SILO Task Control

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SILO is a lightweight Codex control panel for scanning existing tasks across projects, reviewing the exact Continue or Optimize prompt for each task, and dispatching a confirmed batch through Codex's native task tools.

Current release: v0.6.2 (0.6.2+codex.20260914)

The overview above is a maintainer-provided capture of SILO in Codex. The focused conversation and compact-layout screenshots below are rendered from the current ui/control.html with fictional local Mock Host data.

Interface guide

Task filters and one-click presets

Personal quota, refresh, and dispatch

Top right: Tibo reset prediction

This area shows the global goodwill-reset outlook. When SILO opens, it reads the last verified reset and the next prediction from the third-party codex-reset.com tracker. That site follows Tibo's (@thsottiaux) public X/Twitter posts, verified events, and historical reset cadence. Click the area to open the detailed forecast, timeline, and sources.

This is different from the personal quota card: the quota card reflects the signed-in Codex account's own windows, while the Tibo area summarizes public global-reset signals. SILO displays “No schedule” when there is no credible announced window. This is a third-party prediction, not an official OpenAI commitment.

Conversation, mode, and per-task controls

Related MCP server: workflow-studio

What SILO gives you

SILO keeps the high-frequency controls in one workbench: find the right task, decide whether to Continue or Optimize it, review the exact prompt and settings, then launch only after confirmation.

Scan, understand, and select

The task ledger groups conversations by project and shows live state, mode, model, reasoning effort, and last update together. Smart select inspects recent context and recommends a focused batch; 🚀 Launch applies that recommendation as a reversible preset instead of selecting everything or starting immediately. The header also keeps quota remaining and reset timing visible without taking over the workspace.

Continue or Optimize in context

Selecting a task opens its conversation in place. You can read the latest user and Codex messages, choose Continue or Optimize, edit the generated prompt, and override Burn, Fast, model, or reasoning effort before sending. The Files, History, and Running tabs stay attached to the same task, so inspection does not lose your place.

The same workflow in a compact panel

At narrow widths the inventory gives way to a focused task view while search, task filters, mode selection, conversation, and launch controls remain reachable. SILO uses the same responsive panel on Windows and macOS.

Install

Add the GitHub repository as a Codex marketplace, then install SILO:

codex plugin marketplace add LIMITEDRUSH/silo-task-control
codex plugin add silo-en@silo-plugins
# Existing Chinese package name is also supported:
codex plugin add silo-cn@silo-plugins

For the dedicated macOS package that preserves the v0.6.2 workbench while fitting the Codex side panel:

codex plugin add silo-mac@silo-plugins

Restart Codex after the first installation. Open SILO from the sidebar or start a new task and ask:

$silo-task-control Open the control panel and scan my current tasks.

Both package names now use the same automatic localization behavior. SILO reads the host Codex locale first and falls back to the browser/system locale; the panel and generated Continue/Optimize prompts stay in sync without an in-panel language switch. The silo-cn and silo-en names remain available for upgrade compatibility.

Update later with:

codex plugin marketplace upgrade silo-plugins
codex plugin add silo-en@silo-plugins

SILO supports Windows and macOS and requires Codex Desktop plus Node.js 22.5 or newer. Both platforms run the same bundled MCP server and the same responsive control.html, so the in-Codex UI and feature set stay identical.

On macOS, also install the current Codex CLI so codex is available in your shell. SILO recognizes the official standalone install under ~/.local/bin as well as Homebrew locations.

Highlights

• Fast local task inventory with Codex-native running-state synchronization and a SQLite fallback.

• Automatic Simplified Chinese/English localization that follows the local Codex language.

• Minimal All / To do / Completed / Smart select workflow with global search and project grouping.

• Reversible 🚀 Launch preset that uses Smart select recommendations, then applies Continue, Burn, Fast, and conversation-following model/effort settings without starting tasks immediately.

• Exact per-task prompt review, Continue/Optimize mode, independent Burn strategy, model and reasoning controls, and explicit launch confirmation.

• A live activity rail backed by durable native jobs, atomic target claims, and progress restoration after the panel or server restarts.

• Lightweight quota polling and reset prediction. Reset information is fetched from the third-party codex-reset.com service when the panel opens.

• Keyboard navigation: / focuses search, arrows move between visible tasks, X toggles selection, Space opens details, and Esc clears the batch without deleting drafts.

How dispatch works

Opening, scanning, filtering, and Smart select are read-only. Smart select reviews at most the latest two turns of recent candidates and proposes Continue or Optimize without launching anything.

Launch requires an explicit review dialog. SILO persists a short-lived plan, sends a visible follow-up message, re-reads each target through native Codex task tools, skips active or attention-blocked tasks, atomically claims each eligible target, and records progress in the activity rail. It never creates, forks, archives, renames, or interrupts unrelated tasks.

External panel

Choose External window in SILO. On Windows, you can also double-click desktop\Start SILO.cmd; on macOS, open desktop/Start SILO.command. The launcher starts a loopback-only service and opens the same panel in an app-style browser window. macOS prefers Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Chromium and falls back to the default browser. The Codex CLI is discovered from CODEX_CLI_PATH, PATH, or common Homebrew locations.

SILO stores its transient desktop activity under %LOCALAPPDATA%\SILO on Windows and ~/Library/Application Support/SILO on macOS. Task history remains in the local Codex data directory (CODEX_HOME or ~/.codex) on both platforms.

Sidebar entry

SILO advertises its MCP App as a global entry point, allowing compatible Codex Desktop builds to show SILO in the sidebar. This metadata is still an undocumented host behavior. After a Codex Desktop upgrade, run:

npm run sidebar-doctor

The doctor performs a read-only compatibility check. SILO does not patch Codex or modify app.asar.

Development

npm install
npm run check

The bundled MCP server is dist/server.mjs.

Safety

• Scans and plan creation are read-only.

• Plans expire after 15 minutes and contain only previously scanned task IDs.

• Dispatch requires explicit confirmation and produces a visible Codex message.

• Edited prompts are sent exactly as reviewed; Burn is appended once when enabled.

• Every target is checked again immediately before dispatch.

• The desktop STOP control affects only child tasks launched by that SILO desktop process.

License

MIT