Add support for code review custom instructions input
Open 💬 4 comments Opened Feb 6, 2026 by ignatremizov
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Version 260205.1301 (40.0.0)
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What issue are you seeing?
/review is missing the options "a commit" and most importantly "Custom review instructions"
<img width="793" height="148" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4fb191ec-c72b-435d-b48d-628134af3217" />
They exist in the TUI:
<img width="342" height="172" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9560e518-4952-475c-badd-b8b794d72269" />
Most often I work in a folder which has multiple sibling repos, rather than working in one repo at a time. So I need to pass custom instructions to say where to look, which diff range, and what exactly to check.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open the app
- type "/review" and select "Code review" option
- Observe missing options
What is the expected behavior?
- Open the app
- type "/review" and select "Code review" option
- Select "Custom review instructions"
- Type in instructions
- Begin review agent with no errors
Additional information
_No response_
4 Comments
I'm a little shocked to see this was reported so long ago -- have the same issue on the Windows version of the app and was hoping it was just because it is new. This is a critical feature IMO.
@eschulma, we generally prioritize feature requests based on community upvotes. This feature request has received almost no upvotes so far and will likely be closed if it doesn't receive more.
@etraut-openai This is like 5-10 lines of code changes. I thought we have AI coding agents to do the work now? Why close a useful issue just because it's not popular?
Edit: 25+ reactions is popular enough now? :)
Fair. I will see what I can do on Reddit...