diff --git a/codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx b/codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx
index ae107077..8fd0c63a 100644
--- a/codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx
+++ b/codex-cli/src/components/chat/terminal-chat-input.tsx
@@ -234,13 +234,34 @@ export default function TerminalChatInput({
         return;
       }
 
+      // detect image file paths for dynamic inclusion
       const images: Array<string> = [];
-      const text = inputValue
-        .replace(/!\[[^\]]*?\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, (_m, p1: string) => {
+      let text = inputValue;
+      // markdown-style image syntax: ![alt](path)
+      text = text.replace(/!\[[^\]]*?\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, (_m, p1: string) => {
+        images.push(p1.startsWith("file://") ? fileURLToPath(p1) : p1);
+        return "";
+      });
+      // quoted file paths ending with common image extensions (e.g. '/path/to/img.png')
+      text = text.replace(
+        /['"]([^'"]+?\.(?:png|jpe?g|gif|bmp|webp|svg))['"]/gi,
+        (_m, p1: string) => {
           images.push(p1.startsWith("file://") ? fileURLToPath(p1) : p1);
           return "";
-        })
-        .trim();
+        },
+      );
+      // bare file paths ending with common image extensions
+      text = text.replace(
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
+        /\b(?:\.[\/\\]|[\/\\]|[A-Za-z]:[\/\\])?[\w-]+(?:[\/\\][\w-]+)*\.(?:png|jpe?g|gif|bmp|webp|svg)\b/gi,
+        (match: string) => {
+          images.push(
+            match.startsWith("file://") ? fileURLToPath(match) : match,
+          );
+          return "";
+        },
+      );
+      text = text.trim();
 
       const inputItem = await createInputItem(text, images);
       submitInput([inputItem]);