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  "path": "/t/codex-vscode-extension-how-to-name-rename-a-task/1375697#post_12",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T14:52:36.000Z",
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  "textContent": "TL: DR: an easy workaround is just have Codex analyze the .codex folder and rename the titles for you that are displaying in the sidebar.\n\n* * *\n\nRight I just realized that prompt is scoped to my live server configuration. I’m running VSCode on an Ubuntu server.\n\nSo if you are running it on Windows or Mac on a VS desktop version it will be slightly different.\n\nYou’ll have to tell Codex what your configuration is and then adapt the prompt to it.\n\nBut the fundamental infrastructure is that you can rename the title without affecting the session. If you want a simpler work around, you actually don’t need it to code a helper app. Once Codex understands the logic of renaming, just have it do all the relabeling for you.\n\nSo you could take my example and say: “A user created this helper script to re-label Codex sessions for better organization, investigate how it works.”\n\nThen, once it understands the underlying logic, just tell it to relabel whatever you want on your current box.\n\nOnce you have it working, you can have Codex create the helper app for you, if you want a full on relabeling helper app that runs in terminal / command line.\n\nBut it is good practice, in general to go into the .codex folder and understand the structure if you haven’t already.\n\nBecause you can tell Codex to look into that folder, read previous sessions, audit them and take them over as well. And also have Claude review them or visa versa.\n\nIn other words, you can manage and control your Codex sessions in ways beyond just the Codex extension (which can sometimes feel limiting) — at least until those features are added to the extension itself later.",
  "title": "Codex VSCode Extension - How to name/rename a task?"
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