feat(policy-checks): support Codex as a hook harness alongside Claude Code

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Description

otari hook and otari hook setup now support Codex as a hook harness alongside Claude Code (--harness codex). This lets a repo's .otari-gates.yml policy enforce the same Agent Gates rules for a Codex-driven coding session as it already does for Claude Code: forbidden edits or commands get refused before they run, and Stop-time checks (changed paths, judge gates, check_passed verifiers) run against Codex's own transcript format.

Concretely:

• Reads Codex's own PreToolUse tool shapes (apply_patch envelopes, Bash, Code Mode's code_mode_exec) and its rollout-JSONL transcript format for Stop-time evidence and judge-gate context.
• otari hook setup --harness codex registers into .codex/hooks.json instead of Claude Code's .claude/settings.local.json.
• A judge gate can name a preferred CLI order via a new judge_cli field (or --judge-cli/OTARI_HOOK_JUDGE_CLI), resolved against whichever harness invoked the hook (claude-code -> claude, codex -> codex) so its model call always has somewhere sensible to run regardless of which agent triggered it.
• codex exec's own call omits --model by default rather than hardcode a "small model" the way the Claude backend's Haiku default does, since Codex's own model catalog has no equally stable name to pin.

Known gap carried over from upstream: a Codex session running through Code Mode wraps shell/apply_patch calls in one JS snippet, and Code Mode's own PreToolUse dispatch does not yet cover that surface at all (openai/codex#23411, open upstream), so a policy relying only on PreToolUse will not see those edits/commands until that lands. Stop's own Git-status fallback and transcript scan still do, since neither depends on PreToolUse firing.

How to test it locally

• otari hook setup --harness codex in a repo with a .otari-gates.yml, then trigger a forbidden edit or command through a real Codex session and confirm it's refused before it runs.
• Automated coverage: tests/unit/test_hook_cli_codex.py, tests/unit/test_hook_judge_cli.py, tests/unit/test_hook_cli.py (119 tests), plus make lint.

PR Type

• New Feature

Relevant issues

Checklist

• I understand the code I am submitting.
• I have added or updated tests that cover my change (tests/unit, tests/integration).
• I ran the Definition of Done checks locally (make lint, make typecheck, make test).
• Documentation was updated where necessary.
• If the API contract changed, I regenerated the OpenAPI spec (uv run python scripts/generate_openapi.py).
• If this changes a rule in ARCHITECTURE.md or scripts/check_architecture.py, the description names the rule and says why.

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Summary

• Adds Codex support to otari hook and otari hook setup.
• Registers hooks in .codex/hooks.json and ignores that generated file, along with .claude/settings.local.json.
• Handles Codex tool events and rollout transcripts for hook decisions.
• Adds configurable judge CLI selection, with claude and codex backends and harness-specific defaults.
• Documents setup and behavior, including the Code Mode event coverage limitation.
• Adds tests for Codex hooks, judge selection, policy validation, and existing hook behavior.

Technical notes

• judge_cli accepts an ordered string or list of claude and codex candidates.
• Codex judge calls use codex exec and omit --model by default.
• Code Mode’s bundled shell and patch calls are not covered by PreToolUse; Stop-time fallbacks remain.
• Test execution status is not provided.

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• tests/unit/agent_runtime/test_policy.py
• tests/unit/test_hook_cli.py
• tests/unit/test_hook_cli_codex.py
• tests/unit/test_hook_judge_cli.py

Walkthrough

The hook system now supports Codex alongside Claude Code. Judge gates can select claude or codex backends. Codex payload parsing, setup, transcript handling, CLI resolution, documentation, and unit tests were added.

Changes

Codex hooks and configurable judges

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Judge CLI policy contract src/gateway/agent_runtime/domain/policy.py, src/gateway/agent_runtime/domain/types.py, tests/unit/agent_runtime/test_policy.py	JudgeGate accepts an optional ordered judge_cli preference containing claude or codex. Validation rejects empty, invalid, and unsupported values.
Codex hook parsing and setup src/gateway/cli.py, .gitignore, docs/agent-gates.md, tests/unit/test_hook_cli_codex.py	Codex apply_patch, command, and rollout payloads are parsed. Codex setup writes .codex/hooks.json with Codex tool matchers. The related settings file is ignored by Git.
Judge backend resolution and execution src/gateway/cli.py, docs/agent-gates.md, tests/unit/test_hook_cli.py, tests/unit/test_hook_judge_cli.py	Judge CLI selection follows gate, command-line or environment, and harness defaults. Claude and Codex subprocess calls use separate command shapes and transcript formats. Dry runs and execution errors report the selected candidates.

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In `@src/gateway/cli.py`:
- Around line 2075-2078: Add a concise post-setup instruction for the Codex
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- Around line 1080-1089: Update the Codex judge invocation around the argv
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