This eliminates redundant user documentation and allows us to focus our
documentation investments.
I left tombstone files for most of the existing ".md" docs files to
avoid broken links. These now contain brief links to the developers docs
site.
This pull request makes a small update to the session picker
documentation for `codex resume`. The main change clarifies how to view
the original working directory (CWD) for sessions and when the Git
branch is shown.
- The session picker now displays the recorded Git branch when
available, and instructions are added for showing the original working
directory by using the `--all` flag, which also disables CWD filtering
and adds a `CWD` column.
This PR is a documentation only one which:
- addresses the #7231 by adding a paragraph in `docs/getting-started.md`
in the tips category to encourage users to load everything needed in
their environment
- corrects link referencing in `docs/platform-sandboxing.md` so that the
page link opens at the right section
- removes the explicit heading IDs like {#my-id} in `docs/advanced.md`
which are not supported by GitHub and are **not** rendered in the UI:
<img width="1198" height="849" alt="Screenshot 2025-11-26 at 16 25 31"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/308d33c3-81d3-4785-a6c1-e9377e6d3ea6"
/>
This caused the following links in `README.md` to not work in `main` but
to work in this branch (you can test by going to
https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/docs/getting-started-enhancement/README.md)
- the MCP link goes straight to the correct section now:
```markdown
- [**Advanced**](./docs/advanced.md)
- [Tracing / verbose logging](./docs/advanced.md#tracing--verbose-logging)
- [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](./docs/advanced.md#model-context-protocol-mcp)
```
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Signed-off-by: lionelchg <lionel.cheng@hotmail.fr>
Co-authored-by: lionelchg <lionel.cheng@hotmail.fr>
By default, show only sessions that shared a cwd with the current cwd.
`--all` shows all sessions in all cwds. Also, show the branch name from
the rollout metadata.
<img width="1091" height="638" alt="Screenshot 2025-11-04 at 3 30 47 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/aae90308-6115-455f-aff7-22da5f1d9681"
/>
Tightened the docs so the sandbox guide matches reality, noted the new
tools.view_image toggle next to web search, and linked the README to the
getting-started guide which now owns the familiar tips (backtrack, --cd,
--add-dir, etc.).
Expand the custom prompts documentation and link it from other guides. Show saved prompt metadata in the slash-command popup, with tests covering description fallbacks.
Adding the ability to resume conversations.
we have one verb `resume`.
Behavior:
`tui`:
`codex resume`: opens session picker
`codex resume --last`: continue last message
`codex resume <session id>`: continue conversation with `session id`
`exec`:
`codex resume --last`: continue last conversation
`codex resume <session id>`: continue conversation with `session id`
Implementation:
- I added a function to find the path in `~/.codex/sessions/` with a
`UUID`. This is helpful in resuming with session id.
- Added the above mentioned flags
- Added lots of testing
Adds a TUI resume flow with an interactive picker and quick resume.
- CLI:
- --resume / -r: open picker to resume a prior session
- --continue / -l: resume the most recent session (no picker)
- Behavior on resume: initial history is replayed, welcome banner
hidden, and the first redraw is suppressed to avoid flicker.
- Implementation:
- New tui/src/resume_picker.rs (paginated listing via
RolloutRecorder::list_conversations)
- App::run accepts ResumeSelection; resumes from disk when requested
- ChatWidget refactor with ChatWidgetInit and new_from_existing; replays
initial messages
- Tests: cover picker sorting/preview extraction and resumed-history
rendering.
- Docs: getting-started updated with flags and picker usage.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1bb6469b-e5d1-42f6-bec6-b1ae6debda3b
This PR cleans up the monolithic README by breaking it into a set
navigable pages under docs/ (install, getting started, configuration,
authentication, sandboxing and approvals, platform details, FAQ, ZDR,
contributing, license). The top‑level README is now more concise and
intuitive, (with corrected screenshots).
It also consolidates overlapping content from codex-rs/README.md into
the top‑level docs and updates links accordingly. The codex-rs README
remains in place for now as a pointer and for continuity.
Finally, added an extensive config reference table at the bottom of
docs/config.md.
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