execpolicycheck command in codex cli (#7012)

adding execpolicycheck tool onto codex cli

this is useful for validating policies (can be multiple) against
commands.

it will also surface errors in policy syntax:
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8f99b403-564c-4172-acc9-6574a8d13dc3"
/>

this PR also changes output format when there's no match in the CLI.
instead of returning the raw string `noMatch`, we return
`{"noMatch":{}}`

this PR is a rewrite of: https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/6932 (due
to the numerous merge conflicts present in the original PR)

---------

Co-authored-by: Michael Bolin <mbolin@openai.com>

codex-rs/cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ codex-cloud-tasks = { path = "../cloud-tasks" }
 codex-common = { workspace = true, features = ["cli"] }
 codex-core = { workspace = true }
 codex-exec = { workspace = true }
+codex-execpolicy = { workspace = true }
 codex-login = { workspace = true }
 codex-mcp-server = { workspace = true }
 codex-process-hardening = { workspace = true }

codex-rs/cli/src/main.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use codex_cli::login::run_logout;
 use codex_cloud_tasks::Cli as CloudTasksCli;
 use codex_common::CliConfigOverrides;
 use codex_exec::Cli as ExecCli;
+use codex_execpolicy::ExecPolicyCheckCommand;
 use codex_responses_api_proxy::Args as ResponsesApiProxyArgs;
 use codex_tui::AppExitInfo;
 use codex_tui::Cli as TuiCli;
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ enum Subcommand {
     #[clap(visible_alias = "debug")]
     Sandbox(SandboxArgs),
 
+    /// Execpolicy tooling.
+    #[clap(hide = true)]
+    Execpolicy(ExecpolicyCommand),
+
     /// Apply the latest diff produced by Codex agent as a `git apply` to your local working tree.
     #[clap(visible_alias = "a")]
     Apply(ApplyCommand),
@@ -162,6 +167,19 @@ enum SandboxCommand {
     Windows(WindowsCommand),
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+struct ExecpolicyCommand {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    sub: ExecpolicySubcommand,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
+enum ExecpolicySubcommand {
+    /// Check execpolicy files against a command.
+    #[clap(name = "check")]
+    Check(ExecPolicyCheckCommand),
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 struct LoginCommand {
     #[clap(skip)]
@@ -327,6 +345,10 @@ fn run_update_action(action: UpdateAction) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn run_execpolicycheck(cmd: ExecPolicyCheckCommand) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    cmd.run()
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Parser, Clone)]
 struct FeatureToggles {
     /// Enable a feature (repeatable). Equivalent to `-c features.<name>=true`.
@@ -549,6 +571,9 @@ async fn cli_main(codex_linux_sandbox_exe: Option<PathBuf>) -> anyhow::Result<()
                 .await?;
             }
         },
+        Some(Subcommand::Execpolicy(ExecpolicyCommand { sub })) => match sub {
+            ExecpolicySubcommand::Check(cmd) => run_execpolicycheck(cmd)?,
+        },
         Some(Subcommand::Apply(mut apply_cli)) => {
             prepend_config_flags(
                 &mut apply_cli.config_overrides,

codex-rs/cli/tests/execpolicy.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+use std::fs;
+
+use assert_cmd::Command;
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+use serde_json::json;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+#[test]
+fn execpolicy_check_matches_expected_json() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
+    let policy_path = codex_home.path().join("policy.codexpolicy");
+    fs::write(
+        &policy_path,
+        r#"
+prefix_rule(
+    pattern = ["git", "push"],
+    decision = "forbidden",
+)
+"#,
+    )?;
+
+    let output = Command::cargo_bin("codex")?
+        .env("CODEX_HOME", codex_home.path())
+        .args([
+            "execpolicy",
+            "check",
+            "--policy",
+            policy_path
+                .to_str()
+                .expect("policy path should be valid UTF-8"),
+            "git",
+            "push",
+            "origin",
+            "main",
+        ])
+        .output()?;
+
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+    let result: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&output.stdout)?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        result,
+        json!({
+            "match": {
+                "decision": "forbidden",
+                "matchedRules": [
+                    {
+                        "prefixRuleMatch": {
+                            "matchedPrefix": ["git", "push"],
+                            "decision": "forbidden"
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        })
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}