openai/redcard

openai/redcard

Description: Eject yourself from work with a little help from Codex.

Language: Python

License: Apache-2.0

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Created: 2026-07-14T17:43:34Z

Pushed: 2026-07-14T20:37:46Z

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Red Card

Red Card is a webcam-powered Codex skill that ejects you from work, and you can build it yourself.

Hold up a red card and the app sends your goodbye, leaves the call, blocks time on your calendar, turns on your vacation responder, and runs a tiny referee animation. You do not need to know how to code—Codex walks you through setup and helps you make it your own.

What You'll Need

• A Mac with ChatGPT for macOS and Codex access
• Google Chrome, signed into the account you want Red Card to use
• Python 3.11 or newer and the Xcode Command Line Tools
• Your Mac's camera, or a connected webcam
• A physical red card, or a phone showing the screen below

Open this image full-screen on your phone—or print it—and hold it up to the webcam.

How To Use

Codex Take the Wheel

Open ChatGPT on macOS in Codex mode and type:

Help me build the project at https://github.com/openai/redcard

Codex will install a self-contained $redcard skill, build its native helpers, and run the required permission and camera checks. Setup stops before the real Red Card sequence starts. If Codex asks you to reload or start a fresh task after setup, do that once so the newly installed skill becomes available.

Once setup is finished:

1. Join a Meet call in Chrome. 2. Type $redcard in Codex. 3. Hold up your red card when you are ready to leave.

Red Card takes it from there. Press Esc at any time to stop Red Card, even while Chrome is focused.

Permissions

The setup installer checks permissions before the first real $redcard run. When macOS asks, click Allow. If a setting needs to be changed manually, Codex will take you to:

• System Settings > Privacy & Security > Camera
• System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility
• System Settings > Privacy & Security > Input Monitoring, if macOS asks

for it so the global Esc shortcut can work

Enable ChatGPT for these permissions. You may need to quit and reopen ChatGPT after changing a permission.

In Chrome, also enable View > Developer > Allow JavaScript from Apple Events. Setup and every real Red Card launch verify this setting.

Remix It

Ask Codex to change the goodbye message, calendar block, vacation response, sleep behavior, red-card sensitivity, or referee animation. Describe what you want in plain language and Codex will update and test it with you.