## Why This continues the `codex-tools` migration by moving one more piece of generic tool-definition bookkeeping out of `codex-core`. The earlier extraction steps moved shared schema parsing into `codex-tools`, but `core/src/tools/spec.rs` still had to supply tool names separately and perform ad hoc rewrites for deferred MCP aliases. That meant the crate boundary was still awkward: the parsed shape coming back from `codex-tools` was missing part of the definition that `codex-core` ultimately needs to assemble a `ResponsesApiTool`. This change introduces a named `ToolDefinition` in `codex-tools` so both MCP tools and dynamic tools cross the crate boundary in the same reusable model. `codex-core` still owns the final `ResponsesApiTool` assembly, but less of the generic tool-definition shaping logic stays behind in `core`. ## What changed - replaced `ParsedToolDefinition` with a named `ToolDefinition` in `codex-rs/tools/src/tool_definition.rs` - added `codex-rs/tools/src/tool_definition_tests.rs` for `renamed()` and `into_deferred()` - updated `parse_dynamic_tool()` and `parse_mcp_tool()` to return `ToolDefinition` - simplified `codex-rs/core/src/tools/spec.rs` so it adapts `ToolDefinition` into `ResponsesApiTool` instead of rewriting names and deferred fields inline - updated parser tests and `codex-rs/tools/README.md` to reflect the named tool-definition model ## Test plan - `cargo test -p codex-tools` - `cargo test -p codex-core --lib tools::spec::`
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or brew install --cask codex
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Quickstart
Installing and running Codex CLI
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# Install using npm
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codex-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
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