Examples Auto Run

Defaults (overridable via env)

• EXAMPLES_INTERACTIVE_MODE=auto
• AUTO_APPROVE_MCP=1, APPLY_PATCH_AUTO_APPROVE=1, AUTO_APPROVE_HITL=1 (set in runner)
• EXAMPLES_CONCURRENCY=4
• EXAMPLES_EXECA_TIMEOUT_MS=300000 (5m)
  financial-research-agent and computer-use use 10m inside the script.
• Includes interactive; excludes server/audio/external by default:
  • EXAMPLES_INCLUDE_INTERACTIVE=1
  • EXAMPLES_INCLUDE_SERVER=0
  • EXAMPLES_INCLUDE_AUDIO=0
• EXAMPLES_INCLUDE_EXTERNAL=0
  • This means realtime-* / nextjs (tagged as server/audio) are skipped unless you opt in with --include-server / --include-audio or the corresponding env flags.
• Auto-skip list: EXAMPLES_AUTO_SKIP (comma/space separated) overrides the built-in defaults used by both run.sh and run-example-starts.mjs. Defaults include agent-patterns:start:llm-as-a-judge, agent-patterns:start:routing, customer-service:start, connectors:start, mcp:start:hosted-mcp-on-approval, mcp:start:hosted-mcp-human-in-the-loop.

Cancellation / cleanup

• Jobs are backgrounded but not disowned; if Codex suspends/ends the shell, the process group gets SIGHUP and stops.
• Manual cleanup: run.sh stop (removes stale pid if already exited).

Log locations

• .tmp/examples-start-logs/<package>__<script>.log (per start)
• Main runner log path is printed when start is invoked.
• Rerun list (generated by collect): .tmp/examples-rerun.txt (one package:script per line).

Notes

• Auto-skip is centralized (same defaults as above) and can be overridden via EXAMPLES_AUTO_SKIP. Auto-skip entries are excluded from rerun collection and will be removed from rerun execution automatically.
• Auto-input map covers common interactive prompts; HITL/MCP/apply-patch auto-approve via env is enabled by the runner.
• Shell tool approvals are auto-approved in auto mode (SHELL_AUTO_APPROVE=1).
• rerun runs entries sequentially, continues after failures, and rewrites .tmp/examples-rerun.txt with only the remaining failures. Auto-skip entries are not re-added.
• Behavioral validation is not done in the runner, so Codex must immediately perform it after every start or rerun invocation without waiting for the user to ask. Required steps:
  1. Read the example source to infer intended flow from code/comments (tools invoked, expected outputs, guards, approvals).
  2. Read the matching log under .tmp/examples-start-logs/.
  3. Compare intent vs. log: confirm key actions/results happened; flag omissions or divergences.
  4. Do this for all exit-0 entries, not just samples.
  5. Summarize findings right after the run completes; when “OK”, note what was checked (e.g., “tools called + final message emitted”).
  6. When reporting, do not omit or ellipsize outputs that justify the validation; include the full relevant lines (keep it concise but untruncated).
• The runner prints a full table after the summary: one row per start script with status, package:script, info (reason/exit/skipped), and the log path. If the run stops before the table appears, point the analyzer at the latest main_*.log to reconstruct a table and validations.