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Check Codex bandwidth before the crawl.

Choose a folder. Scout reads metadata only, estimates blind-crawl token exposure, then gives Codex a smaller first look.

Ready for metadata scan
Source: choose a local folder, or run the sample.

Codex bandwidth check

Waiting for selected folder metadata.

No folder selected
-Estimated tokens if Codex opens the selected surface broadly.
-Start-here file exposure. + brief overhead when copied.
-Estimated exposure avoided before widening scope.
Directional Scout estimate. Not billing, pricing, or exact usage.

Start here

Avoid first

Codex Brief

View, copy, or download the first-look guide for a safer agent session.

What to do with this brief
  1. Paste it at the start of a Codex session.
  2. Ask the agent to read the start-here files before widening scope.
  3. Keep dependency, build, cache, binary, and repo metadata folders out unless the task requires them.
Metadata only · no upload · estimate