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 IDE, CLI
Availability current (explicit)
Trust Model Reusable prompt templates invoked manually; content previewed before sending to model
Notes File-based prompts are CLI only; MCP prompts accessible in both CLI and IDE via mention syntax; 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
Availability public preview (explicit)
Trust Model Reusable prompt templates invoked manually; not auto-loaded
Notes IDE-only; YAML frontmatter specifies agent mode, model, tools, and custom agent name; /create-prompt generates prompts from descriptions; user-level prompts sync via 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