Improve the VS Code extension UX and interaction flow
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 29, 2026 by debuger03 Closed Apr 29, 2026
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What variant of Codex are you using?
vscode codex plugins
What feature would you like to see?
I have a few suggestions for improving the Codex VS Code extension experience:
- The conversation history could be organized by project, similar to Claude Code's VS Code extension. Right now, all conversation history appears mixed together, which makes it harder to manage context across different projects.
- The extension menu is currently too minimal. It would be very helpful to add more menu options, especially for
viewing existing MCP connections and reconnecting them directly from the UI. At the moment, if I modify an MCP configuration, I need to restart Codex before the change takes effect. This workflow could be much smoother. Claude Code's menu design could be a useful reference here.
- The VS Code right-click context menu could be improved. For example, if I select a few lines in the editor, the
Codex extension should ideally be aware of that selection automatically, instead of requiring me to manually click "add to Codex thread" every time.
- Overall, I think there is still a lot of room to improve the interaction design and usability of the extension.
Thank you for building and supporting this product.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I think most of these are covered in other feature requests already. If you find that they are not, please file one feature request per idea. We generally prioritize feature requests based on community feedback (in the form of upvotes).