Bring back prompts
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 3, 2026 by louiss0 Closed Apr 3, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.117.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.4
What platform is your computer?
Windows
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Warp
What issue are you seeing?
Prompts are no longer allowed! I tried to access prompt's but I got nothing!
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019d5534-2302-7dc2-8890-5a9063f77755
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
This is a terrible mistake! No should need to make a folder just to make a markdown file with simple instructions.
Prompts could and should have arguments! Skills shouldn't! A skill is a tool for telling the agent what to understand about the tools I'm using!
Prompts are how I tell my agent what to do at a specific time! The fact that you could pass arguments is what made them cool!
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We don't have plans to bring back custom prompts. Skills provide a superset of functionality. Please convert your existing custom prompts to skills (or ask Codex to do it for you).