Update copy (#1935)

Updated copy

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Co-authored-by: pap-openai <pap@openai.com>

codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx

@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ export default function TerminalChatInput({
           />
         ) : (
           <Text dimColor>
-            ctrl+c to exit | "/" to see commands | enter to send
+            Ctrl+C to exit | "/" to see commands | Enter to send
             {contextLeftPercent > 25 && (
               <>
                 {" — "}

codex-cli/src/components/help-overlay.tsx

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export default function HelpOverlay({
       </Box>
 
       <Box paddingX={1}>
-        <Text dimColor>esc or q to close</Text>
+        <Text dimColor>Esc or q to close</Text>
       </Box>
     </Box>
   );

codex-cli/src/utils/get-api-key-components.tsx

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function WaitingForAuth(): JSX.Element {
       <Spinner type="ball" />
       <Text>
         {" "}
-        Waiting for authentication… <Text dimColor>ctrl + c to quit</Text>
+        Waiting for authentication… <Text dimColor>Ctrl + C to quit</Text>
       </Text>
     </Box>
   );

codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use crate::bottom_pane::textarea::TextAreaState;
 use codex_file_search::FileMatch;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 
-const BASE_PLACEHOLDER_TEXT: &str = "...";
+const BASE_PLACEHOLDER_TEXT: &str = "Ask Codex to do anything";
 /// If the pasted content exceeds this number of characters, replace it with a
 /// placeholder in the UI.
 const LARGE_PASTE_CHAR_THRESHOLD: usize = 1000;

codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/snapshots/codex_tui__bottom_pane__chat_composer__tests__empty.snap

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 source: tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
 expression: terminal.backend()
 ---
-"▌ ...                                                                                               "
+"▌ Ask Codex to do anything                                                                          "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "
 "▌                                                                                                   "

codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rs

@@ -196,12 +196,11 @@ impl HistoryCell {
                     Span::raw(format!(" {cwd_str}")).dim(),
                 ]),
                 Line::from("".dim()),
-                Line::from(" Try one of the following commands to get started:".dim()),
+                Line::from(" To get started, describe a task or try one of these commands:".dim()),
                 Line::from("".dim()),
-                Line::from(format!(" 1. /init - {}", SlashCommand::Init.description()).dim()),
+                Line::from(format!(" /init - {}", SlashCommand::Init.description()).dim()),
-                Line::from(format!(" 2. /status - {}", SlashCommand::Status.description()).dim()),
+                Line::from(format!(" /status - {}", SlashCommand::Status.description()).dim()),
-                Line::from(format!(" 3. /compact - {}", SlashCommand::Compact.description()).dim()),
+                Line::from(format!(" /diff - {}", SlashCommand::Diff.description()).dim()),
-                Line::from(format!(" 4. /new - {}", SlashCommand::New.description()).dim()),
                 Line::from("".dim()),
             ];
             HistoryCell::WelcomeMessage {

