## Summary We've experienced a bit of drift in system prompting for `apply_patch`: - As pointed out in #2030 , our prettier formatting started altering prompt.md in a few ways - We introduced a separate markdown file for apply_patch instructions in #993, but currently duplicate them in the prompt.md file - We added a first-class apply_patch tool in #2303, which has yet another definition This PR starts to consolidate our logic in a few ways: - We now only use `apply_patch_tool_instructions.md](https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/dh--apply-patch-tool-definition?expand=1#diff-d4fffee5f85cb1975d3f66143a379e6c329de40c83ed5bf03ffd3829df985bea) for system instructions - We no longer include apply_patch system instructions if the tool is specified I'm leaving the definition in openai_tools.rs as duplicated text for now because we're going to be iterated on the first-class tool soon. ## Testing - [x] Added integration tests to verify prompt stability - [x] Tested locally with several different models (gpt-5, gpt-oss, o4-mini)
codex-core
This crate implements the business logic for Codex. It is designed to be used by the various Codex UIs written in Rust.
Dependencies
Note that codex-core makes some assumptions about certain helper utilities being available in the environment. Currently, this
macOS
Expects /usr/bin/sandbox-exec to be present.
Linux
Expects the binary containing codex-core to run the equivalent of codex debug landlock when arg0 is codex-linux-sandbox. See the codex-arg0 crate for details.
All Platforms
Expects the binary containing codex-core to simulate the virtual apply_patch CLI when arg1 is --codex-run-as-apply-patch. See the codex-arg0 crate for details.