Regression after update: custom slash commands disappear and local custom skills are missing from /skill list
Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Mar 27, 2026 by YSAA1 Closed Mar 27, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What variant of Codex are you using?
cli
Which version are you using?
codex-cli 0.117.0
What operating system are you using?
Linux x86_64 (Ubuntu 20.04 kernel 5.15.0-139-generic)
What issue are you seeing?
After updating to codex-cli 0.117.0, my custom slash commands are no longer discoverable.
In the same environment, local custom skills under ~/.codex/skills also do not show up when using /skill and then listing skills.
This looks related to:
#14459custom prompts/slash commands missing#15136local custom skills missing from the available skills list
But in my case both regressions appeared together after the update.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Put valid custom prompts under
~/.codex/prompts. - Put valid custom skills under
~/.codex/skills. - Update Codex to
codex-cli 0.117.0. - Start a new Codex session.
- Try to invoke custom slash commands from the
/command picker. - Run
/skilland then list skills.
What is the expected behavior?
- Custom slash commands/prompts should remain discoverable and invokable.
- Local custom skills should appear in the skills list and remain usable.
Additional information
- The local files are still present on disk after the update.
~/.codex/promptscontains local workflow commands such as:wf-bootstrap.mdwf-plan.mdwf-status.mdwf-review.mdwf-verify.md~/.codex/skillscontains local custom skills such as:continual-learninglearning-notesmanus-brainstormmanus-planwf-core-workflowwf-verification-loop- I did not intentionally remove or rename these folders. The regression started after upgrading.
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The same goes for mcp
Reinstalling skills can solve the problem
Custom slash commands were deprecated and are no longer supported as of 0.117.0. You should convert them to skills. Codex can do the conversion for you.
What a bizarre decision. Slash commands / custom prompts solved an entirely different use case than skills.
According to Codex "There isn’t currently a separate “run skill as a private command” mode that bypasses prompt/context visibility."
@Jmarks199, skills provide a superset of functionality provided by custom slash commands. If you want to bypass prompt/context visibility for a skill, you can specify that using skill metadata. Refer to this documentation for details.