Let us set custom sub-agent names

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 27, 2026 by maistomegejas Closed Aug 5, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What variant of Codex are you using?

CLI

What feature would you like to see?

When Codex spawns sub-agents, it uses default names (like Aristotle, Aquinas, etc.).
I’d love an easy way to set my own list in config.

Something simple like:

[agents]
nicknames = ["Mario", "Luigi", "Yoda", "Batman"]

If not set, keep current default behavior.

Additional information

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2 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 6 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #12047

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etraut-openai contributor · 23 days ago

Agent roles support configurable nickname_candidates.