auto-stops runaway searches
• Dispatch pattern — background execution with Telegram callback, no polling