instructions

MCP tool from Codex Octopus by xiaolai

Additional instructions (prepended to prompt)

How to use it

instructions is exposed by the Codex Octopus MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the instructions tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Codex Octopus

$npm install codex-octopus

FULL CODEX OCTOPUS LISTING

Other tools in Codex Octopus (9)

additionalDirs

Extra directories the agent can access

approvalPolicy

Approval override (can only tighten, never loosen)

cwd

Working directory override

effort

Reasoning effort (minimal to xhigh)