Prompts
Reusable prompt templates explicitly invoked as slash commands or by name
Extension Name Prompts
Vendor Terms prompts, reusable prompts, MCP prompts
Scopes
Project / Repo RootUser / Home
Interfaces CLI
Availability current (explicit)
Trust Model Reusable prompt templates invoked manually; content previewed before sending to model
Notes CLI only; local, global, and MCP prompt sources with local > global > MCP priority; invoked with @name
Extension Name Prompt Files
Vendor Terms prompt files, reusable prompts, slash commands
Scopes
Project / Repo RootUser / Home
Interfaces VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Xcode
Availability current (explicit)
Trust Model Reusable prompt templates invoked manually; not auto-loaded
Notes IDE-only; YAML frontmatter can specify agent mode, model, and tool restrictions per prompt; user-level prompts sync via VS Code Settings Sync
Extension Name Custom Prompts (deprecated)
Vendor Terms custom prompts, slash commands
Scopes
User / Home
Interfaces CLI, IDE extension
Availability deprecated (explicit)
Trust Model User-local reusable prompt templates with argument placeholders; not shared through repositories
Notes Deprecated in favor of skills; Markdown files in ~/.codex/prompts/ invoked as /prompts:name