system prompt issue

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 21, 2026 by kiankyars Closed Mar 21, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What is the type of issue?

Awkward system prompt

What is the issue?

\From the below link, we have:

l). If you need hierarchy, split into separate lists or sections or if you use : just include the line you might usually render using a nested

the "or if" is quite awkward and should be corrected, I am happy to make the pr.

Where did you find it?

https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/b0236501e2c19164d47bda54cf523ea39bdba98b/codex-rs/core/templates/agents/orchestrator.md?plain=1#L9

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2 Comments

etraut-openai contributor · 5 months ago

Are you reporting a behavioral problem (a bug)? If you're just concerned about the phrasing of the system prompt, then it's not a priority and we can close this.

kiankyars · 5 months ago

okay sounds good will close, thanks for the response