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Codex Debug Assistant

An API wrapper that integrates OpenAI Codex into debugging workflows. Developers can provide error messages, stack traces, or problematic code snippets, and the tool suggests fixes, explanations, or relevant tests to diagnose issues effectively.

What It Does

  • Accepts error messages, stack traces, or code snippets as input.
  • Queries OpenAI Codex to provide debugging suggestions, explanations, and test cases.
  • Displays results in a user-friendly format using the rich library.

Installation

  • Python 3.7+
  • openai library
  • rich library

Install the required dependencies using pip:

pip install openai rich

Usage

Run the tool from the command line:

python codex_debug_assistant.py --input "<error_message_or_code_snippet>" --api_key "<your_openai_api_key>"

Example

python codex_debug_assistant.py --input "TypeError: unsupported operand type(s)" --api_key "sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Source Code

import argparse
import openai
from rich.console import Console
from rich.text import Text

def get_codex_suggestions(prompt: str, api_key: str) -> str:
    """
    Query the OpenAI Codex API with a given prompt and return the response.

    Args:
        prompt (str): The input prompt to send to Codex.
        api_key (str): OpenAI API key.

    Returns:
        str: The response from Codex.
    """
    try:
        openai.api_key = api_key
        response = openai.Completion.create(
            engine="text-davinci-003",
            prompt=prompt,
            max_tokens=300,
            temperature=0.5
        )
        return response.choices[0].text.strip()
    except Exception as e:
        return f"Error communicating with OpenAI API: {str(e)}"

def process_input(input_text: str, api_key: str) -> str:
    """
    Process the input text and return Codex suggestions.

    Args:
        input_text (str): The error message, stack trace, or code snippet.
        api_key (str): OpenAI API key.

    Returns:
        str: Suggestions from Codex.
    """
    if not input_text.strip():
        return "Error: Input text is empty. Please provide a valid error message, stack trace, or code snippet."

    prompt = (
        "You are an AI assistant specialized in debugging Python code. "
        "Given the following input, provide detailed explanations, possible fixes, "
        "and relevant test cases to diagnose the issue effectively.\n\n"
        f"Input:\n{input_text}\n\n"
        "Output:"
    )
    return get_codex_suggestions(prompt, api_key)

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description="Codex Debug Assistant: Get debugging help from OpenAI Codex."
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--input",
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help="Error message, stack trace, or code snippet to debug."
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--api_key",
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help="Your OpenAI API key."
    )

    args = parser.parse_args()

    console = Console()
    console.print(Text("Codex Debug Assistant", style="bold green"))

    suggestions = process_input(args.input, args.api_key)

    console.print(Text("\nSuggestions:", style="bold blue"))
    console.print(suggestions)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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Details

Tool Name
codex_debug_assistant
Category
OpenAI Codex Updates
Generated
April 22, 2026
Tests
Passing โœ…
Fix Loops
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Quick Install

Clone just this tool:

git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse \
  https://github.com/ptulin/autoaiforge.git
cd autoaiforge
git sparse-checkout set generated_tools/2026-04-22/codex_debug_assistant
cd generated_tools/2026-04-22/codex_debug_assistant
pip install -r requirements.txt 2>/dev/null || true
python codex_debug_assistant.py