Deer Flow skill for Codex

CommunitySkillEducation & Research

An open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness that researches, codes, and creates. With the help of sandboxes, memories, tools, skill, subagents and message gateway, it handles different levels of tasks that could take minutes to hours.

How to install Deer Flow in Codex

In Codex, ask the built-in skill installer for it:

$skill-installer install the <skill> skill from https://github.com/bytedance/deer-flow

Type this in Codex and replace <skill> with a folder name from 'What it contains'. $skill-installer is the skill installer built into Codex, and it downloads the skill from GitHub. Restart Codex if the skill doesn't show up. Check the repo README for any setup it needs. Source: Codex skills docs.

Or copy the skill folder (the one with SKILL.md) into ~/.agents/skills to use it in every project, or into .agents/skills in a repo to share it with that repo. Codex picks up new skills automatically. (where Codex loads skills)

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What it contains

Skills (27)

  • blocking-io-guard — Ensure async-path backend code that could block the asyncio event loop is protected by a teeth-verified runtime anchor in tests/blocking_io/. Use when changing backend Python under app/, packages/harness/deerflow/, or scripts/, when running a blocking-IO…
  • deerflow-maintainer-orchestrator — Use when a DeerFlow maintainer needs comment-only GitHub issue or PR handling: resolve issue/PR scopes with gh, analyze issues, post or draft issue comments, perform PR review comments, review PR or issue batches, compare competing PRs that target the same…
  • engineer-system-change — Evaluate and carry out non-trivial software-system changes from first principles. Use when assessing RFCs, issues, designs, features, refactors, migrations, dependency changes, or proposed fields, events, APIs, modules, and services whose need, consumers…
  • smoke-test — End-to-end smoke test skill for DeerFlow. Guides through: 1) Pulling latest code, 2) Docker OR Local installation and deployment (user preference, default to Local if Docker network issues), 3) Service availability verification, 4) Health check, 5) Final…
  • academic-paper-review — Use this skill when the user requests to review, analyze, critique, or summarize academic papers, research articles, preprints, or scientific publications. Supports comprehensive structured reviews covering methodology assessment, contribution evaluation…
  • bootstrap — Generate a personalized SOUL.md through a warm, adaptive onboarding conversation. Trigger when the user wants to create, set up, or initialize their AI partner's identity — e.g., "create my SOUL.md", "bootstrap my agent", "set up my AI partner", "define who…
  • chart-visualization — This skill should be used when the user wants to visualize data. It intelligently selects the most suitable chart type from 26 available options, extracts parameters based on detailed specifications, and generates a chart image using a JavaScript script.
  • claude-to-deerflow — Interact with DeerFlow AI agent platform via its HTTP API. Use this skill when the user wants to send messages or questions to DeerFlow for research/analysis, start a DeerFlow conversation thread, check DeerFlow status or health, list available…
  • code-documentation — Use this skill when the user requests to generate, create, or improve documentation for code, APIs, libraries, repositories, or software projects. Supports README generation, API reference documentation, inline code comments, architecture documentation…
  • consulting-analysis — Use this skill when the user requests to generate, create, or write professional research reports including but not limited to market analysis, consumer insights, brand analysis, financial analysis, industry research, competitive intelligence, investment due…
  • data-analysis — Use this skill when the user uploads Excel (.xlsx/.xls) or CSV files and wants to perform data analysis, generate statistics, create summaries, pivot tables, SQL queries, or any form of structured data exploration. Supports multi-sheet Excel workbooks…
  • deep-research — Use this skill instead of WebSearch for ANY question requiring web research. Trigger on queries like "what is X", "explain X", "compare X and Y", "research X", or before content generation tasks. Provides systematic multi-angle research methodology instead…
  • find-skills — Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for…
  • frontend-design — Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use this skill when the user asks to build web components, pages, artifacts, posters, or applications (examples include websites, landing pages, dashboards, React components…
  • github-deep-research — Conduct multi-round deep research on any GitHub Repo. Use when users request comprehensive analysis, timeline reconstruction, competitive analysis, or in-depth investigation of GitHub. Produces structured markdown reports with executive summaries…
  • image-generation — Use this skill when the user requests to generate, create, imagine, or visualize images including characters, scenes, products, or any visual content. Supports structured prompts and reference images for guided generation.
  • music-generation — Use this skill when the user requests to generate, create, compose, or produce music or songs — background music, theme songs, jingles, or instrumental tracks. Generates a song from a style/mood prompt and optional lyrics via the MiniMax music API.
  • newsletter-generation — Use this skill when the user requests to generate, create, write, or draft a newsletter, email digest, weekly roundup, industry briefing, or curated content summary. Supports topic-based research, content curation from multiple sources, and professional…
  • podcast-generation — Use this skill when the user requests to generate, create, or produce podcasts from text content. Converts written content into a two-host conversational podcast audio format with natural dialogue.
  • ppt-generation — Use this skill when the user requests to generate, create, or make presentations (PPT/PPTX). Creates visually rich slides by generating images for each slide and composing them into a PowerPoint file.
  • skill-creator — Create new skills, modify and improve existing skills, and measure skill performance. Use when users want to create a skill from scratch, edit, or optimize an existing skill, run evals to test a skill, benchmark skill performance with variance analysis, or…
  • skill-reviewer — Reviews DeerFlow skill packages for readiness, triggers, safety boundaries, resources, and evidence. Invoke when users ask to audit, grade, or production-check an existing skill.
  • surprise-me — Create a delightful, unexpected "wow" experience for the user by dynamically discovering and creatively combining other enabled skills. Triggers when the user says "surprise me" or any request expressing a desire for an unexpected creative showcase. Also…
  • systematic-literature-review — Use this skill when the user wants a systematic literature review, survey, or synthesis across multiple academic papers on a topic. Also covers annotated bibliographies and cross-paper comparisons. Searches arXiv and outputs reports in APA, IEEE, or BibTeX…
  • vercel-deploy — Deploy applications and websites to Vercel. Use this skill when the user requests deployment actions such as "Deploy my app", "Deploy this to production", "Create a preview deployment", "Deploy and give me the link", or "Push this live". No authentication…
  • video-generation
  • web-design-guidelines

