socket
The macOS Marketplace for Codex
Promo audio: Socket Codex Marketplace Promo
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Quick Start
- Usage
- Plugin Status
- Development
- Repo Structure
- Release Notes
- License
Overview
Status
socket is maintained by Gaelic Ghost.
What This Project Is
Socket is a Marketplace of Plugins, Hooks, and MCP servers for Apple Platform Devs
Motivation
Agents are great, but to do specialized work, they need specialized tools. Socket is a shared catalog for focused Codex plugins, hooks, skills, and MCP-backed workflows.
Quick Start
Add the socket marketplace to Codex with:
codex plugin marketplace add gaelic-ghost/socket
After adding socket, restart your Codex, open the plugin directory, select Socket, and then install your choice of plugins.
When the marketplace changes, refresh it with:
codex plugin marketplace upgrade socket
Newly added plugins can be installed from the same plugin directory inside Codex.
Hermes Agent
Socket publishes an explicit Hermes compatibility surface for portable skills
and translated MCP configuration:
hermes skills tap add gaelic-ghost/socket
hermes skills install gaelic-ghost/socket/hermes-agent-compatibility
Codex plugin bundles remain host-specific. See the
Hermes compatibility guide for
the available skill tap, MCP translations, and the cases that need a native
Hermes plugin.
Claude Code and Cowork
Socket also publishes a Claude marketplace. In Claude Code, add it with:
claude plugin marketplace add gaelic-ghost/socket
Then install the individual Socket plugins you want. Cowork users can add the
same GitHub marketplace from Customize → Plugins. Socket skills work in
both hosts; local Mac integrations such as Xcode, Cardhop, and Things are
Claude Code-only. Speak Swiftly remains unavailable in this catalog until its
standalone payload has a Claude-native hook boundary. See the
Claude compatibility guide for
the full support boundary and update flow.
Xcode 27 Beta
For Xcode 27 beta, add Socket through Xcode's official Plug-ins UI:
- Open Xcode Settings.
- Select Intelligence.
- Open Plug-ins.
- Choose Add Plug-in.
- Choose Add from URL.
- Enter:
https://github.com/gaelic-ghost/socket.git
Xcode should enumerate the Socket child plug-ins from the public repository and let you import only the plug-ins you trust and need.
The Import from Codex path is still under evaluation for Xcode 27 beta. In current local testing, Xcode can see Codex-installed plug-ins, but it may select stale standalone or local-cache payloads when the same plug-in also exists outside the current Socket marketplace install. Prefer Add from URL for Socket until that beta behavior is better understood.
Zed
For Zed's Codex external agent, install and update Socket through the normal Codex marketplace flow. Current local testing shows Zed's bundled codex-acp path inherits the user's normal Codex home by default, so Codex-in-Zed sees the same global ~/.codex config, Socket marketplace cache, installed plug-ins, skills, and MCP servers as the regular Codex CLI and GUI unless Zed or the adapter is launched with an explicit CODEX_HOME.
Zed's own first-party Agent uses Zed-native skills and MCP configuration. Treat that as a separate compatibility surface from Codex running inside Zed through ACP.
Usage
Use socket when you want one Codex catalog for focused agent workflow plugins.
Currently available from the catalog:
agent-portability-skillsagent-engineering-skillsandroid-dev-skillsapple-creator-studio-skillsapple-dev-skillscardhop-appcloud-deployment-skillscloud-inference-skillscybersecurity-skillscodebase-understanding-skillsdocumentation-skillsmessaging-collaboration-skillsmodel-lab-skillsagentdeckdotnet-skillsgame-dev-skillsnetwork-protocol-skillsprofessional-skillspython-skillsrepository-skillsreverse-engineering-skillsserver-side-jvmserver-side-swiftswift-langrust-skillsspeak-swiftlyswiftasb-skillsthings-appweb-dev-skills
Plugin Status
Apple Dev Skills is Socket-owned under plugins/apple-dev-skills and keeps its public README because existing users can still arrive through the standalone compatibility marketplace. Other child planning now lives in ROADMAP.md.
Current Socket catalog shape:
agent-portability-skills: maintainer skills plus a source-bundled guidance-sync custom-agent definition for Socket-owned agent skill portability, Codex plugin surfaces, and host adapter guidanceagent-engineering-skills: portable coordinator/worker, external-agent, scheduling, and worktree/thread orchestration guidance; it also owns agent automation, eval, and n8n workflow designandroid-dev-skills: Android, Kotlin, Java, Gradle, Android Gradle Plugin, Compose/XML UI, testing, lint, emulator-aware validation handoff, and release-readiness workflow guidanceapple-creator-studio-skills: source-preserving Final Cut Pro editing, Motion template, Compressor delivery, Logic Pro production, MainStage concert, and GarageBand project workflows with local Help Viewer discovery, explicit Computer Use safeguards, and artifact or rehearsal verificationapple-dev-skills: Apple, Swift, SwiftPM, macOS-hosted boundary selection, custom Virtualization framework hosts, persistent Linux development guests, clean macOS development guests, imaging, Vision/Core ML, camera, spatial sensing, media/audio, SwiftUI, AppKit, Xcode, Safari, OpenAPI, and DocC workflows, plus the source-bundled swift-steward custom-agent definition with its own roadmapcardhop-app: mixed skill plus bundled MCP server for Cardhop.app contact workflowscloud-deployment-skills: cloud provider deployment routing, official provider plugin selection, credential and mutation boundary checks, a reusable Dockerized-service release/deployment contract, AWS handoff to the official AWS Agent Toolkit, and Azure handoff to Microsoft's Azure Skills plugin rather than duplicated provider MCP or CLI setupcloud-inference-skills: cloud AI inference, training, model conversion, and GPU infrastructure routing for Runpod, Hugging Face, AWS, Vast.ai, CoreWeave, and similar providers, with bundled Runpod MCP server configuration, upstream Runpod skill mirrors, and first-party Hugging Face/AWS handoffscybersecurity-skills: suspicious-content triage, evidence preservation, isolation selection, disposable Linux and macOS analysis-lab preparation, malware analysis, agentic security-tool controls, macOS investigation and defense, vulnerability validation, authorized testing, incident response, threat hunting, detection content, and clear non-specialist advicecodebase-understanding-skills: source-grounded code tracing and explanation, with the bounded code-slice-tracer role for evidence-first call-site, test, and documentation discoverydocumentation-skills: maintenance workflows for README, CONTRIBUTING, AGENTS, ROADMAP, API, architecture, and accessibility documentation, with the bounded role
Placeholder directories for future plugins (not available for install):
Development
For setup, local workflow, validation, review, release, and maintainer expectations, see CONTRIBUTING.md. For the consolidated child backlog, see ROADMAP.md. For agent-facing repo rules, see AGENTS.md.
For Xcode 27 beta Markdown editing and repository browsing, open Socket.xcworkspace. It is a browse-only workspace for docs, plugin payloads, scripts, and marketplace metadata; it is not a root build surface.
Repo Structure
.
├── .agents/
│ ├── plugins/marketplace.json
│ └── socket-steward/
├── docs/
│ ├── agents/
│ ├── media/
│ └── maintainers/
├── plugins/
├── scripts/
├── AGENTS.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── README.md
├── Socket.xcworkspace
└── ROADMAP.md
Release Notes
Use GitHub releases and Git history for root socket changes. Child plugins may carry their own release notes and maintainer docs.
License
The socket superproject, and all nested projects, are licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE and NOTICE.
