Codex Science v0.5.0

One-stop research concierge

• Adds a single science.py entry point for service discovery, guided initialization, secret-free environment checks, workflow configuration, status dashboards, next actions, connectors, evals, loops, validation, audits, forks, and handoff.
• Changes the coordinating skill from a script menu into a research concierge that inspects the workspace, asks only material questions, executes available work, and reports outcome, evidence, uncertainty, and the next falsifiable action.
• Adds Quick, Standard, and Deep profiles with domain metadata and explicit required, adaptive, or not-requested stages.
• Integrates .science/STATUS.json and .science/STATUS.md into project validation and research packets.
• Allows draft packets with known gaps but refuses to claim milestone completion while required stages or audit findings remain open.
• Adds a machine-readable 11-service catalog and safe credential-presence checks without persisting values.

Verification

• 24 offline unit and integration tests.
• CI passes on Python 3.10 and 3.12.
• All 8 skills, 22 plugin scripts, manifests, JSON files, and secret scans pass release validation.
• Installed-cache smoke passed, including a live bounded Crossref query and an intentionally blocked incomplete handoff.

Workflow coverage is navigation metadata, not a scientific-quality score, ethics approval, safety determination, expert review, or publication decision.