Add persistent user preference recall across Codex CLI conversations
OpenAI Developer Community
June 6, 2026
@adrian.a.adewunmi yeah this is the exact gap — AGENTS.md tells the tool “how this project works” but nothing about “how I like to work.”
I hit the same wall and ended up building an MCP server that keeps user stuff and project stuff separate. So my commit format, PR style, language preference — that follows me everywhere. But project-specific context stays in that project folder, doesn’t leak into other repos.
When I open a brand new repo in Codex it already knows how I work without me repeating anything. That’s the part that really cuts the friction.
Your layered idea (repo instructions → user defaults → per-chat overrides) is spot on. MCP makes this pretty easy to wire up since any compatible client reads from the same local store.
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