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gpt-instruct

Prompt files and test scripts that try to change Codex's behavior for GPT models, with a jailbreak focus.

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What it is

This repository provides prompt text files (instructions for Codex, OpenAI's coding agent) and a Python script that installs them into a Codex configuration. It also includes regression tests that measure how the prompts perform across several test cases. The README describes it as a jailbreak prompt pack, meaning it aims to get models to bypass their usual restrictions.

  • Preview a prompt file before applying it with a dry-run flag
  • Deploy a chosen prompt version to a Codex home directory using the provided script
  • Restore the original Codex instruction file with the reset option
  • Run the included regression test scripts with Python

Great for

  • Security researchers studying how prompt instructions affect model safety behavior
  • Developers who want to run controlled A/B comparisons of custom Codex instruction files
  • People with authorized access to test environments who need repeatable evaluation scripts

Not ideal for

  • Anyone seeking a general productivity or coding tool, since the stated focus is jailbreaking models
  • Users who need a stable, supported product, because the README describes release candidates and ongoing iteration
  • Users who want to avoid account risk, since the README warns that using custom model instructions can put accounts at risk
Step-by-step guide: how to use gpt-instructInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

How to get it

  1. 1

    Clone and build from source

    You'll need: Python 3.8+ · Git · Codex installed and configured

    Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/MDX-Tom/gpt-instruct.git

    Preview the stable version without writing config

    python3 codex-instruct.py --apply --version gpt-5.6-v45 --dry-run

    Deploy the stable version

    python3 codex-instruct.py --apply --version gpt-5.6-v45
  2. 2

    Run it

    • Clone the repository and change into its folder
    • Run the dry-run command to preview changes without writing configuration
    • Run the apply command to deploy the chosen version
    • Use the reset command to restore only the instruction file this project manages
  3. 3

    Get the most out of it

    • Use --codex-dir to point the script at a specific Codex home directory
    • Use --file to deploy a custom ZIP or Markdown instruction file
    • Use --restore-snapshot only as a manual emergency restore, since it restores the full configuration
    • Review the comparison test documentation linked in the README before interpreting scores

Downloads

Source code (.zip)main branch · straight from GitHubRelease gpt-6-astra-v11 files incl. gpt-6-astra-v1.zipOfficial website & docsmdx-tom.github.io/gpt-instruct/

Strengths

  • Ships with scripted install, dry-run preview, and reset options
  • Publishes SHA256 checksums for release archives
  • Documents its evaluation gates and release status in detail

Trade-offs

  • The README warns that jailbreaking activity and custom model instructions carry account risk
  • Several versions are release candidates, and the README says they did not pass all hard gates
  • Much of the README is in Chinese; the English version is linked separately and was not included here

Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.