[codex] Extract prompts from codex-core

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Core crate ownership.
 /codex-rs/core/ @openai/codex-core-agent-team
 /codex-rs/ext/extension-api/ @openai/codex-core-agent-team
+/codex-rs/prompts/ @openai/codex-core-agent-team
 
 # Keep ownership changes reviewed by the same team.
 /.github/CODEOWNERS @openai/codex-core-agent-team

codex-rs/Cargo.toml

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ members = [
     "process-hardening",
     "protocol",
     "realtime-webrtc",
+    "prompts",
     "rollout",
     "rollout-trace",
     "rmcp-client",
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ codex-model-provider = { path = "model-provider" }
 codex-process-hardening = { path = "process-hardening" }
 codex-protocol = { path = "protocol" }
 codex-realtime-webrtc = { path = "realtime-webrtc" }
+codex-prompts = { path = "prompts" }
 codex-responses-api-proxy = { path = "responses-api-proxy" }
 codex-response-debug-context = { path = "response-debug-context" }
 codex-rmcp-client = { path = "rmcp-client" }

codex-rs/apply-patch/BUILD.bazel

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 load("//:defs.bzl", "codex_rust_crate")
 
-exports_files(["apply_patch_tool_instructions.md"])
-
 codex_rust_crate(
     name = "apply-patch",
     crate_name = "codex_apply_patch",
-    compile_data = [
-        "apply_patch_tool_instructions.md",
-    ],
 )

codex-rs/apply-patch/src/lib.rs

@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ pub use standalone_executable::main;
 
 use crate::invocation::ExtractHeredocError;
 
-/// Detailed instructions for gpt-4.1 on how to use the `apply_patch` tool.
-pub const APPLY_PATCH_TOOL_INSTRUCTIONS: &str = include_str!("../apply_patch_tool_instructions.md");
-
 /// Special argv[1] flag used when the Codex executable self-invokes to run the
 /// internal `apply_patch` path.
 ///

codex-rs/core/BUILD.bazel

@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ codex_rust_crate(
         # that relies on env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").
         "CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR": "codex-rs/core",
     },
-    integration_compile_data_extra = [
-        "//codex-rs/apply-patch:apply_patch_tool_instructions.md",
-        "templates/realtime/backend_prompt.md",
-    ],
     integration_test_timeout = "long",
     test_data_extra = [
         "config.schema.json",

codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ codex-plugin = { workspace = true }
 codex-model-provider = { workspace = true }
 codex-protocol = { workspace = true }
 codex-response-debug-context = { workspace = true }
+codex-prompts = { workspace = true }
 codex-rollout = { workspace = true }
 codex-rollout-trace = { workspace = true }
 codex-rmcp-client = { workspace = true }
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ codex-utils-plugins = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-pty = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-string = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-stream-parser = { workspace = true }
-codex-utils-template = { workspace = true }
 codex-windows-sandbox = { package = "codex-windows-sandbox", path = "../windows-sandbox-rs" }
 csv = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }

codex-rs/core/src/agents_md.rs

@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ use codex_exec_server::Environment;
 use codex_exec_server::ExecutorFileSystem;
 use codex_exec_server::LOCAL_FS;
 use codex_features::Feature;
+use codex_prompts::HIERARCHICAL_AGENTS_MESSAGE;
 use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
 use dunce::canonicalize as normalize_path;
 use std::io;
 use toml::Value as TomlValue;
 use tracing::error;
 
-pub(crate) const HIERARCHICAL_AGENTS_MESSAGE: &str =
-    include_str!("../hierarchical_agents_message.md");
-
 /// Default filename scanned for AGENTS.md instructions.
 pub const DEFAULT_AGENTS_MD_FILENAME: &str = "AGENTS.md";
 /// Preferred local override for AGENTS.md instructions.

codex-rs/core/src/client_common.rs

@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ use std::task::Poll;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 
-/// Review thread system prompt. Edit `core/src/review_prompt.md` to customize.
-pub const REVIEW_PROMPT: &str = include_str!("../review_prompt.md");
-
-// Centralized templates for review-related user messages
-pub const REVIEW_EXIT_SUCCESS_TMPL: &str = include_str!("../templates/review/exit_success.xml");
-pub const REVIEW_EXIT_INTERRUPTED_TMPL: &str =
-    include_str!("../templates/review/exit_interrupted.xml");
-
 /// API request payload for a single model turn
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Prompt {

codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ use tracing::error;
 
 use codex_model_provider_info::ModelProviderInfo;
 
-pub const SUMMARIZATION_PROMPT: &str = include_str!("../templates/compact/prompt.md");
-pub const SUMMARY_PREFIX: &str = include_str!("../templates/compact/summary_prefix.md");
+pub use codex_prompts::SUMMARIZATION_PROMPT;
+pub use codex_prompts::SUMMARY_PREFIX;
 const COMPACT_USER_MESSAGE_MAX_TOKENS: usize = 20_000;
 
 /// Controls whether compaction replacement history must include initial context.