diff --git a/internal/profiles/clawhub/clawscan.yml b/internal/profiles/clawhub/clawscan.yml
index 23f1d07..fec0244 100644
--- a/internal/profiles/clawhub/clawscan.yml
+++ b/internal/profiles/clawhub/clawscan.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ profiles:
         - SKILLSPECTOR_PROVIDER
     judge:
       command: >-
+        [ -n "$CODEX_API_KEY" ] || export CODEX_API_KEY="$OPENAI_API_KEY";
         codex exec --cd {{ workspace }}
         --model gpt-5.5
         --sandbox {{ judge_sandbox }}
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ profiles:
         - LLM_API_KEY
     judge:
       command: >-
+        [ -n "$CODEX_API_KEY" ] || export CODEX_API_KEY="$OPENAI_API_KEY";
         codex exec --cd {{ workspace }}
         --model gpt-5.5
         --sandbox {{ judge_sandbox }}
diff --git a/internal/profiles/resolver_test.go b/internal/profiles/resolver_test.go
index e8760eb..c6d8c05 100644
--- a/internal/profiles/resolver_test.go
+++ b/internal/profiles/resolver_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ func TestResolveArgsUsesEmbeddedClawHubProfile(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(opts.Judge.Command, "codex exec") {
 		t.Fatalf("judge command = %q", opts.Judge.Command)
 	}
+	if !strings.Contains(opts.Judge.Command, `[ -n "$CODEX_API_KEY" ] || export CODEX_API_KEY="$OPENAI_API_KEY"; codex exec`) {
+		t.Fatalf("judge command does not alias OPENAI_API_KEY for codex exec: %q", opts.Judge.Command)
+	}
 	if !strings.Contains(opts.Judge.Command, "--sandbox {{ judge_sandbox }}") {
 		t.Fatalf("judge command missing runtime-aware sandbox placeholder: %q", opts.Judge.Command)
 	}
@@ -101,6 +105,47 @@ func TestResolveArgsUsesEmbeddedClawHubAIGCandidateProfile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestClawHubProfilesAliasOpenAIKeyForCodex(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, profile := range []string{"clawhub", "clawhub-aig"} {
+		t.Run(profile, func(t *testing.T) {
+			opts, err := ResolveArgs([]string{"./skill", "--profile", profile}, t.TempDir())
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			prefix, _, ok := strings.Cut(opts.Judge.Command, "codex exec")
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("judge command missing codex exec: %q", opts.Judge.Command)
+			}
+
+			for _, test := range []struct {
+				name   string
+				openAI string
+				codex  string
+				output string
+			}{
+				{name: "openai fallback", openAI: "openai-marker", output: "openai-marker"},
+				{name: "explicit codex key wins", openAI: "openai-marker", codex: "codex-marker", output: "codex-marker"},
+			} {
+				t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+					cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", prefix+`sh -c 'printf %s "$CODEX_API_KEY"'`)
+					cmd.Env = append(
+						os.Environ(),
+						strings.Join([]string{"OPENAI_API_KEY", test.openAI}, "="),
+						strings.Join([]string{"CODEX_API_KEY", test.codex}, "="),
+					)
+					output, err := cmd.Output()
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					if got := string(output); got != test.output {
+						t.Fatalf("CODEX_API_KEY = %q, want %q", got, test.output)
+					}
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResolveArgsPassesExplicitRunContext(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	contextPath := filepath.Join(dir, "clawhub-context.json")