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QQ2007 Retro

Codex, but it's 2007 and you just signed in to QQ — sky-blue chrome, penguin avatar, "I'm online".

✓ Real theme, verified by its author
QQ2007 Codex theme by @PMbackttfuture — real screenshot with classic QQ blue chrome and penguin avatar
Real screenshot from the author's post: the classic QQ2007 window chrome, contact-list sidebar, and "My Profile" panel wrapped around a live Codex home screen. The right sidebar is currently a static image, per the author.

The original post

Embedded from X — the author's full announcement, verbatim.

Install, step by step

The complete flow from the author's post, expanded so you can finish it from this page.

Step 1 — Install the theme skill

Install the CodexSkins theme-manager skill (the same one used across this site). One command, Node.js 20+:

npx skills add qcrao/codedrobe-one-shot-theme-skill --skill codedrobe-theme-manager --global --agent codex --yes

Prefer a plain CLI? The runtime also installs globally:

npm install --global @codedrobe/core
codedrobe apps

Step 2 — Get the theme file

Option A · The author's original file: grab the .codedrobe-theme file 黄叔 shares in the original post and its replies, and drop it into Codex (or save it to ~/Downloads).

Get the file from the post ↗

Option B · Generate it yourself, right here: download the reference screenshot below to ~/Downloads/qq2007-reference.jpg, then let the skill build the same look from the image — no external downloads needed.

Download the reference image

Then send Codex this prompt:

Use $codedrobe-one-shot-theme from https://www.codexskins.org/SKILL.md with ~/Downloads/qq2007-reference.jpg as the reference image to generate a QQ2007-retro .codedrobe-theme for Codex: classic sky-blue chrome, QQ2007 sidebar and "My Profile" panel styling. Check, apply and verify it; ask me before closing or restarting Codex, and produce a verification screenshot when done.

Step 3 — Apply and verify

With the theme file in place (Option A), send the author's exact prompt — quoted verbatim from the post:

Use CodeDrobe Core 0.3.0 to check, apply and verify this .codedrobe-theme file. Ask me before closing or restarting Codex; generate a verification screenshot when done.

Restore anytime

Run restore first. If the blue palette remains, fully quit and reopen Codex; the running process may cache host colors even after the theme injection is gone:

codedrobe restore --app codex

Good to know

  • The right "My Profile" sidebar is currently a static image — the author says so in the post; everything else stays native and clickable.
  • Same data-only .codedrobe-theme format as other themes on this site: CSS + artwork + manifest, no scripts, fully reversible.
  • This is a community creation. The original file is distributed by its author; the generate-from-image path produces your own variant inspired by the same reference.

Want the same workflow?

The skill workflow used here is the same one behind our Kung Fu Women's Football theme. Read how a theme like this gets made: