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Codex Desktop: review skill blocks when AskUserQuestion is unavailable #2274

Description

@howardchan2008

Problem

The review skill requires an AskUserQuestion tool and exits immediately when the host does not expose one.

Codex Desktop sessions can lack both a native AskUserQuestion tool and an MCP variant. In that configuration, the workflow cannot perform a code review even when the user has explicitly authorized a noninteractive review and fixes.

Reproduction

  1. Run the GStack review skill in a Codex Desktop session with no AskUserQuestion tool registered.
  2. The skill reaches its compatibility gate and reports BLOCKED — AskUserQuestion unavailable.
  3. No review runs.

Expected behavior

Provide a Codex-compatible fallback, such as:

  • continue without interactive prompts when the user explicitly authorizes execution
  • use the host's available user-input primitive when present
  • reserve a hard block for review states that genuinely require a user decision

Impact

This turns an advisory interactive dependency into a total failure for automated review and remediation in Codex Desktop.

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