This change keeps unified @mentions behind the mentions_v2 gate, moves
the flag to under-development, and polishes mention rendering/history
behavior.
It also adds a few small improvements to the mentions feature around
mention rendering and history round-tripping for plugin/tool mentions in
message edit scenarios. Plugin selections now insert `@` mentions with
better casing, and saved history preserves the visible sigil so recalled
messages look the same as what the user typed.
- Preserves `@` sigils when encoding/decoding mention history for
tool/plugin paths.
- Improves plugin mention insertion so display names/casing are
reflected more cleanly in the composer.
- Update composer to render user-entered plugin mentions in the same
color as the mentions menu. ALso applies to recalled/edited messages.
- Left/right arrows no longer switch unified-mention search modes after
an @mention has already been accepted (Ex: arrowing left through a
composed message that contains @mentions).
- Keeps bound mentions stable around punctuation, so accepted `@`
mentions do not reopen the popup and punctuated `$` mentions still
persist to cross-session history.
**Steps to test**
- Ensure mentions_v2 is enabled through configuration or `--enable
mentions_v2`
- Type `@` in the TUI composer and verify filesystem/plugin/skill
results are displayed in the unified mentions menu.
- Select a plugin mention from the `@` popup and confirm the inserted
text is an `@...` mention with casing, then recall/edit the message and
confirm it still renders as `@...`.
- Mention a skill and verify that skills still insert as `$skill`
mentions rather than `@` mentions.
- Verify punctuated mentions such as `@plugin.` and `($skill)` keep
their bound mention behavior across editing and history recall.
## Summary
The TUI still imported several symbols through the transitional
app-server-client `legacy_core` facade even though those symbols are
already owned by smaller crates. This PR narrows that facade by rewiring
those imports directly to their owner crates.
## Changes
No functional changes, just import rewiring. This is part of our ongoing
effort to whittle away at the `legacy_core` namespace, which represents
all of the remaining symbols that the TUI imports from the core.
Problem: The TUI still depended on `codex-core` directly in a number of
places, and we had no enforcement from keeping this problem from getting
worse.
Solution: Route TUI core access through
`codex-app-server-client::legacy_core`, add CI enforcement for that
boundary, and re-export this legacy bridge inside the TUI as
`crate::legacy_core` so the remaining call sites stay readable. There is
no functional change in this PR — just changes to import targets.
Over time, we can whittle away at the remaining symbols in this legacy
namespace with the eventual goal of removing them all. In the meantime,
this linter rule will prevent us from inadvertently importing new
symbols from core.
## Summary
- reduce public module visibility across Rust crates, preferring private
or crate-private modules with explicit crate-root public exports
- update external call sites and tests to use the intended public crate
APIs instead of reaching through module trees
- add the module visibility guideline to AGENTS.md
## Validation
- `cargo check --workspace --all-targets --message-format=short` passed
before the final fix/format pass
- `just fix` completed successfully
- `just fmt` completed successfully
- `git diff --check` passed
This is a follow-up to https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/15922. That
previous PR deleted the old `tui` directory and left the new
`tui_app_server` directory in place. This PR renames `tui_app_server` to
`tui` and fixes up all references.
This is the part 1 of 2 PRs that will delete the `tui` /
`tui_app_server` split. This part simply deletes the existing `tui`
directory and marks the `tui_app_server` feature flag as removed. I left
the `tui_app_server` feature flag in place for now so its presence
doesn't result in an error. It is simply ignored.
Part 2 will rename the `tui_app_server` directory `tui`. I did this as
two parts to reduce visible code churn.
#### What
Add structured `@plugin` parsing and TUI support for plugin mentions.
- Core: switch from plain-text `@display_name` parsing to structured
`plugin://...` mentions via `UserInput::Mention` and
`[$...](plugin://...)` links in text, same pattern as apps/skills.
- TUI: add plugin mention popup, autocomplete, and chips when typing
`$`. Load plugin capability summaries and feed them into the composer;
plugin mentions appear alongside skills and apps.
- Generalize mention parsing to a sigil parameter, still defaults to `$`
<img width="797" height="119" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f0fe2658-d908-4927-9139-73f850805ceb"
/>
Builds on #13510. Currently clients have to build their own `id` via
`plugin@marketplace` and filter plugins to show by `enabled`, but we
will add `id` and `available` as fields returned from `plugin/list`
soon.
####Tests
Added tests, verified locally.
## What changed
- In `codex-rs/core/src/skills/injection.rs`, we now honor explicit
`UserInput::Skill { name, path }` first, then fall back to text mentions
only when safe.
- In `codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs`, mention selection
is now token-bound (selected mention is tied to the specific inserted
`$token`), and we snapshot bindings at submit time so selection is not
lost.
- In `codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs` and
`codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/mod.rs`, submit/queue paths now consume
the submit-time mention snapshot (instead of rereading cleared composer
state).
- In `codex-rs/tui/src/mention_codec.rs` and
`codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer_history.rs`, history now
round-trips mention targets so resume restores the same selected
duplicate.
- In `codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/skill_popup.rs` and
`codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs`, duplicate labels are
normalized to `[Repo]` / `[App]`, app rows no longer show `Connected -`,
and description space is a bit wider.
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/346a7eb2-a342-4a49-aec8-68dfec0c7d89"
/>
<img width="550" height="163" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-05 at 9 57 09 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5e04d9af-cccf-4932-98b3-c37183e445ed"
/>
## Before vs now
- Before: selecting a duplicate could still submit the default/repo
match, and resume could lose which duplicate was originally selected.
- Now: the exact selected target (skill path or app id) is preserved
through submit, queue/restore, and resume.
## Manual test
1. Build and run this branch locally:
- `cd /Users/daniels/code/codex/codex-rs`
- `cargo build -p codex-cli --bin codex`
- `./target/debug/codex`
2. Open mention picker with `$` and pick a duplicate entry (not the
first one).
3. Confirm duplicate UI:
- repo duplicate rows show `[Repo]`
- app duplicate rows show `[App]`
- app description does **not** start with `Connected -`
4. Submit the prompt, then press Up to restore draft and submit again.
Expected: it keeps the same selected duplicate target.
5. Use `/resume` to reopen the session and send again.
Expected: restored mention still resolves to the same duplicate target.
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