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Feat: request user input tool (#9472)

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### Summary
* Add `requestUserInput` tool that the model can use for gather
feedback/asking question mid turn.


### Tool input schema
```
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "title": "requestUserInput input",
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": ["questions"],
  "properties": {
    "questions": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Questions to show the user (1-3). Prefer 1 unless multiple independent decisions block progress.",
      "minItems": 1,
      "maxItems": 3,
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "required": ["id", "header", "question"],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Stable identifier for mapping answers (snake_case)."
          },
          "header": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Short header label shown in the UI (12 or fewer chars)."
          },
          "question": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Single-sentence prompt shown to the user."
          },
          "options": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Optional 2-3 mutually exclusive choices. Put the recommended option first and suffix its label with \"(Recommended)\". Only include \"Other\" option if we want to include a free form option. If the question is free form in nature, do not include any option.",
            "minItems": 2,
            "maxItems": 3,
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "required": ["value", "label", "description"],
              "properties": {
                "value": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Machine-readable value (snake_case)."
                },
                "label": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "User-facing label (1-5 words)."
                },
                "description": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "One short sentence explaining impact/tradeoff if selected."
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Tool output schema
```
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "title": "requestUserInput output",
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": ["answers"],
  "properties": {
    "answers": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Map of question id to user answer.",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "required": ["selected"],
        "properties": {
          "selected": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": { "type": "string" }
          },
          "other": {
            "type": ["string", "null"]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```
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Shijie Rao
2026-01-19 10:17:30 -08:00
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parent bf430ad9fe
commit 57ec3a8277
30 changed files with 985 additions and 22 deletions
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codex-rs/app-server/tests/common/lib.rs
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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub use models_cache::write_models_cache_with_models;
pub use responses::create_apply_patch_sse_response;
pub use responses::create_exec_command_sse_response;
pub use responses::create_final_assistant_message_sse_response;
pub use responses::create_request_user_input_sse_response;
pub use responses::create_shell_command_sse_response;
pub use rollout::create_fake_rollout;
pub use rollout::create_fake_rollout_with_text_elements;

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codex-rs/app-server/tests/common/responses.rs
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@@ -60,3 +60,26 @@ pub fn create_exec_command_sse_response(call_id: &str) -> anyhow::Result<String>
responses::ev_completed("resp-1"),
]))
}
pub fn create_request_user_input_sse_response(call_id: &str) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
let tool_call_arguments = serde_json::to_string(&json!({
"questions": [{
"id": "confirm_path",
"header": "Confirm",
"question": "Proceed with the plan?",
"options": [{
"label": "Yes (Recommended)",
"description": "Continue the current plan."
}, {
"label": "No",
"description": "Stop and revisit the approach."
}]
}]
}))?;
Ok(responses::sse(vec![
responses::ev_response_created("resp-1"),
responses::ev_function_call(call_id, "request_user_input", &tool_call_arguments),
responses::ev_completed("resp-1"),
]))
}