About this listing

Deer Flow is a community collection of agent skills on GitHub by bytedance: folders with a SKILL.md file, the format Codex loads skills from. Its README mentions Codex. It passed the CodexStacks quality filter for skills (at least 100 stars, pushed in the last 90 days, not a fork or a list, and at least one SKILL.md with a name and description). OpenAI hasn't reviewed it, but it passed our Codex install check on Oct 28, 2026 (an install and load check, not a code review). From its files we found 27 skills. It's one of 59 listings in the Education & Research category (category assigned by CodexStacks from the repo's topics and description).

Deer Flow FAQ

How do I install Deer Flow in Codex?

In Codex, type $skill-installer install the <skill> skill from https://github.com/bytedance/deer-flow. $skill-installer is the skill installer built into Codex (Codex skills docs). Or copy the skill folder (the one with SKILL.md) into ~/.agents/skills to use it in every project, or into .agents/skills in a repo to share it with that repo. Codex picks up new skills automatically.

Is Deer Flow an official Codex skill?

No. Deer Flow is a community repo on GitHub by bytedance. It passed the CodexStacks quality filter, but OpenAI hasn't reviewed it, but it passed our Codex install check on Oct 28, 2026 (an install and load check, not a code review), so read the code before you install it.

What does Deer Flow include?

From its manifest and repo files, Deer Flow includes 27 skills: blocking-io-guard, deerflow-maintainer-orchestrator, engineer-system-change, smoke-test, academic-paper-review, bootstrap….

Details

Type
Skill
Category
Education & Research (assigned by us)
Source
Community
Author
bytedance
License
MIT
GitHub stars
84,633 (at last sync)
Last push
2026-10-29
GitHub topics
agent, agentic, agentic-framework, agentic-workflow, ai, ai-agents, deep-research, harness, langchain, langgraph, langmanus, llm
Source
https://github.com/bytedance/deer-flow
Website
https://deerflow.tech
Listed via
GitHub search: Codex skills (SKILL.md)
Install check by CodexStacks
Passed on Oct 28, 2026 with Codex CLI 0.163.0: Codex loaded its skills. proof · how we check

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