codex-rs/tui/src/onboarding/auth.rs

@@ -104,7 +104,14 @@ impl AuthModeWidget {
             Line::from(vec![
                 Span::raw("> "),
                 Span::styled(
-                    "Sign in with your ChatGPT account?",
+                    "Sign in with ChatGPT to use Codex as part of your paid plan",
+                    Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
+                ),
+            ]),
+            Line::from(vec![
+                Span::raw("  "),
+                Span::styled(
+                    "or connect an API key for usage-based billing",
                     Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
                 ),
             ]),
@@ -145,18 +152,18 @@ impl AuthModeWidget {
         lines.extend(create_mode_item(
             0,
             AuthMode::ChatGPT,
-            "Sign in with ChatGPT or create a new account",
+            "Sign in with ChatGPT",
-            "Leverages your plan, starting at $20 a month for Plus",
+            "Usage included with Plus, Pro, and Team plans",
         ));
         lines.extend(create_mode_item(
             1,
             AuthMode::ApiKey,
             "Provide your own API key",
-            "Pay only for what you use",
+            "Pay for what you use",
         ));
         lines.push(Line::from(""));
         lines.push(
-            Line::from("Press Enter to continue")
+            Line::from("  Press Enter to continue")
                 .style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),
         );
         if let Some(err) = &self.error {
@@ -179,8 +186,7 @@ impl AuthModeWidget {
         let lines = vec![
             Line::from(spans),
             Line::from(""),
-            Line::from("  Press Escape to cancel")
+            Line::from("  Press Esc to cancel").style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),
-                .style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),
         ];
         Paragraph::new(lines)
             .wrap(Wrap { trim: false })
@@ -194,17 +200,30 @@ impl AuthModeWidget {
             Line::from(""),
             Line::from("> Before you start:"),
             Line::from(""),
-            Line::from("  Codex can make mistakes"),
+            Line::from("  Decide how much autonomy you want to grant Codex"),
-            Line::from("  Check important info")
+            Line::from(vec![
-                .style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),
+                Span::raw("  For more details see the "),
+                Span::styled(
+                    "\u{1b}]8;;https://github.com/openai/codex\u{7}Codex docs\u{1b}]8;;\u{7}",
+                    Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::UNDERLINED),
+                ),
+            ])
+            .style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),
             Line::from(""),
-            Line::from("  Due to prompt injection risks, only use it with code you trust"),
+            Line::from("  Codex can make mistakes")
-            Line::from("  For more details see https://github.com/openai/codex")
+                .style(Style::default().fg(Color::White)),
+            Line::from("  Review the code it writes and commands it runs")
                 .style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),
             Line::from(""),
             Line::from("  Powered by your ChatGPT account"),
-            Line::from("  Uses your plan's rate limits and training data preferences")
+            Line::from(vec![
-                .style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),
+                Span::raw("  Uses your plan's rate limits and "),
+                Span::styled(
+                    "\u{1b}]8;;https://chatgpt.com/#settings\u{7}training data preferences\u{1b}]8;;\u{7}",
+                    Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::UNDERLINED),
+                ),
+            ])
+            .style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),
             Line::from(""),
             Line::from("  Press Enter to continue").style(Style::default().fg(LIGHT_BLUE)),
         ];
@@ -236,7 +255,10 @@ impl AuthModeWidget {
 
     fn render_env_var_missing(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
         let lines = vec![
-            Line::from("✘ OPENAI_API_KEY not found").style(Style::default().fg(Color::Red)),
+            Line::from(
+                "  To use Codex with the OpenAI API, set OPENAI_API_KEY in your environment",
+            )
+            .style(Style::default().fg(Color::Blue)),
             Line::from(""),
             Line::from("  Press Enter to return")
                 .style(Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::DIM)),

codex-rs/tui/src/onboarding/welcome.rs

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ pub(crate) struct WelcomeWidget {
 impl WidgetRef for &WelcomeWidget {
     fn render_ref(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
         let line = Line::from(vec![
-            Span::raw("> "),
+            Span::raw(">_ "),
             Span::styled(
-                "Welcome to Codex, OpenAI's coding agent that runs in your terminal",
+                "Welcome to Codex, OpenAI's command-line coding agent",
                 Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
             ),
         ]);

codex-rs/tui/src/slash_command.rs

@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ impl SlashCommand {
     /// User-visible description shown in the popup.
     pub fn description(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
-            SlashCommand::New => "Start a new chat",
+            SlashCommand::New => "start a new chat during a conversation",
-            SlashCommand::Init => "Create an AGENTS.md file with instructions for Codex",
+            SlashCommand::Init => "create an AGENTS.md file with instructions for Codex",
-            SlashCommand::Compact => "Compact the chat history",
+            SlashCommand::Compact => "summarize conversation to prevent hitting the context limit",
-            SlashCommand::Quit => "Exit the application",
+            SlashCommand::Quit => "exit Codex",
-            SlashCommand::Diff => "Show git diff (including untracked files)",
+            SlashCommand::Diff => "show git diff (including untracked files)",
-            SlashCommand::Status => "Show current session configuration and token usage",
+            SlashCommand::Status => "show current session configuration and token usage",
-            SlashCommand::Logout => "Log out of Codex",
+            SlashCommand::Logout => "log out of Codex",
             #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-            SlashCommand::TestApproval => "Test approval request",
+            SlashCommand::TestApproval => "test approval request",
         }
     }
 

codex-rs/tui/src/status_indicator_widget.rs

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ impl WidgetRef for StatusIndicatorWidget {
             Style::default().fg(Color::Gray).add_modifier(Modifier::DIM),
         ));
         spans.push(Span::styled(
-            "Ctrl c",
+            "Ctrl C",
             Style::default()
                 .fg(Color::Gray)
                 .add_modifier(Modifier::DIM | Modifier::BOLD),